Publications by authors named "Eva M Williford"
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- Birth defects and preterm birth share common risk factors, often presenting a higher incidence in male infants, which this study investigates through data from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS) from 1997 to 2011.
- The research employed random forests to identify key predictors of male and female preterm births among infants with specific birth defects, using logistic regression to analyze associations between these factors and birth outcomes.
- Key findings revealed that while predictors varied for different defects, a short interpregnancy interval was frequently linked to preterm birth status, and obesity, commonly linked to preterm birth in other studies, was not a significant factor in this analysis.
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- Caffeine consumption during pregnancy is common, but its link to birth defects has shown mixed results, prompting a study analyzing data from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS) from 1997 to 2011.
- The study categorized caffeine intake and found that low prepregnancy consumption (10 to <100 mg/day) was linked to a small increase in the odds of 10 specific birth defects, while high consumption (≥300 mg/day) showed weaker associations for most defects, except for craniosynostosis and aortic stenosis.
- The findings suggest weak associations and indicate that some results might be due to chance, reinforcing the idea that caffeine is not significantly linked to the birth defects studied.
For all of the emphasis on quality improvement-as well as the acknowledged overlap between assessment of the quality of healthcare services and clinical ethics-the quality of clinical ethics consultation has received scant attention, especially in terms of empirical measurement. Recognizing this need, the second edition of Core Competencies for Health Care Ethics Consultation1 identified four domains of ethics quality: (1) ethicality, (2) stakeholders' satisfaction, (3) resolution of the presenting conflict/dilemma, and (4) education that translates into knowledge. This study is the first, to our knowledge, to directly measure all of these domains.
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