Publications by authors named "K K Ryckman"
Background: Immediately after birth, adaptation to the extrauterine environment includes an upregulation of fatty acid catabolism. Cystic fibrosis and untreated hypothyroidism exert a life-long impact on fatty acid metabolism, but their influence during this transitional period is unknown. Children and adults with cystic fibrosis exhibit unbalanced fatty acid composition, most prominently a relative deficit of linoleic acid.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The cause of increased diabetes mellitus (DM) risk in individuals with Turner syndrome (TS) is poorly understood. Parent-of-origin effects related to whether the maternal or paternal X chromosome (Xchr) remains intact have been found for several TS phenotypes, including hypercholesterolemia. Therefore, Xchr parent-of-origin may impact DM risk in TS.
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- Preterm birth (PTB) is a significant cause of infant health issues in the US, influenced by racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities, indicating a need for further research to understand risk factors.
- Over the past decade, a study analyzed singleton live births in California to examine PTB rates among various racial and ethnic groups and insurance types, finding notable variations.
- The overall PTB rate increased from 6.8% to 7.5% between 2011 and 2022, with the rates varying significantly among different racial groups, showing higher rates in Black individuals with public insurance compared to White individuals with nonpublic insurance.
Purpose: Currently, 40% of counties in the United States do not have an obstetrician or midwife, and in rural areas the likelihood of childbirth being attended to by a family medicine (FM) physician is increasing. We sought to characterize the effect of the FM presence on unit culture and a key perinatal quality metric in Iowa hospital intrapartum units.
Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, we surveyed Iowa physicians, nurses, and midwives delivering intrapartum care at hospitals participating in a quality improvement initiative to decrease the incidence of cesarean delivery.