Maternal risk factors and neonatal outcomes in placental abruption among patients with equal access to health care.

Introduction: Placental abruption complicates 1% of pregnancies, and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The objective was to examine risk factors and outcomes in pregnancies complicated by abruption in a health care system with equal access to care.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of all deliveries at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) between 1 January 2014 and 1 June 2017.

Risk Assessment and Treatment Guide for Obstetric Thromboprophylaxis: Comprehensive Review of Current Guidelines.

Objective: Currently, there are numerous recommendations and often conflicting guidance provided for venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis in pregnancy. Our objective was to create a one-page risk assessment and treatment guide based on a review of the most recent and evidence-based publications on this subject to simplify the approach and allow all obstetric patients to be properly assessed for risk of VTE and treated if indicated.

Study Design: We identified studies by completing a PubMed and MEDLINE search from January of 1980 through March 2017 with articles utilizing a specific combination of the selected general keywords (thrombophilia, pregnancy, VTE, prophylaxis, hypercoagulability, antepartum, postpartum, risk, etc.