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Shifting paradigm of maternal and perinatal death review system in Bangladesh: A real time approach to address sustainable developmental goal 3 by 2030 [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2017
Recently, Bangladesh has made remarkable progress in reducing maternal and neonatal morality, even though the millennium developmental goal to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality was not achieved.
Animesh Biswas
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KCNJ4 variants disrupt inward‐rectifier potassium channel function and cause refractory epilepsy

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder with a strong genetic basis, most frequently arising from ion channel dysfunction. Although multiple inwardly rectifying potassium (Kir) channels have been implicated in epileptogenesis, the contribution of KCNJ4, which encodes the Kir2.3 channel, has not previously been established in human
Hu Pan, Deng Liu, Wuhen Xu, Yang Li, Juanli Hu, Oppermann Henry, Alexander Fuchs, Rami Abou Jamra, Zhen Liu, Mei He, Yuanlu Chen, Shengnan Wu, Xiaohuan Dong, Yiqiao Chen, Pengchao Wang, Weiyue Gu, Han Jing, Yabing Tang, Ya‐Jie Wang, Xiao Mao, Neng Xiao   +20 more
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Perinatal death triples the prevalence of postpartum depression among women in Northern Uganda: A community-based cross-sectional study.

PLoS ONE, 2020
IntroductionDeaths during the perinatal period remain a big challenge in Africa, with 38 deaths per 1000 pregnancies in Uganda. The consequences of these deaths can be detrimental to the women; some ending up with postpartum depression.
Anna Agnes Ojok Arach, Noeline Nakasujja, Victoria Nankabirwa, Grace Ndeezi, Juliet Kiguli, David Mukunya, Beatrice Odongkara, Vincentina Achora, Justin Bruno Tongun, Milton Wamboko Musaba, Agnes Napyo, Vivian Zalwango, Thorkild Tylleskar, James K Tumwine   +13 more
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Did the French pregnancy pictogram change antiseizure medication use during pregnancy?

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective The aim of this study was to assess the impact of introducing a pregnancy pictogram on medication packaging on the prescription and dispensation of antiseizure medications and on the maternal and neonatal outcomes for women exposed to these medications.
Mélanie Araujo, Christine Damase‐Michel, Marie Denuelle, Sébastien Boulogne, Laurane Delteil, Monica Saucedo, Catherine Deneux‐Tharaux, Isabelle Lacroix   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

CAUSES AND RECURRENCE RISK OF PERINATAL LOSS

Gomal Journal of Medical Sciences, 2017
Background: Perinatal death refers to death of fetus or newborn around the time of delivery and includes both fetal deaths (at least 20 weeks of gestation) and early neonatal deaths.
Fouzia Shaikh, Sabreena Abbas, Tahira Majeed, Sajida Yousfani   +3 more
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New insights into epileptic spasm generation and treatment from the TTX animal model

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Currently, we have an incomplete understanding of the mechanisms underlying infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS). However, over the past decade, significant efforts have been made to develop IESS animal models to provide much‐needed mechanistic information for therapy development.
John W. Swann, Carlos J. Ballester‐Rosado, Chih‐Hong Lee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perinatal and newborn care in a two years retrospective study in a first level peripheral hospital in Sicily (Italy) [PDF]

, 2019
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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Neonatal seizures and GABAergic drugs: Scylla and Charybdis?

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Neonates have a high incidence of seizures that are frequently difficult to control with conventional first‐line anti‐seizure medications, which are gamma‐aminobutyric acid (GABA) agonists. The reasons for this clinical problem are multifold but are likely related to the unique physiology of the immature nervous system. Specifically, the early
Kerry W. Thompson, Lucie Suchomelova, Claude G. Wasterlain   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implementation of the Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response guidelines: Lessons from annual health system strengthening interventions in the Rwenzori Sub‐Region, Western Uganda

Nursing Open, 2020
Aim To determine the health facility‐based perinatal mortality rate, its causes and avoidable factors using the perinatal mortality surveillance and response guidelines.
Enos Mirembe Masereka, Amelia Naturinda, Alex Tumusiime, Clement Munguiko   +3 more
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Spontaneous hemoperitoneum in a 29‐week pregnancy with a history of endometriosis: A case report and review of the literature

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, Volume 169, Issue 1, Page 31-37, April 2025.
Abstract Spontaneous hemoperitoneum in pregnancy (SHIP) is defined as sudden, nontraumatic intraperitoneal bleeding that occurs during pregnancy or up to 42 days postpartum. The incidence ranges between 4 and 4.9 per 100 000 births. Although seen rarely, it is associated with perinatal morbidity and mortality due to maternal hemodynamic instability ...
Shamsi Mehdiyev, Fatma Basak Tanoglu, Esma Demir Altuncu, Engin Oral   +3 more
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