Tag: Pregnancy: Risks
Traditional Chinese Medicine Increases Risk for Congenital Malformations
Significant associations seen particularly for congenital heart defects
Labor Induction Tied to Worse Later Education Performance in Offspring
Findings seen for school performance at age 12 years and lower-secondary school achievement
Self-Service Vending Machine Provides Harm Reduction Services
Vending machine dispenses naloxone, sharps containers, safer injection/smoking kits, pregnancy tests, HIV tests
Preeclampsia, Eclampsia Linked to Increased Offspring Mortality
Maternal hypertensive disorders of pregnancy linked to increased risks for all-cause mortality, several cause-specific mortalities in offspring from birth to young adulthood
Five Causes Explain Most Fetal Deaths in 2018 to 2020
Causes include fetal death of unspecified cause, fetus affected by complications of placenta, cord, and membranes
COVID Shot After SARS-CoV-2 Recovery in Pregnancy Ups Antibodies in Infants
Predictors of detectable IgG in infants at delivery also included third-trimester infection, mild/moderate and severe/critical disease
Gestational Phthalate Exposure Tied to Childhood Lung Function
Consistent but mostly statistically nonsignificant associations observed for gestational phthalate metabolite levels and lower FVC, FEV1 at ages 4 to 11 years
Prepregnancy BMI Tied to Risks for Maternal Morbidity, Mortality
A large proportion of this association was mediated by hypertensive disorders
Maternal Smoking Linked to Delayed Embryonic Development
Periconceptional maternal smoking of ≥10 cigarettes/day showed strongest link, reflected by 0.9-day delay in reaching final Carnegie stage
GDM May Up Risk for Range of Later Cardiovascular Conditions
Traditional risk factors such as subsequent diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia only partially contribute to higher risk