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Rural Tanzanian women's awareness of danger signs of obstetric complications. [PDF]

, 2009
\ud Awareness of the danger signs of obstetric complications is the essential first step in accepting appropriate and timely referral to obstetric and newborn care.
Carlstedt, Anders,, Carlstedt Anders, Andrea B Pembe, Darj, Elisabeth, Pembe, A.B, Nystrom, Lennarth,, Pembe, Andrea, Gunilla Lindmark, Darj Elisabeth, Urassa, David P, Carlstedt, Anders, Nyström Lennarth, Carlstedt, A., Urassa David P, Darj, Elisabeth,, Lindmark, Gunilla, Lindmark, Gunilla,, Urassa, David, Anders Carlstedt, Lindmark, G., Pembe, Andrea B, Lindmark Gunilla, Nyström, Lennarth, Pembe Andrea B, Urassa, D.P, Pembe, Andrea,, Darj, E, David P Urassa, Elisabeth Darj, Nyström, L., Lennarth Nyström   +30 more
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Maternal obesity and labour complications following induction of labour in prolonged pregnancy [PDF]

, 2011
Objective: To investigate the effect of maternal obesity on mode of delivery following induction of labour (IOL) for prolonged pregnancy and subsequent intrapartum and neonatal complications. Design: Retrospective (historical) cohort study.
S Quenby, S Arrowsmith, Wray, Susan, Quenby, Siobhan, Arrowsmith, Sarah, S Wray   +5 more
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Determinants of delays in travelling to an emergency obstetric care facility in Herat, Afghanistan: an analysis of cross-sectional survey data and spatial modelling. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Women's delays in reaching emergency obstetric care (EmOC) facilities contribute to high maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity in low-income countries, yet few studies have quantified travel times to EmOC and examined delays ...
Veronique Filippi, Jonathan Cox, Cox, Jonathan, Matthias Borchert, Ahmad Shah Alkozai, Hirose, Atsumi, Alkozai, Ahmad Shah, Borchert, Matthias, Filippi, Veronique, Atsumi Hirose   +9 more
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The course of pregnancy and its result in women who have diffuse non-toxic goiter

Patologìâ, 2018
Aim – to study the peculiarities of the pregnancy course and its result with women who have diffuse non-toxic goiter. Materials and methods. The course of pregnancy and its result in 75 women with diffuse non-toxic goiter and in 75 women without ...
L. P. Shelestovа, N. М. Radchenko
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Can hospital audit teams identify case management problems, analyse their causes, identify and implement improvements? A cross-sectional process evaluation of obstetric near-miss case reviews in Benin. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Obstetric near-miss case reviews are being promoted as a quality assurance intervention suitable for hospitals in low income countries. We introduced such reviews in five district, regional and national hospitals in Benin, West Africa.
Filippi, V., Kanhonou, Lydie, Kanhonou, L., Delvaux Thérèse, Saizonou, J., Filippi Véronique, Goufodji, S., Goufodji, Sourou, Filippi, Véronique, Alihonou Eusèbe, Alihonou, Eusèbe, Lydie Kanhonou, Matthias Borchert, Saizonou Jacques, Borchert, M., Goufodji Sourou, Saizonou, Jacques, Alihonou, E., Delvaux, Thérèse, Eusèbe Alihonou, Delvaux, T., Thérèse Delvaux, Kanhonou Lydie, Jacques Saizonou, Borchert Matthias, Véronique Filippi, Borchert, Matthias, Sourou Goufodji   +27 more
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The state of emergency obstetric care services in Nairobi informal settlements and environs: results from a maternity health facility survey. [PDF]

, 2009
Background: maternal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa remains a challenge with estimates exceeding 1,000 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in some countries. Successful prevention of maternal deaths hinges on adequate and quality emergency obstetric
Abdhalah K Ziraba, Ziraba, Abdhalah K., Saliku, Teresa, Ziraba, Abdhalah K, Samuel Mills, Mills, Samuel, Teresa Saliku, Jean-Christophe Fotso, Madise, Nyovani, Nyovani Madise, Fotso, Jean-Christophe   +10 more
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Patologia cardíaca e gravidez.

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2002
Cardiovascular disease is the most important non-obstetric cause of disability and death in pregnant women, occurring in 1% of pregnancies. The added hemodynamic burden of pregnancy, labor and delivery can aggravate symptoms and precipitate complications
L Redondo, L Martins, R Rodrigues
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Comparison of costs of home and facility-based basic obstetric care in rural Bangladesh. [PDF]

, 2010
This study compared the costs of providing antenatal, delivery and postnatal care in the home and in a basic obstetric facility in rural Bangladesh. The average costs were estimated by interviewing midwives and from institutional records.
N Sabina, Sabina, N., Killewo, J., J Borghi, Killewo, J, Borghi, J, J Killewo, Ronsmans, C, Borghi, J., Ronsmans, C., Sabina, N, C Ronsmans   +11 more
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Epidural analgesia in the obese obstetric patient: a retrospective and comparative study with non-obese patients at a tertiary hospital

Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology, 2021
Background and objectives: Obesity is becoming a frequent condition among obstetric patients. A high body mass index (BMI) has been closely related to a higher difficulty to perform the neuraxial technique and to the failure of epidural analgesia.
Claudia Cuesta González-Tascón, Elena Gredilla Díaz, Itsaso Losantos García   +2 more
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A 5-Year Audit of Accidental Dural Punctures, Postdural Puncture Headaches, and Failed Regional Anesthetics at a Tertiary-Care Medical Center

The Scientific World Journal, 2009
Obstetric anesthesia-related complications occur as a result of labor epidural or spinal placement. The purpose of this continuous quality-improvement audit was to review the occurrence of accidental dural punctures (ADPs), postdural puncture headaches ...
Sukhdip Singh, Shagufta Y. Chaudry, Amy L. Phelps, Manuel C Vallejo   +3 more
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