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Effect of Rhesus D incompatibility on schizophrenia depends on offspring sex. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Rhesus D incompatibility increases risk for schizophrenia, with some evidence that risk is limited to male offspring. The purpose of this study is to determine whether risk for schizophrenia due to Rhesus D incompatibility differs by offspring sex using ...
Hsieh, Hsin-Ju   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Patterns and determinants of care seeking for obstetric complications in rural northwest Bangladesh: analysis from a prospective cohort study

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2015
BackgroundIn communities with low rates of institutional delivery, little data exist on care-seeking behavior for potentially life-threatening obstetric complications.
S. Sikder   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Diagnosis and management of postpartum hemorrhage and intrapartum asphyxia in a quality improvement initiative using nurse-mentoring and simulation in Bihar, India. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
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
core   +2 more sources

Home birth midwifery in the United States: evolutionary origins and modern challenges [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
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
core   +1 more source

A 5-Year Audit of Accidental Dural Punctures, Postdural Puncture Headaches, and Failed Regional Anesthetics at a Tertiary-Care Medical Center

open access: yesThe 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk factors, predictive markers and prevention strategies for intrauterine fetal death. An integrative review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
According to World Health Organization (WHO), fetal death is defined as the death of the fetus prior to its complete expulsion, independent of the duration of pregnancy, thus only ascribing the term stillbirth to fetal deaths in the case of pregnancies ...
Andronache, Liliana Florina   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

The Amnioscope Strikes Back as a Useful Device for Pinhole Amniotomy in the Management of Polyhydramnios

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Perinatology Reports, 2011
Polyhydramnios is associated with many serious maternal complications such as placental abruption or cord prolapse at rupture of membranes, uterine dysfunction at delivery, and postpartum hemorrhage.
Shinsuke Koyama   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimization of Imminent Labor Prediction Systems in Women with Threatened Preterm Labor Based on Electrohysterography

open access: yesItalian National Conference on Sensors, 2021
Preterm birth is the leading cause of death in newborns and the survivors are prone to health complications. Threatened preterm labor (TPL) is the most common cause of hospitalization in the second half of pregnancy.
G. Prats-Boluda   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Major obstetric hemorrhage management

open access: yesAboutOpen, 2022
 Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is to this day one of the leading causes of maternal death and its diagnosis is still highly subjective, as it relies on unprecise estimates of the amount of blood loss.
Maria Grazia Frigo
doaj   +1 more source

Preterm birth after loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP). how cone features and microbiota could influence the pregnancy outcome [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
OBJECTIVE: In the last years, the mean age of women who underwent cervical treatment for high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN 2-3) is similar to the age of women having their first pregnancy.
Caserta, D.   +12 more
core   +2 more sources

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