Pregnancy complications and cardiovascular disease risk perception: A qualitative study.
PLoS ONE, 2022 ObjectivesWe aimed to assess women's perceptions on the long-term risks for cardiovascular disease (CVD) after major pregnancy complications.MethodsWomen who experienced major pregnancy complications and those who experienced uncomplicated pregnancies ...
Prabha H Andraweera +6 more
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Pneumonia Complicating Pregnancy
Clinics in Chest Medicine, 2011 Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) can affect pregnancy, posing risks to mother and fetus. CAP is the most common fatal nonobstetric infectious complication and a common cause of hospital readmission. Risk factors of pneumonia in pregnancy relate to anatomic and physiologic respiratory changes and immune changes.
Brito, Veronica, Niederman, Michael S.
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Alkaline phosphatase protects lipopolysaccharide-induced early pregnancy defects in mice. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Excessive cytokine inflammatory response due to chronic or superphysiological level of microbial infection during pregnancy leads to pregnancy complications such as early pregnancy defects/loss and preterm birth. Bacterial toxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS),
Wei Lei +4 more
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Risk factors for pregnancy related complications among urban slum and non-slum women in Bangladesh
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2019 Background Bangladesh is facing a higher maternal mortality and morbidity than many other developing countries in the world. The majority of these maternal deaths occur due to pregnancy related complications.
Mirajul Islam, Nasrin Sultana
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022 Background This study aimed to compare obstetric outcomes in Korean women with and without future cardiovascular disease (CVD) within 10 years after pregnancy, and assessed whether pregnancy complications are independent risk factors, and whether the ...
Geum Joon Cho +6 more
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Comprehensive abortion care: evidence of improvements in hospital-level indicators in Tigray, Ethiopia. [PDF]
, 2013 ObjectiveApproximately 18% of maternal deaths in East Africa is attributable to unsafe abortion. Availability of comprehensive abortion care (CAC) services at all levels of the healthcare system, including medical abortion, has the potential to increase ...
Bell, Suzanne +2 more
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Is there an Increased Risk for Unfavorable Obstetric Outcomes in Women with Endometriosis? An Evaluation of Evidences [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, 2020 Objective The present study is a systematic review of the literature to assess whether the presence of endometriosis determines or contributes to adverse obstetric outcomes.
Giuliana Annicchino +3 more
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Perinatal mental disorders in Switzerland : prevalence estimates and use of mental-health services [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Perinatal mental disorders (PMDs) are the most common complication of pregnancy and the first postpartum year. Since PMD prevalence and use of mental-health services by perinatal women in Switzerland are unknown, we analysed existing health ...
Bachmann, Nicole +6 more
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Teen pregnancy in a Hospital in Paraguay in 2011 [PDF]
Horizonte Médico, 2016 Objective: To describe the epidemiological characteristics of teenage pregnancy in the Regional Hospital of Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay. Material and Methods: Descriptive, observational cross-sectional study with consecutive non-probability sampling of ...
Beatriz Mercedes Cabañas Acosta +1 more
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Bowel Perforation Secondary to Illegally Induced Abortion: a Tertiary Hospital Experience in Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2012 Bowel perforation though rarely reported is a serious complication of induced abortion, which is often performed illegally by persons without any medical training in developing countries.
Chalya, Phillipo L +6 more
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