Researchers of the National Institutes of Health’s Perinatology Research Branch at the Wayne State University School of Medicine have proposed the need for a new taxonomy of obstetric diseases. The proposed taxonomy would also consider the biomarkers found through placental examinations.
Published in The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Toward a new taxonomy of obstetrical disease: Improved performance of maternal blood biomarkers for the great obstetrical syndromes when classified according to placental pathology” demonstrates that the performance of biomarkers improves if the results of placental pathology are taken into account.
Evidence in the study supports the generation of a new taxonomy of obstetrical syndromes that would define specific conditions through the combination of clinical symptoms and the biomarkers caused by placental lesions. The unique identification and naming system would improve the characterization of obstetrical disorders by including information about the mechanisms of disease reflected in placental pathology.
This new homogenous approach could facilitate the discovery and implementation of biomarkers and provide a framework to test therapeutic interventions and prevention strategies.
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