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Thermal imaging applications in neonatal care: a scoping review

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2019
Background In neonatal care, assessment of the temperature of the neonate is essential to confirm on-going health, and as an early signal of potential pathology.
Anastasia Topalidou   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Engaging with birth stories in pregnancy: a hermeneutic phenomenological study of women’s experiences across two generations”

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017
Background The birth story has been widely understood as a crucial source of knowledge about childbirth. What has not been reported is the effect that birth stories may have on primigravid women’s understandings of birth.
Lesley Kay   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intrapartum Ultrasound in Maternal Lateral Position. A Prospective Observational Study

open access: yesClinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2022
Background: Intrapartum ultrasound (ITU) techniques have been described only in maternal semi-recumbent position. However, other birthing positions, such as side-lying, are more comfortable for many mothers. The present study aimed to test the hypothesis
Marcos Javier Cuerva   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Maternal gift economy framework for addressing obstetric violence.

open access: yes(Con)textos, 2022
The present article analyzes the economic aspects of maternity care, proposing the maternal gift economy theory as a possible framework for addressing the economic and structural causes of obstetric violence.
Elena Skoko
doaj   +2 more sources

Humaniser l’accouchement au Bénin ? Retour sur l’échec d’un projet de la coopération japonaise

open access: yesAnthropologie & Santé, 2022
Since the 1970s, international activist movements have denounced a medical and techno-centric approach to birth. In response to this “techno-bio-medicalization” of birth, the concept of humanized childbirth emerged in the 1990s in Latin America and then ...
Clémence Schantz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The need to legislate and regulate obstetric violence to ensure women a real legal protection.

open access: yes(Con)textos, 2022
Women across the world face multiple and intersecting forms of violence, both in private and public life. A form of violence during facility-based childbirth has been addressed and framed by the WHO and UN following women’s reports of abuse and ...
Alessandra Battisti
doaj   +2 more sources

Diegetic Pregnancy in Jesse Greengrass’s Sight (2018), or the Ethics of Building Bodies in(to) Literature

open access: yesSillages Critiques, 2023
Although they have often been used as metaphors for the act of writing, pregnancy and childbirth have a long history of being left out of literature itself, especially as diegetic events in the novel.
Maxence Gouleau
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of birth preparedness and complication readiness among postpartum women in Bugembe, Jinja City, Eastern Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background Birth preparedness and complication readiness (BPCR) is vital for reducing maternal deaths by promoting proactive planning for safe childbirth and medical emergency management.
Andrew Marvin Kanyike   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changes in Immune‐Inflammation Status and Prognosis in Pregnancy‐Related Cerebral Venous Thrombosis

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Distinguishing pathological changes from physiological adaptations in pregnancy‐related cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is clinically challenging. This study aimed to characterize coagulation, immune‐inflammation, and dehydration status in these patients and assess their prognostic value.
Xiaoming Zhang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lactobacillus‐Loaded Bioadhesive Hydrogel with Prolonged Retention and Microenvironmental Remodeling for Endometrial Repair and Fertility Restoration

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
A bioactive adhesive hydrogel capable of long‐term uterine retention (>14 days) and local microenvironment modulation is developed by straightforward integration of α‐lipoic acid, L‐arginine, tannic acid, and Lactobacillus johnsonii, which can markedly enhance endometrial repair and restore fertility in a rat model of endometrial injury.
Lifa Chen   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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