Association between psychopharmacotherapy and postpartum hemorrhage.

Background: Prior studies evaluating the relationship between psychopharmacotherapy (PPT), and postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) have yielded inconsistent findings. Clarifying this potential relationship is important for effective counseling and risk stratification.

Objectives: Our primary objective was to evaluate the association between prenatal exposure to PPT (any drug class) and the occurrence of PPH requiring transfusion of packed red blood cells (PPH+pRBC) after systematically adjusting for known hemorrhage risk factors at the time of admission for delivery.

Preterm birth among women with and without severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection.

Introduction: Studies directly comparing preterm birth rates in women with and without severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection are limited. Our objective was to determine whether preterm birth was affected by SARS-CoV-2 infection within a large integrated health system in New York with a universal testing protocol.

Material And Methods: This retrospective cohort study evaluated data from seven hospitals in New York City and Long Island between March 2020 and June 2021, incorporating both the first and second waves of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the USA.

Point-of-care lung ultrasound patterns in late third-trimester gravidas with and without preeclampsia.

Background: Transthoracic point-of-care ultrasonography of the lungs has become a standard technique in critical care medicine for the evaluation of patients with respiratory signs or symptoms but has not been well studied in pregnancy.

Objective: To compare lung ultrasound patterns in third-trimester gravidas with and without preeclampsia and assess interobserver agreement between 3 obstetrical providers and a physician expert in critical care lung ultrasound.

Study Design: This is a prospective observational study of 262 women with singleton pregnancies between 32 0/7 and 41 6/7 weeks' gestation.

Efficacy of continuous monitoring of maternal temperature during labor using wireless axillary sensors.

Neonatal early onset sepsis (EOS) occurs in 0.5-0.8/1000 live births and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality.