Publications by authors named "Stacey Leigh Rubin"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to understand how obstetrician-gynecologists categorize interventions that end pregnancies with lethal fetal anomalies.
- Researchers conducted an online survey and qualitative interviews with U.S. obstetricians from May to July 2021, assessing how different scenarios were classified as either induced abortion or indicated delivery.
- Findings revealed significant variation in these classifications, influenced by factors like gestational age, method of procedure, and setting, even among experienced professionals.
Objectives: To explore how US obstetrician-gynecologists (OB/GYNs) classify periviable pregnancy-ending interventions for maternal life endangerment.
Study Design: From May to July 2021, we performed an explanatory sequential mixed methods study of US OB/GYNs, recruited through social media and professional listservs. We administered a cross-sectional survey requesting institutional classification of labor induction or surgical evacuation of a 22-week pregnancy affected by intrauterine infection, using chi-square tests and logistic regression to compare determinations by physician and institutional factors.
Introduction: We sought to assess the efficacy of transabdominal intrafetal lidocaine to achieve fetal demise before pregnancy termination.
Methods: This study was a retrospective cohort analysis of patients undergoing transabdominal intrafetal lidocaine injections prior to abortion procedures after 24 weeks from January 2018 to June 2020 at DuPont Clinic, an outpatient obstetrics and gynaecology clinic in Washington, DC, USA. We recorded data on maternal factors, gestational age, time of injection and fetal asystole, and injection dose and location.