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Background & Objectives: Macrosomia is a term applied to newborns with a birth weight more than of 4000 gr which cause different maternal and neonatal complications. Several risk factors has been known for macrosomia.
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Background Currently, macrosomia contributes to maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality in low—and middle-income countries because of changes in maternal lifestyle. Reliable data are needed for its prevention, early detection, and management.
Ikeola A. Adeoye +3 more
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Abstract Background Approximately one in four first‐time mothers reach the second stage of labor but cannot have a spontaneous vaginal birth, necessitating an intervention such as forceps to facilitate birth. Objective This study synthesizes evidence comparing severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and neonatal morbidity or mortality (SNMM) following forceps ...
Irina I. Oltean +2 more
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Fetal macrosomia: analysis of the maternal and neonatal outcomes and complications
it is well known that the health of the child depends largely on the health of his mother during pregnancy. There are no clear criteria in the available sources and clinical protocols for predicting the risk of macrosomia, which may further adversely ...
Natalia Pylypenko, Iryna Tuchkina
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Abstract Objective Maternal obesity and excess gestational weight gain (GWG) are linked to adverse perinatal outcomes, potentially via disruption of the maternal–fetal stress axis. Placental HSD11B2 protects the fetus from excess glucocorticoids and may influence fetal programming during maternal metabolic stress.
Thorsten Braun +13 more
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Strength training during pregnancy for the prevention of gestational diabetes: A randomized trial in women with overweight or obesity. [PDF]
Strength training during pregnancy safely improves maternal well‐being, increases physical activity, and reduces pregnancy symptoms, with a promising trend toward lower gestational diabetes. Abstract Introduction Evidence suggests that physical exercise may help prevent gestational diabetes mellitus, although available clinical trials are limited by ...
Santa Cruz TE +3 more
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Abstract Objective The body mass index (BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters) of the mother before pregnancy and the growth of weight during pregnancy are both important perinatal health determinants. The aim of the present study was to examine the association between the maternal BMI and obstetric and ...
Randa Elsayed +7 more
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Can Fetal Macrosomia be Prevented? [PDF]
Fetal macrosomia is an obstetric complication that makes child birth hazardous to women in labor, and sometimes an enigma to medical practitioners. It tasks the skills of obstetricians and places a burden on human and material medical resources. There is
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Abstract Objective To evaluate whether first‐trimester abdominal subcutaneous fat thickness (ASFT) and renal fat thickness (RFT) provide incremental value for early identification of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and their association with obstetric complications.
Giulia Palla +12 more
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Introducción. La macrosomía fetal exige herramientas ecográficas que orienten decisiones obstétricas en gestaciones a término. Objetivos. Determinar el rendimiento diagnóstico del ponderado fetal ecográfico (PFE) para detectar macrosomía fetal al ...
Rebeca Regina Pizan Yupanqui +1 more
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