**Author details**

Neesaytee Boulden1 , Joseph Bell2 , Jose Rojas-Suarez<sup>3</sup> and Jorge E. Tolosa2,4,5,6\*

1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Luke's University Hospital, Bethlehem, PA, United States

2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal Fetal Medicine, St. Luke's University Hospital, Bethlehem, PA, United States

3 Intensive Care and Obstetric Research Group (GRICIO), Universidad de Cartagena, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

4 Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, United States

5 Departamento de Obstetricia y Ginecología, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia

6 FUNDARED-MATERNA, Bogotá, Colombia

\*Address all correspondence to: jorge.tolosa@sluhn.org

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