AIM:To describe maternity and newborn charges for an economic analysis of surrogate pregnancies on the health care resource utilization.METHODS:A retrospective chart review of all women identified as being surrogates ...AIM:To describe maternity and newborn charges for an economic analysis of surrogate pregnancies on the health care resource utilization.METHODS:A retrospective chart review of all women identified as being surrogates and the infants born from these pregnancies was performed between January 1,2012 and December 31,2013.Selected maternity diagnoses,mode of delivery,duration of hospitalization,and hospital charges were collected together with infants' birth weights,gestational age,length of hospital stay,and hospital charges.Charges associated with the in vitro fertilization cycles,artificial insemination,or embryo(s)transfer into the surrogate were not considered in the maternity charges.A ratio contrasting the maternity hospital charges for the surrogate carrier was compared as a ratio to the mean charges for 2540 infants delivered in 2013 after naturalconception and adjusted to the baseline hospital charges for both maternity and newborn care.RESULTS:Analysis of sixty-nine infants delivered from both gestational and traditional surrogate women found an increased in multiple births,NICU admission,and length of stay with hospital charges several multiples beyond that of a term infant conceived naturally and provided care in our nursery.Among singletons and twins(per infant)hospital charges were increased 26 times(P < 0.001)and in triplets charges were increased 173 times(P < 0.0001)when compared to a term infant provided care in a normal nursery at our center.CONCLUSION:Maternity costs for surrogates exceed those of women who conceive naturally,and these costs are especially magnified in women with triplets and multiple births.展开更多
Traditionally, brachial plexus damage was attributed to excessive traction applied on the fetal head at delivery. Recently, it was proposed that most injuries occur spontaneously in utero. The author has studied the m...Traditionally, brachial plexus damage was attributed to excessive traction applied on the fetal head at delivery. Recently, it was proposed that most injuries occur spontaneously in utero. The author has studied the mechanism of neurological birth injuries based on 338 actual cases with special attention to(1) fetal macrosomia;(2) maternal diabetes; and(3) methods of delivery. There was a high coincidence between use of traction and brachial plexus injuries. Instrumental extractions increased the risk exponentially. Erb's palsy following cesarean section was exceedingly rare. These facts imply that spontaneous neurological injury in utero is extremely rare phenomenon. Literary reports show that shoulder dystocia and its associated injuries increased in the United States several-fold since the introduction of active management of delivery in the 1970's. Such a dramatic change in a stable population is unlikely to be caused by incidental spontaneous events unrelated to external factors. The cited investigations indicate that brachial plexus damage typically is traction related. The traditional technique which precludes traction is the optimal method for avoiding arrest of the shoulders and its associated neurological birth injuries. Effective prevention also requires meticulous prenatal care and elective abdominal delivery of macrosomic fetuses in carefully selected cases.展开更多
文摘AIM:To describe maternity and newborn charges for an economic analysis of surrogate pregnancies on the health care resource utilization.METHODS:A retrospective chart review of all women identified as being surrogates and the infants born from these pregnancies was performed between January 1,2012 and December 31,2013.Selected maternity diagnoses,mode of delivery,duration of hospitalization,and hospital charges were collected together with infants' birth weights,gestational age,length of hospital stay,and hospital charges.Charges associated with the in vitro fertilization cycles,artificial insemination,or embryo(s)transfer into the surrogate were not considered in the maternity charges.A ratio contrasting the maternity hospital charges for the surrogate carrier was compared as a ratio to the mean charges for 2540 infants delivered in 2013 after naturalconception and adjusted to the baseline hospital charges for both maternity and newborn care.RESULTS:Analysis of sixty-nine infants delivered from both gestational and traditional surrogate women found an increased in multiple births,NICU admission,and length of stay with hospital charges several multiples beyond that of a term infant conceived naturally and provided care in our nursery.Among singletons and twins(per infant)hospital charges were increased 26 times(P < 0.001)and in triplets charges were increased 173 times(P < 0.0001)when compared to a term infant provided care in a normal nursery at our center.CONCLUSION:Maternity costs for surrogates exceed those of women who conceive naturally,and these costs are especially magnified in women with triplets and multiple births.
文摘Traditionally, brachial plexus damage was attributed to excessive traction applied on the fetal head at delivery. Recently, it was proposed that most injuries occur spontaneously in utero. The author has studied the mechanism of neurological birth injuries based on 338 actual cases with special attention to(1) fetal macrosomia;(2) maternal diabetes; and(3) methods of delivery. There was a high coincidence between use of traction and brachial plexus injuries. Instrumental extractions increased the risk exponentially. Erb's palsy following cesarean section was exceedingly rare. These facts imply that spontaneous neurological injury in utero is extremely rare phenomenon. Literary reports show that shoulder dystocia and its associated injuries increased in the United States several-fold since the introduction of active management of delivery in the 1970's. Such a dramatic change in a stable population is unlikely to be caused by incidental spontaneous events unrelated to external factors. The cited investigations indicate that brachial plexus damage typically is traction related. The traditional technique which precludes traction is the optimal method for avoiding arrest of the shoulders and its associated neurological birth injuries. Effective prevention also requires meticulous prenatal care and elective abdominal delivery of macrosomic fetuses in carefully selected cases.