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Autoimmune hepatitis in the postpartum period

Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology, 2012
Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) presenting primarily in the postpartum period has rarely been reported.The medical data of 58 female patients diagnosed with AIH was assessed.In the study population, three (5.1%) patients were diagnosed postpartum. Based on clinical, laboratory and liver biopsy findings, two of these patients were considered to have ...
Cumali, Efe, Tugrul, Purnak, Ersan, Ozaslan   +2 more
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Confounding Psychosis in the Postpartum Period

Psychiatric Quarterly, 2013
This case report alerts the psychiatric clinician to consider nonpsychiatric etiologies of psychosis appearing during the postpartum period besides postpartum psychosis. The case includes a description of the patient's psychiatric presentation, admission to the inpatient psychiatric unit with subsequent transfer to the medicine department including ...
Jack, Castro, Stephen, Billick, Anne, Kleiman, Maria, Chiechi, Mohamed, Al-Rashdan   +4 more
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Exercise in Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 2003
To design Canadian guidelines advising obstetric care providers of the maternal, fetal, and neonatal implications of aerobic and strength-conditioning exercises in pregnancy.Knowledge of the impact of exercise on maternal, fetal, and neonatal morbidity, and of the maternal measures of fitness.MEDLINE search from 1966 to 2002 for English-language ...
Gregory A L, Davies, Larry A, Wolfe, Michelle F, Mottola, Catherine, MacKinnon, Marc-Yvon, Arsenault, Elias, Bartellas, Yvonne, Cargill, Tom, Gleason, Stuart, Iglesias, Michael, Klein, Marie-Jocelyne, Martel, Anne, Roggensack, Kathi, Wilson, Philip, Gardiner, Terry, Graham, Robert, Haennel, Richard, Hughson, Duncan, MacDougall, John, McDermott, Robert, Ross, Peter, Tiidus, François, Trudeau   +21 more
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The Postpartum Period in Women with Epilepsy

Neurologic Clinics, 2012
For women with epilepsy (WWE), the postpartum period is a vulnerable time owing to medication alterations, disrupted sleep, increased stress, and the challenges of breastfeeding. Sleep deprivation and the stress of having a new child can be challenging for WWE. Concerns over antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in breast milk and sleep disruption associated with
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The Thyroid Immunology of the Postpartum Period

Thyroid, 1999
Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) is suppressed during pregnancy and is exacerbated in the postpartum period. Studies indicate that new-onset AITD occurs in up to 10% of all women in the postpartum period and that up to 60% of Graves' patients in the reproductive years give a history of postpartum onset.
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Neuroendocrine Control of the Postpartum Period

Clinics in Perinatology, 1983
This postpartum period is characterized by stimulation of lactation and suppression of ovulation. During pregnancy a number of hormonal changes prepare the breasts for lactation following delivery. The process of lactation is functionally related to the suppression of ovulation. These two physiologic changes observed in the puerperium are considered in
J, Liu, R W, Rebar, S S, Yen
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FAMILY PLANNING IN THE POSTPARTUM PERIOD

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1980
Contraception during the postpartum period presents additional problems in view of physiologic and psychodynamic considerations that are unique at this time. Focus is on these special considerations in the following review of contraceptive technology.
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Consumption of the Placenta in the Postpartum Period

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 2016
Postpartum women are consuming their placentas to achieve claimed health benefits, including improved mood, energy, and lactation. Strong scientific evidence to substantiate these claims is lacking. Self-reported benefits from some women include improved mood and lactation; animal models suggest there may be an analgesic effect.
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Effects of traditional practices in the postpartum period on postpartum depression

Health Care for Women International, 2017
In this descriptive study, our aim was to assess the effects of traditional practices on postpartum depression. The participants were 461 Muslim mothers with infants aged between 2 weeks and 12 months, without a history of postpartum depression or other psychiatric problems and capable of communicating fluently.
Demirel, Gulbahtiyar, Egri, Gamze, Yesildag, Birnur, Doganer, Adem   +3 more
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Infections During the Postpartum Period

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 1995
Postpartum infections are costly in terms of delayed mother-infant interaction; lactation difficulties; prolonged hospital stay or readmittance to the hospital and increased expense; and possible permanent injury or death. The nurse is in a unique position to identify the woman at risk, recognize early warning signs, and provide teaching and counseling
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