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A study of premature births

The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 1971
In this study, 252 prematures were seen among 2,886 deliveries. The average prematurity rate was 8.73 per cent. Most of the prematures (36.5 per cent) were born of women 21–25 years of age. The premature babies were most frequently (46.1 per cent) associated with the birth order of 1–3. Prematurity rate increased progressively from the most favoured to
S, Mukherjee, S N, Mukherjee
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Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth

Social Forces, 2019
The premature birth rate in the United States has been persistently high among Black women for many decades. While most research on the topic of premature birth involves poor and low-income women, this book focuses on the experiences of more affluent ...
D. Davis
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Prevention of Premature Birth

Clinics in Perinatology, 1980
With six different groups of pharmacologic agents that potentially can inhibit undesirable uterine contractions, prevention of premature births should be increasingly successful. The rationale for the use of each of these agents and their advantages and disadvantages are discussed.
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Birth weight and prematurity in Tanzania

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1966
The importance of birth weight as an index of nutritional status is discussed. The birth weights of 7528 singleton live births from 3 hospitals in Tanzania are reported. The overall mean weight for males was 6 lb. 1012 oz. and for females 6 lb. 634 oz.
M C, Latham, J R, Robson
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Association of molar incisor hypomineralization with premature birth or low birth weight: systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 2018
Objective: Molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH) is a kind of enamel hypomineralization. MIH has a serious negative impact on patient’s oral health. Whether neonates with premature birth or low birth weight are susceptible to MIH has not been rigorously
Xiao-yan Wu   +4 more
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Thermal management for premature births

Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2005
Aim.  This paper reports an audit of the effect on admission temperatures of using occlusive polyethylene wrap applied immediately after the birth of extremely premature infants.Background.  Use of occlusive polyethylene wrap during the early postnatal management of the premature infant reduces evaporative and convective heat loss.Method ...
Sandie, Bredemeyer   +2 more
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ANESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS IN PREMATURE BIRTH

International Anesthesiology Clinics, 1990
Premature birth still accounts for about 75% of perinatal mortality. Although great strides have been made in the care of premature babies over the past two decades, markedly decreasing mortality, the prevention of premature birth has not been greatly improved.
B B, Gutsche, P, Samuels
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Intrauterine infection, immune system and premature birth

Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 2017
Preterm birth accounts for nearly one million deaths among children under five years of age, and although its etiopathogenesis is not fully elucidated, ascending intrauterine infection and fetal inflammatory response seem to be the main triggers.
F. Helmo   +9 more
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Premature Children with Birth Asphyxia

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 1964
SUMMARYThis paper reports on 41 premature children who showed signs of birth asphyxia and their matched controls, followed up over 10–12 years and investigated clinically, by EEG'S, by school reports and by psychological tests. Results of all these examinations show no statistically significant differences between the children and their controls, but ...
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Ureaplasma urealyticum and Premature Birth

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1993
Evidence related to the association of Ureaplasma urealyticum with premature birth is reviewed. U. urealyticum is a common inhabitant in the vagina of pregnant women. It is recovered from the vaginas of approximately 70% of pregnant women. The presence of U. urealyticum in the vagina is not associated with premature birth.
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