Guidelines for the management of spontaneous preterm labor: identification of spontaneous preterm labor, diagnosis of preterm premature rupture of membranes, and preventive tools for preterm birth. [PDF]
Preterm premature rupture of the membranes (preterm PROM) is a common and significant cause of preterm birth and perinatal morbidity and mortality. The obstetric caregiver has the opportunity significantly to alter pregnancy and perinatal outcome for ...
Cabero Roura, Lluis +53 more
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Epidemiology and Related Risk Factors of Preterm Labor as an Obstetrics Emergency
Introduction:Â Preterm birth is still a major health problem throughout the world, which results in 75% of neonatal mortality. Preterm labor not only inflicts financial and emotional distress, it may also lead to permanent disability.
Ali Asghar Halimi Asl +2 more
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Maternal Risk Factors Associated with Preterm Births among Pregnant Women in Mogadishu, Somalia
Background: Premature birth impacts millions of newborns annually. Sixty percent of the world’s preterm births occur in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Abdifetah Ibrahim Omar +8 more
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Epidemiology and Related Risk Factors of Preterm Labor as an Obstetrics Emergency
Introduction: Preterm birth is still a major health problem throughout the world, which results in 75% of neonatal mortality. Preterm labor not only inflicts financial and emotional distress, it may also lead to permanent disability.
Ali Asghar Halimi Asl +2 more
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The state of emergency obstetric care services in Nairobi informal settlements and environs: results from a maternity health facility survey. [PDF]
Background: maternal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa remains a challenge with estimates exceeding 1,000 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in some countries. Successful prevention of maternal deaths hinges on adequate and quality emergency obstetric
Abdhalah K Ziraba +10 more
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Visualization of unstructured personal narratives of perterm birth using text network analysis [PDF]
Purpose This study aimed to identify the components of preterm birth (PTB) through women’s personal narratives and to visualize clinical symptom expressions (CSEs). Methods The participants were 11 women who gave birth before 37 weeks of gestational age.
Jeung-Im Kim
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Preventive Health Management Self-Efficacy related to Premature Labor (PHMSE-PL) scale for Korean women of childbearing age: instrument development and validation [PDF]
Purpose This study aimed to develop and examine the validity and reliability of a self-efficacy scale for preventive health management related to premature labor (PHMSE-PL) for women of childbearing age. Methods Instrument development and validation were
Sun-Hee Kim, Yu-Jin Lee
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Factores de risco para trabalho de parto pré-termo.
Most studies investigating preterm risk factors include medically induced preterm labor due to fetal or maternal complications and do not distinguish preterm labor from preterm premature rupture of membranes.
T Rodrigues, H Barros
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Background: The increased pain at the latent phase can be associated with dysfunctional labor as well as increases in cesarean delivery frequency. We aimed to research the effect of the degree of pain at the time of epidural analgesia on the entire labor
정락경 +5 more
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Twin pregnancies and the limits of the energetics of gestation and growth hypothesis
Abstract The “Energetics of Gestation and Growth” (EGG) hypothesis proposes that human birth timing and the associated secondary altriciality of human newborns is determined by limits in maternal metabolic capacity. According to this model, labor is triggered when the increasing fetal energy requirements exceed the expectant mother's maximum sustained ...
Cédric Cordey +2 more
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