Jennifer Zeitlin

May 20, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Kimberly Glazer |Jennifer Zeitlin |Obstetrical Perinatal

Key PointsQuestion  Do hospital rates of unexpected newborn complications (UNCs) change after adjustment for maternal characteristics? Findings  In this cohort study of 254 259 neonates at low risk, maternal risk adjustment was associated with modest changes in overall hospital UNC rates, with significant improvement after adjustment among hospitals with higher proportions of births to Black, Hispanic, or Medicaid-insured individuals.

Mar 3, 2024 | sciencedirect.com | Isabelle Monier |Jennifer Zeitlin |Emily Webster |Melissa Frey

Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is defined by the International Continence Society as “any involuntary loss of urine on effort or physical exertion (eg, sporting activities) or on sneezing or coughing.”1 SUI is a prevalent condition that affects approximately 45% of women in the United States.2 Since its introduction in 1996 by Ulmsten et al,3 surgical placement of a midurethral sling has become the standard for surgical management of SUI.4 Although this is the most investigated surgical...

Nov 3, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Alice Hocquette |Jennifer Zeitlin

The question of which growth chart should be used for identifying fetuses and newborns at risk because of suboptimal growth was propelled into the scientific arena by the INTERGROWTH 21st and World Health Organization (WHO) projects to develop intrauterine growth standards (i.e. charts developed in low-risk populations with normal growth) in the mid-2010s.1, 2 Previously, despite broad consensus in the obstetric community on the use of birthweight percentile cut-offs to screen for fetuses or...