Boston—An analysis of labor and delivery data in the state of New York has revealed that hospital—but not neighborhood—characteristics are associated with severe maternal morbidity (SMM). The study identified several factors that predict SMM.
Lead study author Jean Guglielminotti, MD, PhD, an anesthesiologist at Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, in Paris, and a postdoctoral research fellow at Columbia University, in New York City, said the study indicates that all pregnant