The most common medications dispensed to lactating persons: An electronic health record-based approach.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Using a novel, electronic health record (EHR)-based approach, to estimate the prevalence of prescription medication use at 2, 4, and 6 months postpartum among lactating individuals.

Methods

We utilized automated EHR data from a US health system that records infant feeding information at well-child visits. We linked mothers who received prenatal care to their infants born May 2018-June 2019, and we required infants to have ≥1 well-child visit between 31 and 90 days of life (i.e., 2-month well-child visit with a ±1 month window). Mothers were classified as lactating at the 2-month well-child visit if their infant received breast milk at the 2-month well-child visit. For subsequent well-child visits at 4 and 6 months, mothers were considered lactating if their infant wa

SUBMITTER: Palmsten K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10524926 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature