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Maternal near miss and mortality attributable to hypertensive disorders in a tertiary hospital, Tanzania; a cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy is the second most common direct cause of maternal deaths accounting for 14% of maternal deaths worldwide.
Jane R. Manyahi, Hans Mgaya, Ali Said
doaj   +1 more source

Characteristics Symptoms of Imminent Eclampsia: A case Referent Study from a Tertiary Hospital in Tanzania [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
\ud \ud Maternal mortality in developing coun- tries is unacceptably high with eclampsia being con- sistently among the top causes. As yet, primary pre- vention of this complication is not possible since causes of pre-eclampsia are largely unknown and ...
France, John, Muganyizi, Projestine S.
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The genetic architecture of epilepsy across molecular mechanisms and clinical heterogeneity

open access: yesEpilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Epilepsy comprises a highly heterogeneous group of neurological disorders unified by a persistent predisposition to recurrent seizures, yet driven by remarkably diverse genetic, molecular, and network‐level mechanisms. Advances in genomic technologies have revealed that epilepsy arises from a multilayered genetic architecture encompassing rare
Mohammad Reza Seyedtaghia   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Postpartum eclampsia of late onset [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia occur in 6% to 8% of all pregnancies.1 The British eclampsia study confirmed 383 cases of eclampsia during 1992 and warned of the severe consequences of the condition.2 In 1997 Leitch and colleagues showed that over a 60 year ...
Valentine, A.   +4 more
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Health and Economic Impacts of an Early Labor Induction Policy for High‐BMI Mothers

open access: yesHealth Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We expand the literature on marginal returns to birth interventions by studying a common intervention: early induction of labor for a growing share of pregnancies, high‐Body Mass Index (BMI) women. We exploit Danish guidelines which recommend routine induction at 7 days after the expected due date instead of 10–13 days after for mothers with a
Louis Freget, Maria Koch Gregersen
wiley   +1 more source

Higher Circulating Lymphocytes and the Incidence of Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia

open access: yesJournal of Pregnancy
Excessive immune activation contributes to the onset of early dysfunction of the maternal-fetal interface, and it is closely linked to the development of pre-eclampsia.
Qiuping Zhao   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of pre-eclampsia/Eclampsia among women attending delivery Services in Selected Public Hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a case control study

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017
Background Pre-eclampsia is a pregnancy-specific hypertensive disorder usually occurs after 20 weeks of gestation. It is one of the leading causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Teklit Grum   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tocotrienol in Pre-Eclampsia Prevention: A Mechanistic Analysis in Relation to the Pathophysiological Framework

open access: yesCells, 2022
The pathophysiology of pre-eclampsia involves two major pathways, namely systemic oxidative stress and subsequent generalised inflammatory response, which eventually culminates in endothelial cell injury and the syndrome of pre-eclampsia with multi-organ
Zaleha Abdullah Mahdy   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is Less More? An Update on Aspirin for Cancer Prevention in Lynch Syndrome From the Cancer Prevention Programme—CaPP

open access: yesInternational Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aspirin has been used to treat pain and fever for 120 years. Its uses expanded into treating arthritis and prevention of thrombotic events. Its anti‐cancer role emerged with observational studies in the 1980's and subsequent cancer review in those treated with aspirin in cardiovascular trials.
John Burn, D. Timothy Bishop
wiley   +1 more source

Prediction of pre-eclampsia: review of reviews. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
OBJECTIVE: Primary studies and systematic reviews provide varied accuracy estimates for prediction of pre-eclampsia. We undertook a review of published systematic reviews to collate published evidence on the ability of available tests to predict pre ...

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