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PLOS Global Public HealthChildbirth is a painful experience for most women, and many require assistance with pain relief. Strategies for managing labor pain include both non-pharmacological and pharmacological intervention. Childbirth is a painful experience for almost all women.
Misgana Desalegn Menesho +1 more
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Correlation of mode of delivery with ultrasonic measurement of obstetric conjugate. [PDF]
Journal of Research in Applied and Basic Medical Sciences, 2021 Background & Aims: To use ultrasonography to assess obstetric conjugate in pregnant women at term, and to study its relationship with mode of delivery and birth weight.
Sadia Lanker +2 more
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Human evolution and the obstetrical dilemma: The pelvic floor hypothesis
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Human childbirth is mechanically difficult because a large‐headed, broad‐shouldered fetus must pass through a comparatively narrow, twisted bony birth canal. Traditional explanations of this “obstetrical dilemma” emphasize the role of bipedal locomotion in inhibiting the evolution of a wider, more spacious pelvis.
Barbara Fischer, Ekaterina Stansfield
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The “costly son” hypothesis: Sons exacerbate obstetrical dilemmas in humans and other mammals
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Human childbirth has often been considered uniquely difficult among mammals, yet recent evidence suggests that obstructed labor and fetopelvic disproportion are widespread across placental mammals. Here, we propose the “costly son” hypothesis: because male offspring are typically larger at birth, they impose greater obstetric risk on mothers ...
Nicole D. S. Grunstra +1 more
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Drug Exposure During Pregnancy: A Case-Control Study from a Primary Care Database
Women's Health ReportsObjective: Drug exposure during pregnancy is frequent, even more during first trimester as pregnant women might not be aware of their condition. We used available electronic health records (EHRs) to describe the use of medications during the first ...
Ainhoa Gomez-Lumbreras +6 more
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Journal of Health Science and Medical Research (JHSMR), 2011 Background: There are few studies regarding ways to promote positive feelings among women in labor. Thus, it would be useful to study the effects of marching music and cheerful music on women in the second stage of labor.
Sasitorn Phumdoung +2 more
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Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.Objective To evaluate the risk of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) in azathioprine (AZA)–exposed versus unexposed systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) pregnancies within the multicenter prospective Lupus in Pregnancy (LEGACY) cohort. Methods LEGACY is conducted at Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics in Canada, South Korea, Peru,
Reem Farhat +14 more
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020 Background For healthy women entering birth after uneventful pregnancy, midwife-led models of care have the potential to reduce interventions and increase the vaginal birth rate.
Waltraut M. Merz +6 more
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Prevention of obstetric hemorrhages [PDF]
Ķazaķstannyṇ Klinikalyķ Medicinasy, 2017 Obstetric bleeding is an urgent problem in modern obstetric. It remains one of the main causes of maternal mortality. The article presents a literature review of world dates on the management of the third stage of labor, measures taken to prevent ...
Gauri Bapayeva, Saltanat Kulbayeva
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British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.Aim Many women take medications during pregnancy. However, the risk to the fetus from most medications is uncertain. Congenital anomalies are one of the leading causes of infant death and contribute to long‐term disability. Signal detection methods can be used to systematically identify possible medication–anomaly associations that require further ...
Hannah Johnson +22 more
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