Maternal Risk Factors Associated with Preterm Births among Pregnant Women in Mogadishu, Somalia
Children, 2022 Background: Premature birth impacts millions of newborns annually. Sixty percent of the world’s preterm births occur in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Abdifetah Ibrahim Omar +8 more
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Visualization of unstructured personal narratives of perterm birth using text network analysis [PDF]
Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing, 2020 Purpose This study aimed to identify the components of preterm birth (PTB) through women’s personal narratives and to visualize clinical symptom expressions (CSEs). Methods The participants were 11 women who gave birth before 37 weeks of gestational age.
Jeung-Im Kim
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Preventive Health Management Self-Efficacy related to Premature Labor (PHMSE-PL) scale for Korean women of childbearing age: instrument development and validation [PDF]
Child Health Nursing Research, 2022 Purpose This study aimed to develop and examine the validity and reliability of a self-efficacy scale for preventive health management related to premature labor (PHMSE-PL) for women of childbearing age. Methods Instrument development and validation were
Sun-Hee Kim, Yu-Jin Lee
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Adverse obstetric outcomes during delivery hospitalizations complicated by suicidal behavior among US pregnant women. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 The effects of suicidal behavior on obstetric outcomes remain dangerously unquantified. We sought to report on the risk of adverse obstetric outcomes for US women with suicidal behavior at the time of delivery.We performed a cross-sectional analysis of ...
Qiu-Yue Zhong +5 more
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Epidemiology and Related Risk Factors of Preterm Labor as an Obstetrics Emergency
Emergency, 2016 Introduction: Preterm birth is still a major health problem throughout the world, which results in 75% of neonatal mortality. Preterm labor not only inflicts financial and emotional distress, it may also lead to permanent disability.
Ali Asghar Halimi Asl +2 more
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Is induced abortion a risk factor in subsequent pregnancy? [PDF]
, 2009 Objective: To determine whether a history of terminations of pregnancy influences subsequent pregnancies in terms of pregnancy risks, prematurity and neonatal biometrics.
Briese, Volker +5 more
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Where do women birth during a pandemic? Changing perspectives on Safe Motherhood during the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]
, 2020 During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, health systems all over the world are either stressed to their maximum capacity or anticipating becoming overwhelmed. The population is advised not to attend hospital unless strictly necessary, yet
Alonso, C., Rocca-Ihenacho, L.
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Acute fetal anemia diagnosed by middle cerebral artery Doppler velocimetry in stage v twin-twin transfusion syndrome. [PDF]
, 2011 In stage V twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), up to 50% of surviving twins die or experience permanent disabilities, likely due to acute intertwin hemorrhage resulting in sudden severe anemia of the survivor.
Friedrich, Esther +3 more
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Prediction of preterm birth with and without preeclampsia using mid-pregnancy immune and growth-related molecular factors and maternal characteristics. [PDF]
, 2018 OBJECTIVE:To evaluate if mid-pregnancy immune and growth-related molecular factors predict preterm birth (PTB) with and without (±) preeclampsia. STUDY DESIGN:Included were 400 women with singleton deliveries in California in 2009-2010 (200 PTB and 200 ...
A DʼSilva +54 more
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Fertility and early pregnancy outcomes after conservative treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia (CIN) typically occurs in young women of reproductive age. Although several studies have reported the impact that cervical conservative treatment may have on obstetric outcomes, there is much less evidence
Acharya +89 more
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