Maternal Emergency Department Use Before Pregnancy and Infant Emergency Department Use After Birth.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Maternal emergency department (ED) use before or during pregnancy is associated with worse obstetrical outcomes, for reasons including preexisting medical conditions and challenges in accessing health care. It is not known whether maternal prepregnancy ED use is associated with higher use of the ED by their infant.

Objective

To study the association between maternal prepregnancy ED use and risk of infant ED use in the first year of life.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based cohort study included all singleton livebirths in all of Ontario, Canada, from June 2003 to January 2020.

Exposures

Any maternal ED encounter within 90 days preceding the start of the index pregnancy.

Main outcomes and measures

Any infant ED visit up to 3

SUBMITTER: Varner CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10011931 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature