King Edward Memorial Hospital

Impact of Socioeconomic Status and Rurality on the Rate of Prenatal Detection of Major and Critical Congenital Heart Disease in Western Australia

AIM: Prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease (CHD) is associated with reduced infant morbidity and mortality. Location and subsequent socioeconomic status influence rates and timing of prenatal diagnoses of CHD. We investigated the impact of socioeconomic status and rurali...

Machine Learning-Based First-Trimester Antenatal Risk Prediction for Adverse Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes: Multicenter Model Development Study.

Background: Maternal outcomes remain inequitable worldwide. Severe morbidity persists, and current risk assessment tools are largely arbitrary, focusing on biomedical factors while overlooking social determinants of health. There is a need for data-driven AI models to improve ear...

Early Exclusive Enteral Feeding in Preterm Infants: A Meta-Analysis

CONTEXT Early exclusive enteral feeding (EEF) in preterm infants may provide advantages such as improved nutritional delivery, reduced need for intravenous fluids (IVF), and lower health care costs. However, concerns persist regarding adverse outcomes, particularly necrotizing en...