Importance Over the past 2 decades, there has been a trend toward increasing maternal age
in many high-income countries. Maternal age may lead to greater attendant morbidity and …

Background Women with heart disease are at risk for pregnancy complications, but their
long‐term cardiovascular outcomes after pregnancy are not known. Methods and Results …

Background: Prior studies comparing first-trimester pharmaceutical induced abortion (IA)
with procedural IA were prone to selection bias, were underpowered to assess serious …

Objective To estimate the intergenerational association in teenage pregnancy, and whether
there is a coupling tendency between a mother and daughter in how their teen pregnancies …

Background After pregnancy, patients with preexisting heart disease are at high risk for
cardiovascular complications. The primary objective was to compare the incidence of new …

Objective: To compare well-baby visit and vaccination schedule adherence up to age 24
months in children of mothers with versus without schizophrenia. Methods: Using …

Background A woman's risk of venous thromboembolism during pregnancy is estimated to
be two-to-six times higher than her risk when she is not pregnant. Such risk estimates are …

Objective Pregnancy-associated morbidity results in hundreds of thousands of deaths
annually worldwide. Reducing maternal mortality is a key United Nations Millennium …

BACKGROUND: Induced abortion is a common procedure performed by physicians with
varying degrees of clinical experience. We aimed to determine whether a physician's …

Background Women with a prosthetic heart valve are perceived to be at higher risk for
adverse outcomes, but their absolute and relative risk of experiencing maternal morbidity …