Reassessing the Duration of the Second Stage of Labor in Relation to Maternal and Neonatal Morbidity. [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To assess the morbidity associated with continuing the second-stage duration of labor, weighing the probability of spontaneous vaginal birth without morbidity compared with birth with serious maternal or neonatal complications.
Allen +14 more
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Classification of stillbirths is an ongoing dilemma [PDF]
Aim: To compare different classification systems in a cohort of stillbirths undergoing a comprehensive workup; to establish whether a particular classification system is most suitable and useful in determining cause of death, purporting the lowest ...
Bonaccorsi, Gloria +9 more
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Spatial analysis of inequalities in fetal and infant mortality due to avoidable causes [PDF]
Objectives: to analyze social inequalities in spatial distribution of fetal and infant mortality by avoidable causes and identify the areas of greater risk of occurrence.
Cristine Vieira do Bonfim +4 more
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The immune response to malaria in utero. [PDF]
Malaria causes tremendous early childhood morbidity and mortality, providing an urgent impetus for the development of a vaccine that is effective in neonates.
Feeney, Margaret E
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BackgroundThe rate of the prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease is increasing along with advances in fetal echocardiography techniques. Here, we aimed to investigate the trend of the use of fetal echocardiography over time and to compare the ...
Ho-Jung Choi +9 more
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Gestational age patterns of fetal and neonatal mortality in Europe: results from the Euro-Peristat project. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The first European Perinatal Health Report showed wide variability between European countries in fetal (2.6-9.1‰) and neonatal (1.6-5.7‰) mortality rates in 2004.
Ashna D Mohangoo +8 more
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ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to evaluate the rates of fetal mortality in a Peruvian hospital between 2001 and 2020 and to investigate the association of indicators of social inequality (such as access to prenatal care and education) with fetal ...
Cesar Copaja-Corzo +4 more
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Pre-eclampsia-pregnancy induced hypertension; threats and consequences
Pre-eclampsia is the elevated blood pressure and excess protein in the urine after 20 weeks of pregnancy in a woman who previously had normal blood pressure, a major cause of preterm birth and an early marker for future cardiovascular and metabolic ...
Iqra Zulfiqar +4 more
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Burden, timing and causes of maternal and neonatal deaths and stillbirths in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: Protocol for a prospective cohort study [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: The AMANHI mortality study aims to use harmonized methods, across eleven sites in eight countries in South Asia and sub–Saharan Africa, to estimate the burden, timing and causes of maternal, fetal and neonatal deaths. It will generate data to
Abdul Quaiyum, Mohammad +6 more
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Producing valid statistics when legislation, culture, and medical practices differ for births at or before the threshold of survival: Report of a European workshop [PDF]
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Alexander, S. +40 more
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