153 Neonatal Outcomes of Inadequate Prenatal Care
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Abstract
Prenatal care (PNC) is a frequently accessed Canadian healthcare service, yet 5–20% of women obtain inadequate PNC. An understanding of neonatal outcomes associated with inadequate prenatal care will assist in developing appropriate guidelines for these at risk infants and identifying the importance of engaging hard-to-reach pregnant patients in healthcare. To compare neonatal outcomes of babies born to women who received no or inadequate prenatal care (IPNC) with those born to women who received adequate prenatal care (APNC). We conducted a retrospective matched cohort study with approval from our local research ethics committee. Neonates born at an inner-city hospital in 2016 to women with IPNC (≤4 antenatal visits, or first visit in 3rd trimester) were identified through retrospective chart review. APNC controls (≥5 prenatal visits and initial visit prior to third trimester), were matched 3:1 for age and parity. Seventy newborns were born to women with IPNC, and 210 maternal-matched controls were identified. The rate of preterm birth (<37wks GA) and small for gestational age (SGA) infants was higher in the IPNC group, 15/70 (23.4%) and 11/65 (16.9%) respectively, compared to 21/210 (10%) and 17/210 (8.10%) in the APNC group (p<0.01). The mean birthweight of IPNC newborns was 2972g (+/- 630g) vs 3375g (+/-554g) in controls. NICU admission was 27/70 (38%) for IPNC vs 23/210 (11%) for APNC (p<0.01). Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) screening was done in 14/70 (20%) in the IPNC group and 4/210 (2%) of APNC group. Eleven (15.7%) of the newborns screened for NAS in the IPNC group vs 1(0.5%) in the APNC group required NICU admission for NAS and 3(4.3%) vs 0 required pharmacological treatment. Urine toxicology screen was done in 14 IPNC neonates -12 tested positive, with opiates (50%), cannabis (50%) and methamphetamines (33%) the commonest substances. In the IPNC group, 14 (20%) neonates were discharged via Child Protective Services care vs 2 (1%) in the APNC group (p<0.01). Inadequate prenatal care increases the risk of adverse neonatal outcomes, including prematurity, lower mean birthweight, SGA, and NICU admission. Neonates in the IPNC group were more likely to have had opioid exposure with subsequent NAS and to be discharged into the care of Child Protective Services. This study highlights the importance of identifying women at risk of IPNC and improving their engagement with healthcare teams.
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Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.004 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.002 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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