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Typically Unobserved Variables (TUVs) and Selection into Prenatal Inputs: Implications for Estimating Infant Health Production Functions [PDF]

We examine the extent to which infant health production functions are sensitive to model specification and measurement error. We focus on the importance of typically unobserved but theoretically important variables (TUVs), other non-standard covariates ...
Dhaval Dave, Nancy E. Reichman, Hope Corman, Kelly Noonan   +3 more
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Epilepsy surgery through a reproductive lifespan lens

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Aisha A. Abdulrazaq, Dorothee Kasteleijn‐Nolst Trenite, Torbjörn Tomson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maternal overweight and obesity during pregnancy and sex‐dependent dysregulation of the materno‐fetal stress axis

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Maternal obesity and excess gestational weight gain (GWG) are linked to adverse perinatal outcomes, potentially via disruption of the maternal–fetal stress axis. Placental HSD11B2 protects the fetus from excess glucocorticoids and may influence fetal programming during maternal metabolic stress.
Thorsten Braun, Marie Hofmann, Rebecca Rancourt, Julia Sommer, Alexandra Kühn, Loreen Ehrlich, Thomas Ziska, Kerstin Melchior, Karen Schellong, Wolfgang Henrich, Sonja Entringer, Katherine Margaret Kennedy, Andreas Plagemann, Deborah Magdalena Sloboda   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health Risks From Mercury-Contaminated Fish: A Reassessment [PDF]

Several Congressional bills and a pending EPA regulation would significantly cut mercury emissions from power plants, so as to reduce mercury-related neurological effects among children.
Mader, Elizabeth A., Lutter, Randall
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Impact of Cell Saver technology on pro‐hemostatic factors transfusion in placenta accreta spectrum interventions: A 10‐year retrospective single‐center study

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background While Cell Saver technology effectively reduces red blood cell transfusion in the perioperative setting, its impact on the need for pro‐hemostatic factors remains unclear. The use of Cell Saver could impact the requirements of pro‐hemostatic factors.
Ilan Levy, Maud Vachette, Emma Van Der Putten, Marine Chouteau, François Goffinet, Catherine Fischer, Aude Girault, Yoann Athiel   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association between prenatal opioid exposure and long-term neurodevelopmental disorders among children: a nationwide cohort study

BMC Pediatrics
Background Existing evidence on the long-term effects of prenatal opioid exposure on child development remains inconsistent, often limited by short follow-up and insufficient control for maternal clinical indications.
Hey-ran Choi, In-Ae Song, Tak Kyu Oh
doaj   +1 more source

Novel Interventions on Comorbidities in Patients with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): An Integrative Review

Biomedicines
Prenatal exposure to alcohol can cause Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs) after birth, encompassing a spectrum of physical, cognitive, and behavioral abnormalities.
Vicente Andreu-Fernández, Nunzia La Maida, Maribel Marquina, Afrouz Mirahi, Oscar García-Algar, Simona Pichini, Adele Minutillo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perceptions and experiences of midwives' regarding the use of the labor care guide at two state hospitals in Khomas region, Namibia

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract The labor care guide (LCG) is a new tool for monitoring labor, introduced to replace the partograph, which had been used improperly and inconsistently across various contexts. Early research suggests that healthcare practitioners view the LCG as a tool that enhances the quality of care during labor and delivery.
Amalia N. N. Ilonga, Takaedza Munangatire   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of four or more prenatal care contacts on healthcare seeking for immediate postpartum complications in Ethiopia: A propensity score matching analysis

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To examine the effect of four or more prenatal care (PNC) contacts on healthcare‐seeking behavior (HSB) for immediate postpartum complications (IPPC) in Ethiopia. Methods We used data from the Performance Monitoring for Action Ethiopia longitudinal surveys of baseline and 6‐week postpartum surveys conducted between 2019 and 2020.
Alehegn Bishaw Geremew, Claire T. Roberts, Shahid Ullah, Jacqueline H. Stephens   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Zika exposure during pregnancy and the risk of hospitalisation and death due to community-acquired pneumonia in early childhood: a nationwide registry-based cohort study in Brazil

The Lancet Regional Health. Americas
Summary: Background: Childhood pneumonia remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Prenatal Zika virus (ZIKV) infection has been associated with severe outcomes such as Congenital Zika Syndrome (CZS), linked to excess hospitalisations.
Everton Falcão de Oliveira, Thiago Cerqueira-Silva, João Guilherme G. Tedde, Bruno Holsback Uesato, José Victor Bortolotto Bampi, Elizabeth B. Brickley, Maria Gloria Teixeira, Mauricio L. Barreto, Enny S. Paixão   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source