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ArticleO&G open2025

Substance Use Disorder as a Contributing Factor to Pregnancy-Associated Deaths.

Ryan Duggal, Amanda A Allshouse, Maria Small, Marcela C Smid

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Ryan DuggalDepartment of Psychiatry and the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah; the CDC Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia; and the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Health System, Durham, North Carolina.
Amanda A AllshouseDepartment of Psychiatry and the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah; the CDC Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia; and the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Health System, Durham, North Carolina.
Maria SmallDepartment of Psychiatry and the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah; the CDC Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia; and the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Health System, Durham, North Carolina.
Marcela C SmidDepartment of Psychiatry and the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah; the CDC Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia; and the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Health System, Durham, North Carolina.

Funding

Project INSPIRE – (Interprofessional Simulation Program for Clinical Resilience and Empathy) for healthcare teams caring for birthing individuals with substance use disorder in UtahU54HD113169 · NICHD · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI Torri D Metz · 2023 to 2026
$10.7M
NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD113169
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Substance use disorder (SUD) is increasingly linked with risk of accidental overdose and suicide among pregnant and postpartum people. However, less is understood about SUD as a contributing factor to natural manner of death among peripartum people. This study used National Vital Statistics System data to investigate differences in causes and timing of natural deaths between peripartum women and girls with and without SUD as a contributing factor to their deaths. Compared with deaths in individuals without SUD as a contributing factor, deaths in individuals with SUD as a contributing factor were less likely to occur postpartum and were more likely to be due to sepsis. These patterns have not been identified previously in the literature. Further investigation is needed to clarify the mechanisms behind SUD and causes of pregnancy-associated natural deaths.

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PMID41000286
PMCPMC12456568

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