has doubled, the use of medication for treatment remained stable at only 60%, which we believe is likely below what it should be if patients are treated according to clinical guidelines,” said lead researcher Stephanie Leonard, an epidemiologist with Stanford University School of Medicine., researchers analyzed a database of private health insurance claims for 2007 to 2021, reviewing records for 1.9 million pregnancies during that period.
However, the researchers were surprised to find no spike in diagnoses following a 2017 guideline update that lowered the threshold for early-stage,” Leonard said in a journal news release. “We were surprised to not find any meaningful changes from before and after the guideline.”should be among the highest priorities for improving maternal health,” said Dr. Sadiya Khan, a professor of cardiovascular epidemiology at Northwestern University who was not involved in the study.