Caesarean Section among Referred and Self-Referred Birthing Women: A Cohort Study from a Tertiary Hospital, Northeastern Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2011 The inequity in emergency obstetric care access in Tanzania is unsatisfactory. Despite an existing national obstetric referral system, many birthing women bypass referring facilities and go directly to higher-level care centres.
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Biomedicine Hub, 2023 Introduction: Extremely premature (EP) infants (<28 weeks gestational age) with respiratory conditions after discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) impose a significant burden on caregivers.
Sujata P. Sarda +8 more
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New architectural design of delivery room reduces morbidity in preterm neonates: a prospective cohort study [PDF]
, 2016 Background: A multidisciplinary committee composed of a panel of experts, including a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and American Institute of Architects, has suggested that the delivery room (DR) and the neonatal intensive care units (NICU)
Aleandri, Vincenzo +7 more
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Effect of case management on neonatal mortality due to sepsis and pneumonia. [PDF]
, 2011 BACKGROUND: Each year almost one million newborns die from infections, mostly in low-income countries. Timely case management would save many lives but the relative mortality effect of varying strategies is unknown.
Bhutta, Zulfiqar A +7 more
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Neonatal abstinence syndrome: Pharmacologic strategies for the mother and infant. [PDF]
, 2016 Opioid use in pregnancy has increased dramatically over the past decade. Since prenatal opioid use is associated with numerous obstetrical and neonatal complications, this now has become a major public health problem.
Davis, Jonathan M. +2 more
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Iodine supplementation: compliance and association with adverse obstetric and neonatal outcomes
European Thyroid Journal, 2023 Objectives: Over 1.9 billion people worldwide are living in areas estimated to be iodine insufficient. Strategies for iodine supplementation include campaigns targeting vulnerable groups, such as women in pre-conception, pregnancy and lactation ...
Maria Lopes-Pereira +10 more
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Using non-nutritive sucking to support feeding development for premature infants: A commentary on approaches and current practice [PDF]
, 2018 Non-nutritive sucking is often used with premature infants by either using a pacifier or an expressed breast nipple to support the introduction and development of early oral feeding.
Cane, C. +3 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 BackgroundWith the progress of assisted reproductive technology (ART) and the increasing number of ART pregnancy, its safety has become the focus of attention.
Wen Tai, Lingmin Hu, Juan Wen
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Economics of tandem mass spectrometry screening of neonatal inherited disorders [PDF]
, 2006 Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of neonatal screening for phenylketonuria (PKU) and medium-chain acyl-coA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency using tandem mass spectrometry (tandem MS). Methods: A systematic review
Beverley, C. +4 more
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Pre-term pre-labour rupture of membranes and the role of amniocentesis [PDF]
, 2010 Pre-labour premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) is defined as rupture of membranes more than 1 hour prior to the onset of labour at
Abi-Nader, KN, Kenyon, AP, Pandya, PP
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