Risk Factors for Nosocomial Infection in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit by the Japanese Nosocomial Infection Surveillance (JANIS) [PDF]
, 2008 We evaluated the infection risks in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) using data of NICU infection surveillance data. The subjects were 871 NICU babies, consisting of 465 boys and 406 girls, who were cared for between June 2002 and January 2003 in ...
Babazono, Akira +11 more
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Secular trend of anthropometric parameters of newborns in municipalities of Tuzla Canton (1976 – 2007) [PDF]
Medicinski Glasnik, 2016 Aim To determine the acceleration of birth weight and birth length of newborns in the municipalities of Tuzla Canton in the last four decades. Tuzla Canton (TC) as an administrative territorial unit of the FBiH includes 13 municipalities.
Amela Begić +3 more
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Maternal Anemia and Low Birth Weight: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Nutrients, 2018 Objective: To systematically analyze the relationship between maternal anemia and low birth weight. Methods: A search of studies was conducted in the main databases (Medline, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, SciELO, and Lilacs), the gray literature, and ...
A. C. G. Figueiredo +8 more
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Comparison of academic performance of twins and singletons in adolescence : follow-up study [PDF]
, 2006 Objectives To determine whether twins in recent cohorts show similar academic performance in adolescence to singletons and to test the effect of birth weight on academic performance in twins and singletons. Design Follow-up study. Setting Denmark.
Bingley, Paul +5 more
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American Journal of Epidemiology, 2017 Advanced maternal age at birth is considered a major risk factor for birth outcomes. It is unclear to what extent this association is confounded by maternal characteristics.
A. Goisis +4 more
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Effect of cooking posture on birth weight
Muller Journal of Medical Sciences and Research, 2014 Background: Low birth weight is still prevalent and has a multifactorial causation. Indian women in the reproductive age group, usually engage themselves and spend considerable time in cooking.
Yugantara R Kadam +3 more
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ANN for Predicting Birth Weight [PDF]
, 2020 In this research, an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model was developed and tested to predict Birth Weight. A number of factors were identified that may affect birth weight.
Mohammad, Shawwah, Suheil, Murshidy
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Temporal trends in pregnancy weight gain and birth weight in Bavaria 2000-2007: slightly decreasing birth weight with increasing weight gain in pregnancy [PDF]
, 2009 Aims: To assess temporal trends in birth weight and pregnancy weight gain in Bavaria from 2000 to 2007. Methods: Data on 695,707 mother and infant pairs (singleton term births) were available from a compulsory reporting system for quality assurance ...
Beyerlein, Andreas +3 more
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Associated factors of birth weight outcomes in the south of Iran: A cross-sectional survey
Social Determinants of Health, 2017 Background: Adverse birth outcomes are serious health problems that increase morbidity and mortality in neonates. Socioeconomic inequities are linked with Low Birth Weight (LBW) and High Birth Weight (HBW); however, the associations of these factors ...
Zahra Hassanzadeh-Rostami +4 more
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Genetic Evidence for Causal Relationships Between Maternal Obesity-Related Traits and Birth Weight.
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2016 IMPORTANCE Neonates born to overweight or obese women are larger and at higher risk of birth complications. Many maternal obesity-related traits are observationally associated with birth weight, but the causal nature of these associations is uncertain.
J. Tyrrell +93 more
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