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Estimating Causal Effects of Third‐Stage Management on Postpartum Haemorrhage in a Midwifery Context: An Evidence Synthesis Approach for Constructing Directed Acyclic Graphs

open access: yesPaediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Estimating the causal effect of third‐stage management approaches on preventing postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) in the context of physiologic birth using observational data requires conditioning on specific variables, with selection relying on assumptions about their roles in the exposure‐outcome pathway that are rarely made explicit ...
Vanessa Hébert   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization of Protein Involved in Hemolysis Expressed by Sneathia amnii, a Pathogen of the Female Urogenital Tract [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Sneathia amnii is a poorly characterized gram-negative anaerobe that commonly colonizes the vagina. It has been linked to many obstetric disorders, including preterm labor, preeclampsia, and chorioamnionitis. S.
Carrasco, Lizette   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Training the Fetal Immune System Through Maternal Inflammation-A Layered Hygiene Hypothesis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Over the last century, the alarming surge in allergy and autoimmune disease has led to the hypothesis that decreasing exposure to microbes, which has accompanied industrialization and modern life in the Western world, has fundamentally altered the immune
Apostol, April C   +2 more
core  

Chorioamnionitis as a risk factor for retinopathy of prematurity: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesbioRxiv, 2018
The role of chorioamnionitis (CA) in the development of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is difficult to establish, because CA-exposed and CA-unexposed infants frequently present different baseline characteristics.
Eduardo Villamor-Martínez   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Measuring and Managing Obesity in Pregnancy Using the Edmonton Obesity Staging System: A Scoping Review

open access: yesClinical Obesity, Volume 16, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Emerging evidence and clinical practice guidelines have highlighted that obesity, defined as a chronic disease characterised by excess or dysfunctional adipose tissue, may not be accurately measured or understood by solely relying on body mass index (BMI) which is a measure of size not functionality.
Taniya S. Nagpal   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reevaluating the association between chorioamnionitis and cerebellar hemorrhage: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

open access: yesPregnancy
Chorioamnionitis is a recognized risk factor for intraventricular hemorrhage and white matter injury in preterm infants. However, its association with cerebellar hemorrhage (CBH) remains controversial with conflicting evidence in the literature.
Makoto Ibaraki   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Feasibility and effectiveness of the novel HemoClear microfiltration cell‐salvage system in cesarean sections in South Africa

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, Volume 172, Issue 1, Page 396-405, January 2026.
Abstract Objective To test the feasibility and effectiveness of implementing the HemoClear microfiltration cell‐salvage system for cesarean sections in South Africa. Methods We conducted a prospective experimental single‐arm feasibility study collecting and processing blood from 20 adult women undergoing cesarean section in Pelonomi Tertiary Hospital ...
Nndwammbi C. Ramatsea   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

What treatment approach to intrapartum maternal fever has the best fetal outcomes? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
A combination of beta-lactam and amino-glycoside antibiotics are the recommended empiric agents for the treatment of acute chorioamnionitis, given that no head-to-head trials exist (strength of recommendation [SOR]: C, based on expert opinion ...
Crawford, Paul   +2 more
core  

Preterm meconium‐stained amniotic fluid: A red flag for infection and adverse perinatal outcomes

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, Volume 172, Issue 1, Page 420-427, January 2026.
Abstract Objective Meconium‐stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) is uncommon in preterm deliveries and raises concerns about maternal and neonatal infectious risks. We aimed to evaluate maternal, perinatal, and microbiological outcomes in preterm deliveries complicated by MSAF compared to clear amniotic fluid (AF) and to assess outcomes in preterm versus term
Raneen Abu Shqara   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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