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Mechanical heart valves and pregnancy: Issues surrounding anticoagulation. Experience from two obstetric cardiac centres

, 2020
Background Pregnant women with mechanical heart valves are at significant risk of obstetric/cardiac complications. This study compares the anticoagulation management in two obstetric cardiac centres.
Cornette, Erome, Allam, Joanna, Dos Santos, Francois, Swan, Lorna, Baris, Lucia, Johnson, Mark R, Steer, Philip, Roos-Hesselink, Jolien, Varley, Alice, Gatzoulis, Michael   +9 more
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Health System Support for Childbirth care in Southern Tanzania: Results from a Health Facility Census. [PDF]

, 2013
Progress towards reaching Millennium Development Goals four (child health) and five (maternal health) is lagging behind, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, despite increasing efforts to scale up high impact interventions.
Ronsmans, Carine, Godfrey Mbaruku, Manzi, Fatuma, Carine Ronsmans, Jenny Jaribu, Marcel Tanner, Suzanne Penfold, Fatuma Manzi, Hassan Mshinda, Claudia Hanson, Werner Maokola, Schellenberg, Joanna, Mbaruku, Godfrey, Hanson, Claudia, Jaribu, Jenny, Joanna Schellenberg, Penfold, Suzanne, Maokola, Werner, Mshinda, Hassan, Tanner, Marcel   +19 more
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Institutional delivery in rural India: the relative importance of accessibility and economic status. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Skilled attendance at delivery is an important indicator in monitoring progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5 to reduce the maternal mortality ratio by three quarters between 1990 and 2015. In addition to professional attention, it is
Ronsmans, Carine, Cleland, John, Kesterton, Amy J, Sloggett, Andy   +3 more
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Association between intravenous fluids during labor and primary postpartum hemorrhage: A retrospective cohort study

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
Introduction There is a major research gap relating to the impact of intravenous (IV) fluids administration during labor on maternal and neonatal outcomes.
Belinda R. Bruce, Heather L. Shepherd, Saleem Ahmed Khan, Charlotte R. Haunton, Julie Leask, Bradley S. De Vries   +5 more
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Review of the Recent Literature on the Mode of Delivery for Singleton Vertex Preterm Babies

Journal of Pregnancy, 2011
Choosing the safest method of delivery and preventing preterm labour are obstetric challenges in reducing the number of preterm births and improving outcomes for mother and baby.
Smriti Ray Chaudhuri Bhatta, Remon Keriakos   +1 more
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Quality Of Antenatal Care In Rural Southern Tanzania: A Reality Check. [PDF]

, 2010
Counselling on the danger signs of unpredictable obstetric complications and the appropriate management of such complications are crucial in reducing maternal mortality.
Schmid, G, Malabika Sarker, Sylvia Kirenga, Olaf Müller, De, Allegri M, Schmid, Gerhard, Larsson, Elin, Florian Neuhann, Mbunda, T, Neuhann, Florian, Sarker, Malabika, Müller, Olaf, Lekule, Isaack, De Allegri, Manuela, Theodora Mbunda, Neuhann, F, Larsson, E,, Mbunda, Theodora, Sarker, M, Elin Larsson, Lekule, I, Müller, O, Kirenga, Sylvia, Manuela De Allegri, Kirenga, S, Gerhard Schmid, Isaack Lekule   +26 more
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Relationship between the anxiety of labor companion and labor satisfaction among laboring women

Scientific Reports
The presence of a known labor companion was shown to improve childbirth satisfaction. However, a companion’s anxiety might affect the satisfaction of laboring women.
Amirreza Nasirzadeh, Fatemeh Mohammadzadeh, Sedighesadat Kazeminia, Arezoo Davarinia Motlagh Quchan, Sareh Dashti, Narjes Bahri   +5 more
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Use of antenatal services and delivery care in Entebbe, Uganda: a community survey. [PDF]

, 2007
BACKGROUND: Disparities in perinatal health care occur worldwide. If the UN Millennium Development Goals in maternal and child health are to be met, this needs to be addressed.
Mabey, David, Morison, Linda, Heiner Grosskurth, Linda Morison, Kizza, Moses, Muwanga, Moses, Kizza, M, Muwanga, M, Moses Kizza, Tann, Carolyn J, Alison M Elliott, Grosskurth, H, Mabey, D, David Mabey, Carolyn J Tann, Elliott, Alison M, Morison, L, Elliott, AM, Grosskurth, Heiner, Tann, CJ, Moses Muwanga   +20 more
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A quality of care assessment of the management of obstetric haemorrhage in the Peninsula Maternal and Neonatal Services

, 2009
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-68).In South Africa obstetric haemorrhage is the third most common cause of maternal deaths. In addition to maternal mortality audits, quality of care audits using criterion based audit methodology provides ...
Adams, Tracey
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Obstetric Characteristics and Functional Outcomes in Women with Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council
Background: Obstetric anal sphincter injury is a complication of vaginal delivery, if left untreated, causes significant maternal morbidities; urinary problems and fecal/ flatus incontinence.
Shree Prasad Adhikari, Sandesh Poudel, Sapana Amatya Baidhya, Manisha Yadav   +3 more
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