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Maternal micronutrients and fetal outcome

The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2004
Maternal micronutrient deficiency has been related to adverse fetal effects. It is believed that micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy may improve fetal and neonatal outcome. Despite biological plausibility, the evidence base for individual micronutrient benefit on neonatal morbidity, mortality, growth and development is patchy and often ...
Dheeraj, Shah, H P S, Sachdev
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Maternal obesity and infant outcomes

Early Human Development, 2010
Obesity (Body mass index (BMI) above 30) is one of the major health issues of the 21st century. Over 1.1 billion of the world's population are now classified as obese. In the UK, women are more likely to be obese than men; over 50% of women of reproductive age are overweight or obese.
Rikke, Ruager-Martin, Matthew J, Hyde, Neena, Modi   +2 more
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Maternal phenylketonuria: The outcome of pregnancy

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 1981
This report documents the outcome of two pregnancies is a woman with phenylketonuria (PKU) who was treated with a low phenylalanine diet before conception and during pregnancy. Her first pregnancy resulted in an abortion at 17 wk. During the second pregnancy the patient was unable to maintain the right diet consistently, and her blood phenylalanine ...
R H, Lorijn, R C, Sengers, J M, Trijbels
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Maternal Occupation and Pregnancy Outcome

Epidemiology, 1996
Few studies have addressed the effect of maternal employment on late pregnancy outcomes. The National Maternal and Infant Health Survey, a probability sample of U.S. livebirths, stillbirths, and infant deaths in 1988, provided an opportunity to evaluate mothers' jobs in relation to preterm delivery, very low birthweight ( < 1,500 gm), moderately low ...
D A, Savitz, A F, Olshan, K, Gallagher
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Thrombosis in pregnancy and maternal outcomes

Birth Defects Research Part C: Embryo Today: Reviews, 2015
Pregnancy increases the risk of thrombosis four‐ to five‐fold. Seventy‐five to eighty percent of pregnancy‐related thrombotic events are venous and twenty to –twenty‐five percent are arterial. The main reason for the increased risk is hypercoagulability. Women are hypercoagulable because they have evolved so that they are protected against the bleeding
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Eclampsia: Maternal and neonatal outcomes

Pregnancy Hypertension: An International Journal of Women's Cardiovascular Health, 2013
The objective of our study is to define the maternal and neonatal outcomes associated with eclampsia. This retrospective cohort study was performed using the Consortium on Safe Labor, database from 12 clinical centers, including 19 hospitals, from 2002-2008.
Ann K, Lal, Weihua, Gao, Judith U, Hibbard   +2 more
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Macrosomia: Maternal and Fetal Outcome

Asia-Oceania Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1994
AbstractThis retrospective case‐control study analyses the prevalence and outcome of macrosomia in a part of the underdeveloped world. Out of 6,093 deliveries at a large tertiary care centre, 234 (3.8%) were macrosomic. Maternal risk factors associated with the condition included age over 35, obesity, grand multiparity, postmaturity and impaired ...
Karim, S A, Mastoor, M, Ahmed, A J, Pasha, O, Qureshi, F, Akhtar, S, Robinson, S C   +6 more
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Maternal Nutrition and Perinatal Outcomes

Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 2010
Diet and patterns of eating during pregnancy can affect perinatal outcomes through direct physiologic effects or by stressing the fetus in ways that permanently affect phenotype. Supplements are not a magic nutritional remedy, and evidence of profound benefit for most supplements remains inconclusive.
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Treatment Outcome of Maternal Phenylketonuria

Pediatrics International, 1988
AbstractOur experience to date with 40 pregnancies in 13 women with hyperphenylalaninemia indicates that to prevent mental retardation in their children, maternal phenylalanine levels of 120–600 umol/L are needed, in addition to a newborn screening program.
R, Koch, E, Wenz, C, Bauman, E G, Friedman, C, Azen, K, Fishler, W, Heiter   +6 more
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Maternal drinking and pregnancy outcome

Applied Research in Mental Retardation, 1982
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a distinct pattern of malformation and mental impairment, to date associated only with advanced stages of maternal alcoholism. Children born to alcoholics are at risk for a wide range of problems, including one or a few of the characteristics of FAS.
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