Olga Basso

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) vary by underlying causes of infertility. STUDY DESIGN: Cohort study using Quebec provincial administrative health data (RAMQ, ISQ, MED-ÉCHO). METHODS: We compared 627…

STUDY QUESTION: Is being born of a young mother associated with worse gynecologic health, as indicated by a bilateral oophorectomy or hysterectomy before age 40? SUMMARY ANSWER: Daughters of mothers younger than 25 did not have reduced par…

STUDY QUESTION: Is fecundability associated with miscarriage history and future miscarriage risk? SUMMARY ANSWER: Prior miscarriage was associated with lower fecundability, and participants with a history of subfertility (time-to-pregnancy…

BACKGROUND: Improvement in the prediction and prevention of severe maternal morbidity (SMM) - a range of life-threatening conditions during pregnancy, at delivery or within 42 days postpartum - is a public health priority. Reduction of SMM …

STUDY QUESTION: Do daughters of older mothers have lower fecundability? SUMMARY ANSWER: In this cohort study of North American pregnancy planners, there was virtually no association between maternal age ≥35 years and daughters' fecundabili…

Objective: To improve the prediction of maternal end-organ injury or death using routinely-collected variables from the pre-pregnancy and the early pregnancy period. Design: Population-based cohort study using linked administrative health …

BACKGROUND: The extent to which infertility treatment predicts severe maternal morbidity is not well known. We examined the association between infertility treatment and severe maternal morbidity in pregnancy and the postpartum period. MET…