Maternal Health

ORLANDO — In this video from the AIMed24 Annual Meeting, Jennifer Luo Law discusses areas where AI may improve maternal health outcomes in the United States.

BOSTON — Pregnant women with very severe interstitial lung disease had fewer term deliveries and more preterm births and miscarriages vs. women with a lower disease severity level, according to a presentation at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Offspring from mothers with an eating disorder history or prepregnancy BMI outside of normal weight range appeared to be at higher risk for neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders, according to a study published in JAMA Open Network.

New data provide valuable insights into the level of access to maternity care in communities across the United States, according to an expert.

Among pregnancies in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, those with small for gestational age infants were significantly more likely to demonstrate increased perivillous fibrin deposition in the placenta, according to data.

Screening pregnancies without traditional risk factors for spontaneous preterm birth risk with a biomarker blood test and targeting preventive treatments for high-risk women reduced neonatal hospitalization, morbidity and mortality.

Nipocalimab resulted in more live births at 32 weeks’ gestation or later without fetal anemia or intrauterine transfusion for pregnancies at risk for early-onset severe hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn, researchers reported.

Women who resided in historically redlined communities in California that experienced displacement or gentrification were at greater risk for severe maternal morbidity compared with women living in advantaged neighborhoods, data show.

Optimal heart health during the first trimester of pregnancy was associated with lower risk for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, a speaker reported.

Prenatal cannabis may be linked to multiple adverse maternal health outcomes, study results published in JAMA Internal Medicine suggest.