Mother, Fetus, NeonateComparative Performance of Obstetric Comorbidity Indices Within Categories of Race and Ethnicity: An External Validation StudyTangel, V.E.; Bryant-Huppert, J.; JIang, S.Y.; Oxford-Horrey, C.M.; Dzotsi, S.; Kjaer, K.; White, R.S. Author Information Weill Cornell Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, New York, NY Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 43(1):p 21-22, March 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/01.aoa.0000912284.01519.16 Buy Metrics Abstract (Int J Obstet Anesth. 2022;50:103543) In the United States, black mothers are more likely to experience and die from severe maternal morbidity (SMM), regardless of patient-level or hospital-level factors. In addition, adjustment indices and a comorbidity scoring system designed to prevent bias from SMM risk assessment were developed and validated in locations without adequate race and ethnicity representation. This study analyzed data from Florida, Maryland, Kentucky, Washington, and New York to externally validate the Bateman and Leonard indices accounting for sociodemographic and racial and ethnic diversity. Copyright © 2023 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
