BACKGROUND: The Surveillance for Emerging Threats to Pregnant People and Infants Network (SET-NET) collects data abstracted from medical records and birth defects registries on pregnant people and their infants to understand outcomes associated with ...
The Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention (BDRP) strives to understand and protect against potential hazards to developing embryos, fetuses, children, and adults by bringing together scientific knowledge from diverse fields. The theme of ...
Congenital diseases requiring reconstruction of parts of the gastrointestinal tract, skin, or bone are a challenge to alleviate especially in rapidly growing children. Novel technologies may be the answer. This article presents the state-of-art in re...
BACKGROUND: To generate new leads about risk factors for gastroschisis, a birth defect that has been increasing in prevalence over time, we performed an untargeted data mining statistical approach.
BACKGROUND: International Classification of Disease (ICD) codes can accurately identify patients with certain congenital heart defects (CHDs). In ICD-defined CHD data sets, the code for secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) is the most common, but it h...
BACKGROUND: Infant mortality remains a critical public health issue, reflecting the overall health and well-being of a population. Accurate prediction of infant mortality is crucial, as it enables healthcare providers to identify at-risk populations ...
BACKGROUND: International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes utilized for congenital heart defect (CHD) case identification in datasets have substantial false-positive (FP) rates. Incorporating machine learning (ML) algorithms following case sele...