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Lifetime adverse pregnancy outcomes and associated factors among antenatal care booked women in Central Gondar zone and Gondar city administration, Northwest Ethiopia

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundIn developing countries, adverse pregnancy outcomes are major public health issues. It is one of the leading causes of neonatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Despite the fact that ending prenatal mortality and morbidity is one of the third
Atalay Goshu Muluneh, Melaku Hunie Asratie, Tesfamichael Gebremariam, Aynalem Adu, Mihretu Molla Enyew, Endeshaw Admasu Cherkos, Senetsehuf Melkamu, Martha Berta, Worku Mamo, Dawit Kassahun, Nuhamin Tesfa Tsega, Azmeraw Ambachew Kebede, Desale Bihonegn Asmamaw, Getahun Molla Kassa, Muhabaw Shumye Mihret   +14 more
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Pre-existing diabetes mellitus and adverse pregnancy outcomes [PDF]

, 2012
Background Pregnancies complicated by pre-existing diabetes mellitus (PDM) are associated with a high rate of adverse outcomes, including an increased miscarriage rate, preterm delivery, preeclampsia, perinatal mortality and congenital malformations ...
Fayed, Amel, Wahabi, Haifa A. A., Al-Shaikh, Ghadeer, Alzeidan, Rasmieh A., Esmaeil, Samia A.   +4 more
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Hypercholesterolaemia in pregnancy as a predictor of adverse pregnancy outcome

African Health Sciences, 2015
Prevention of viable spontaneous preterm birth and low birth weight through screening is one of the key aims of antenatal care as these have implications for the child, mother and society. If women can be identified to be at high risk of these adverse birth outcomes in early pregnancy, they can be targeted for more intensive antenatal surveillance and ...
Maymunah, AO, Kehinde, O, Abidoye, G, Oluwatosin, A   +3 more
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Lifestyle interventions for overweight and obese pregnant women to improve pregnancy outcome: systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Overweight and obesity pose a big challenge to pregnancy as they are associated with adverse maternal and perinatal outcome. Evidence of lifestyle intervention resulting in improved pregnancy outcome is conflicting.
Croker, H, Varma, Rajesh, Oteng-Ntim, Eugene, Poston, Lucilla, Helen Croker, Poston, L, Doyle, P, Lucilla Poston, Rajesh Varma, Oteng-Ntim, E, Varma, R, Croker, Helen, Doyle, Pat, Eugene Oteng-Ntim, Pat Doyle, Poston, Lucilla; id_orcid   +15 more
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Endometriosis and Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2019
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between endometriosis and adverse pregnancy outcomes. METHODS: Women between ages 25 and 42 years in 1989 (n=116,429) reported detailed information on pregnancies and reproductive health at ...
Farland, Leslie V., Prescott, Jennifer, Sasamoto, Naoko, Tobias, Deirdre K., Gaskins, Audrey J., Stuart, Jennifer J., Carusi, Daniela A., Chavarro, Jorge E., Horne, Andrew W., Rich-edwards, Janet W., Missmer, Stacey A.   +10 more
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Impact of aetiological screening of sexually transmitted infections during pregnancy on pregnancy outcomes in South Africa

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022
Background Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) during pregnancy may increase the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. STI syndromic management is standard of care in South Africa but has its limitations.
Dorothy C. Nyemba, Remco P. H. Peters, Andrew Medina-Marino, Jeffrey D. Klausner, Phuti Ngwepe, Landon Myer, Leigh F. Johnson, Dvora L. Joseph Davey   +7 more
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Urban-rural differences in the pregnancy-related adverse outcome

Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinical Medicine, 2023
Background: Little is known about potential urban-rural differences in adverse pregnancy outcomes. The purpose of this study is to look into the urban-rural differences in the trend of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes.
Vahid Mehrnoush, Amene Ranjbar, Farzaneh Banihashemi, Fatemeh Darsareh, Mitra Shekari, Malihe Shirzadfardjahromi   +5 more
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Is induced abortion a risk factor in subsequent pregnancy? [PDF]

, 2009
Objective: To determine whether a history of terminations of pregnancy influences subsequent pregnancies in terms of pregnancy risks, prematurity and neonatal biometrics.
Henrich, Wolfgang, Briese, Volker, Voigt, Manfred, Zygmunt, Marek, Straube, Sebastian, Friese, Klaus   +5 more
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Adverse pregnancy outcome and connective tissue disease: why is there a link?

, 2020
It has been known for many years that there are risks associated with pregnancy for women with a range of established connective tissue diseases (CTD), especially systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). These risks can have to do with the disease itself, the
D Ellwood, Ellwood, D
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Effects of sanitation practices on adverse pregnancy outcomes in India: a conducive finding from recent Indian demographic health survey

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2019
Background Several risk factors predisposing women and their live-borns to adverse outcomes during pregnancy have been documented. Little is known about sanitation being a factor contributing to adverse pregnancy outcomes in India. The role of sanitation
Ratna Patel, Ajay Gupta, Shekhar Chauhan, Dhananjay W. Bansod   +3 more
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