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SMFM 2021Upcoming SMFM Meeting Will Highlight Disparities, COVID-19Although the annual Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine meeting will involve the same breadth of topics as in the past, the intersection of the pandemic, pregnancy, and disparities will feature prominently.
Planned Home Birth Mortality Rates DistressAbout 2% of deliveries in the United States are home births, but they account for a significantly higher proportion of neonatal
mortality, even when planned in advance, investigators warn.
Medscape Medical News, Feb 11, 2020
Prenatal Test Market Booms as Patients Grapple With ResultsNoninvasive testing of a blood draw is transforming care by supplying more prenatal information than ever before, but this
multibillion-dollar industry has grown faster than clinical best practices.
Medscape Medical News, Mar 03, 2020
Wrong Medication Orders Common, Put Patients at RiskMistakes happen more often in obstetrics than many realize, report investigators, who spotted 'near misses' in their retract-and-reorder
study that suggest more vigilance is needed in hospitals.
Medscape Medical News, Feb 10, 2020
Racial Disparities Persist in Preterm Birth RiskRacial disparities in birth outcomes persist even when a mother has a college education and a high socioeconomic status, an
analysis of live births in the United States from 2015 to 2017 shows.
