Medscape May 20, 2024
Zeel Mehta

TOPLINE:

Individuals with severe maternal morbidity (SMM) are at an increased risk for mental health condition-related hospitalization or emergency department (ED) visits up to 13 years after delivery.

METHODOLOGY:

  • This retrospective cohort study compared mental health hospitalizations and ED visits in postpartum individuals with and without SMM over 13 years after delivery from April 2008 to March 2021.
  • The study analyzed 1,579,392 individuals aged 18-55 years with a first recorded liveborn or stillborn delivery from a pregnancy lasting 20-43 weeks, of which 35,825 (2.3%) had exposure to SMM.
  • The SMM exposure was analyzed for events occurring after 20 weeks’ gestation and up to 42 days after delivery hospital discharge in the first recorded birth; those without SMM were considered...

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