In present-day obstetrics, cesarean delivery occurs in one in three women in the United
States, and in up to four of five women in some regions of the world. The history of cesarean …

OBJECTIVE: To identify and quantify risk factors for atonic postpartum hemorrhage. DATA
SOURCES: PubMed, CINAHL, EMBASE, Web of Science, and and ClinicalTrials. gov …

Importance Evidence suggests that maternal mortality has been increasing in the US.
Comprehensive estimates do not exist. Long-term trends in maternal mortality ratios (MMRs) …

Black women in the United States have experienced substantial improvements in health
during the last century, yet health disparities persist. These health disparities are in large …

OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate an expanded obstetric comorbidity score for predicting
severe maternal morbidity that can be applied consistently across contemporary US patient …

Scholarly and comprehensive yet accessible, this state-of-the-science work is widely
regarded as the definitive graduate-level psychology of religion text. The authors synthesize …

Abstract In the United States, racial disparities in adverse maternal health outcomes remain
a pressing issue, with Black women experiencing a 3–4 times higher risk of maternal …

Importance Despite much higher health care expenditure than comparable countries,
striking racial and ethnic disparities exist in obstetric outcomes in the United States. A …

Background This evaluation of doula care emerges at a time when maternal mortality in the
US outranks every country in the developed world. Study objectives were to: 1) examine …

Background Preeclampsia is associated with increased risk of future heart failure (HF), but
the relationship between preeclampsia and HF subtypes are not well-established …