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Midwives’ engagement in smoking- and alcohol-prevention in prenatal care before and after the introduction of practice guidelines in Switzerland : comparison of survey findings from 2008 and 2018 [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Evidence suggests that cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption during pregnancy negatively impacts fetal health. Health agencies across countries have developed specific guidelines for health professionals in perinatal care to strengthen ...
Gkiouleka, Anna, Grob, Alexander, Lemola, Sakari, Meyer-Leu, Yvonne, Tritten Schwarz, Katharina, Urfer-Maurer, Natalie   +5 more
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Influence of validating the parental origin on the clinical interpretation of fetal copy number variations in 141 core family cases

Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, 2019
Background The sources and variants types of the copy number variations (CNVs) in prenatal fetal, and the critical role of parental origin on the interpretation of fetal CNVs are unclear.
Panlai Shi, Rui Li, Conghui Wang, Xiangdong Kong   +3 more
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A Critical Appraisal of Guidelines for Antenatal Care: Components of Care and Priorities in Prenatal Education [PDF]

, 2009
There are a variety of published prenatal care (PNC) guidelines that claim a scientific basis for the information included. Four sets of PNC guidelines published between 2005 and 2009 were examined and critiqued.
Amanda Forristal, American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists., Armstrong TM, Declercq ER, Declerq ER, Joyce Roberts, Kirkham C, Kirkham C, Knowles MS., Leona VandeVusse, Lisa Hanson, McDorman MF, Neilson JP., Sable MR, Sakala C, Strong TH., United States Department of Health and Human Services Expert Panel on the Content of Prenatal Care.   +16 more
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Prenatal Genetic Screening

OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 2000
This article presents a discussion of screening principles and techniques available to screen for common birth defects during pregnancy. Sixty-five to 70% of women have serum screening and /or ultrasound during pregnancy to evaluate the health and well-being of the developing fetus.
openaire   +2 more sources

Decision-making and ante-natal screening for sickle cell and thalassaemia disorders : To what extent do faith and religious identity mediate choice? [PDF]

, 2008
When making decisions about prenatal diagnosis, couples not only draw on their understanding of the condition but also broader aspects of their cultural identity.
Ahmed, Shenaz, Atkin, Karl, Green, Josephine M., Hewison, Jenny   +3 more
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Pregnancies with ‘double-positive’ multiple marker screening results: a population-based study in Ontario, Canada

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background Multiple marker screening is offered to pregnant individuals in many jurisdictions to screen for trisomies 21 and 18. On occasion, the result is ‘double-positive’—a screening result that is unexpectedly positive for both aneuploidies. Although
Kara Bellai-Dussault, Shelley D. Dougan, Deshayne B. Fell, Steven Hawken, Tianhua Huang, Carolina Lavin Venegas, Julian Little, Lynn Meng, Nan Okun, Mark Walker, Christine M. Armour, Beth K. POTTER   +11 more
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Correction to: Spectrum of PAH gene variants among a population of Han Chinese patients with phenylketonuria from northern China

BMC Medical Genetics, 2018
Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported an error in Table 3 on page 4. Variant No. 18 should be “ p.Ser339Phe c.1016C>T ” (as given in Number 117 of Additional file 2).
Ning Liu, Qiuying Huang, Qingge Li, Dehua Zhao, Xiaole Li, Lixia Cui, Ying Bai, Yin Feng, Xiangdong Kong   +8 more
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Organ‐specific redox imbalances in spinal muscular atrophy mice are partially rescued by SMN antisense oligonucleotides

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We identified a systemic, progressive loss of protein S‐glutathionylation—detected by nonreducing western blotting—alongside dysregulation of glutathione‐cycle enzymes in both neuronal and peripheral tissues of Taiwanese SMA mice. These alterations were partially rescued by SMN antisense oligonucleotide therapy, revealing persistent redox imbalance as ...
Sofia Vrettou, Brunhilde Wirth
wiley   +1 more source

Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions (Review) [PDF]

, 2009
Background Decision aids prepare people to participate in ’close call’ decisions that involve weighing benefits, harms, and scientific uncertainty. Objectives To conduct a systematic review of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating the efficacy ...
Adab, Armstrong, Auvinen, Auvinen, Barry, Bastian, Bekker, Bekker, Bekker, Bernstein, Briss, Brown, Brundage, Chadwick, Charles, Chewning, Clancy, Colella, Coulter, Crang-Svalenius, Davison, Davison, Deber, Deber, Degner, Deschamps, Deyo, Dodin, Dolan, Dunn, Elwyn, Emmett, Ende, Entwistle, Flood, Frosch, Frosch, Gafni, Gattellari, Gattellari, Godlee, Goel, Graham, Gravel, Green, Green, Green, Green, Greenfield, Gruppen, Gruppen, Hays, Healton, Herrera, Hewison, Hickish, Hochlehnert, Holloway, Holmes-Rovner, Hunt, Hunter, Hunter, Jadad, Johnson, Jorm, Kennedy, LaCroix, Lalonde, Laupacis, Lazcano Ponce, Legare, Lerman, Leung, Lewis, Llewellyn-Thomas, Maisels, Makoul, Man-Son-Hing, Manns, Markham, Martin, Maslin, Maslin, Mazur, McAlister, McBride, McGinley, McInerney-Leo, Michie, Miller, Molenaar, Molenaar, Montgomery, Morgan, Mulley, Mulley, Murray, Murray, Myers, Myers, Nagle, Newton, O'Cathain, O'Connor, O'Connor, O'Connor, O'Connor, O'Connor, O'Connor, O'Connor, O'Connor, O'Connor, O'Connor, O'Connor, O'Connor, O'Connor, O'Connor, Oakley, Partin, Pearson, Peele, Phelan, Phillips, Pignone, Proctor, Radloff, Ratliff, Rimer, Rimer, Roland, Roosmalen, Roosmalen, Rostom, Rothert, Rothert, Rovner, Ruland, Ryser, Schapira, Schwartz, Sepucha, Sheridan, Shorten, Sorenson, Spielberger, Stacey, Steiner, Stewart, Street, Street, Tabak, Thomson, Thornton, Valdez, Volk, Volk, Vuorma, Vuorma, Wagner, Wallston, Wang, Whelan, Whelan, Whitney, Willemsen, Wolf, Wolf, Wolf, Wong, Wroe, Zapka   +170 more
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Monitoring of circulating tumor DNA allows early detection of disease relapse in patients with operable breast cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Monitoring circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in patients with operable breast cancer can reveal disease relapse earlier than radiology in a subset of patients. The failure to detect ctDNA in some patients with recurrent disease suggests that ctDNA could serve as a supplement to other monitoring approaches.
Kristin Løge Aanestad, Marie Austdal, Oddmund Nordgård, Gunnar Mellgren, Satu Oltedal, Marie L. Austbø, Ylva H. Vignes, Thomas Helland, Kristin Jonsdottir, Tone H. Lende, Emilius A. M. Janssen, Bjørnar Gilje, Kjersti Tjensvoll, PBCB study group, Gunnar Mellgren, Tone Hoel Lende, Anette Heie, Kristin Viste, Anita Røyneberg Alvheim, Emiel AM Janssen, Kristin Jonsdottir, Ann Cathrine Kroksveen, Thomas Helland, Einar Gudlaugsson, Oddmund Nordgård, Satu Oltedal, Kristin Løge Aanestad, Jan Terje Kvaløy, Kirsten Lode, Kari Britt Hagen, Marie Austdal, Ylva H. Vignes, Siri Tungland Sola, Nina Egeland Amundsen, Finn Magnus Eliassen, Emeritus Ernst A Lien   +35 more
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