Development and validation of a risk prediction index for severe maternal morbidity based on preconception comorbidities among infertile patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop and validate a preconception risk prediction index for severe maternal morbidity (SMM), defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as indicators of a life-threatening complication, among infertile patients.

Design

Retrospective analysis of live births and stillbirths from 2007 to 2017 among infertile women.

Setting

National commercial claims database.

Patient(s)

Infertile women identified on the basis of diagnosis, testing, or treatment codes.

Intervention(s)

None.

Main outcome measure(s)

The primary outcome was SMM, identified as any indicator from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Index except blood transfusion alone, which was found to overestimate cases. Twenty preconception comorbidities associ

SUBMITTER: Murugappan G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8585684 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature