False negative point‐of‐care urine pregnancy tests in an urban academic emergency department: a retrospective cohort study [PDF]
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2021 Study objective To determine the prevalence of false negative point‐of‐care (POC) urine pregnancy tests among emergency department (ED) patients and among those with abdominal pain or vaginal bleeding.
Sarah Kleinschmidt +3 more
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Effect of pregnancy tests on demand for family planning: evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Uganda [PDF]
Reproductive Health, 2021 Plain Language Summary Women in developing countries, especially in Africa, have high-unmet needs for family planning as well as high-unintended rates of pregnancy. At the same time, they may learn their pregnancy status later than women in higher-income
Akito Kamei +2 more
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Comparison of two bovine serum pregnancy tests in detection of artificial insemination pregnancies and pregnancy loss in beef cattle. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Blood tests for early detection of pregnancy in cattle based on pregnancy-associated glycoproteins (PAGs) are commercially available. The objective of these studies were to compare the accuracy of blood tests to transrectal ultrasonography in detecting ...
Emmalee J Northrop +3 more
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Commentary on intentional falsification of at-home pregnancy tests [PDF]
JAAD Case Reports, 2022 Leah Lalor, MD +5 more
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Home pregnancy tests for iPLEDGE: ethically dealing with potential falsifications [PDF]
International Journal of Women's Dermatology, 2023 Gabrielle Schwartzman, MD +2 more
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Pregnancy lab test dynamics resemble rejuvenation of some organs and aging of others [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsPregnancy and aging are associated with stress on the body and show multi-system physiological changes. We asked whether we can learn about aging from the changes in pregnancy.
Ron Moran +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 In sub-Saharan Africa little is known about how often women use pregnancy self-tests or characteristics of these women despite evidence that pregnancy self-testing is associated with early antenatal care (ANC) initiation.
Nina Nganga +10 more
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Changes in liver functions tests during pregnancy [PDF]
مجلة جامعة الانبار للعلوم الصرفة, 2012 Pregnancy is a normal physiological phenomenon associated with many physiological changes that assist the nurturing and survival of the fetus, liver function affected by these changes.
Maryam I. Salman
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Self-testing for pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BMJ Open, 2022 Objectives Urine pregnancy tests are often inaccessible in low-income settings. Expanded provision of home pregnancy testing could support self-care options for sexual and reproductive health and rights. We conducted a systematic review of pregnancy self-
Ping Teresa Yeh +3 more
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Preoperative pregnancy testing [PDF]
Plastic Surgery, 2012 Background In up to 2% of all pregnancies, the need for general anesthesia in a nonobstetrical surgery arises. Surgery on a pregnant woman may have significant implications for the fetus, patient, physician and hospital. On review of the plastic surgery literature, the authors were unable to find current guidelines or recommendations for preoperative ...
Janae L, Maher, Raman C, Mahabir
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