Hospitalizations leading causes for maternal disorders
Presenting the rates of obstetric admissions of women living in Paraná in 2010.Method: A descriptive study in which the admission information of the hospital system of the Unified Health System was analyzed.
Thaise Castanho da Silva Veras +1 more
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The effectiveness of mHealth interventions for maternal, newborn and child health in low- and middle-income countries:Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Rates of maternal, newborn and child (MNCH) mortality and morbidity are vastly greater in low– than in high–income countries and represent a major source of global health inequity.
Begg +18 more
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Patologia cardíaca e gravidez.
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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Diagnosis and management of postpartum hemorrhage and intrapartum asphyxia in a quality improvement initiative using nurse-mentoring and simulation in Bihar, India. [PDF]
BackgroundIn the state of Bihar, India a multi-faceted quality improvement nurse-mentoring program was implemented to improve provider skills in normal and complicated deliveries.
Begum, Nilophor +7 more
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The course of pregnancy and its result in women who have diffuse non-toxic goiter
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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Home birth midwifery in the United States: evolutionary origins and modern challenges [PDF]
Human childbirth is distinct in requiring-or at least strongly profiting from-the assistance of a knowledgeable attendant to support the mother during birth.
Dunham, Bria
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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 +2 more
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Perinatal and newborn care in a two years retrospective study in a first level peripheral hospital in Sicily (Italy) [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Two hundred seventy-five thousand maternal deaths, 2.7 million neonatal deaths, and 2.6 million stillbirths have been estimated in 2015 worldwide, almost all in low-income countries (LICs).
Albano S, Corsello G, Miceli V, Serra G
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Peripartum infections and associated maternal mortality in rural Malawi [PDF]
Article approval pendingTo assess associations between maternal mortality and severe morbidity and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, uptake of antiretroviral therapy, obstetric infections, and nonobstetric infections in a rural Malawian ...
Ahmad +23 more
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Improving sexual and reproductive health of migrant girls and women living with female genital mutilations providing them with specific maternity care. [PDF]
Worldwide, 200 million girls and women have been estimated as living with female genital mutilation/cutting. Today, this phenomenon does not only concern the countries where this practice is widespread, but also in many other nations where the ...
Benagiano, Giuseppe +5 more
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