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Risk of Early Birth among Women with a Urinary Tract Infection: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Objective The aim of the study is to evaluate the risk of preterm birth (PTB,
Rebecca J. Baer +10 more
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Prevention of Preterm Birth [PDF]
The preterm birth rate in the USA is nearing 13%. The recent rise has been attributed to increased indicated preterm births and multiple births following artificial conceptions. There are few obstetrical interventions that successfully delay or prevent spontaneous preterm birth or reduce the risk factors leading to indicated preterm birth.
Jeffrey M, Denney +2 more
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Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate rates of preterm birth (PTB) and obstetric complication with maternal serum analytes > 2.5 multiples of the median (MoM) by degree of elevation.
Amanda Yeaton-Massey +4 more
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Preterm birth (PTB) is one of the most important problems that pose dilemmas for both the obstetrician and neonatologist, placing a heavy burden psychologically and financially on the families involved, and triggering high socio-economic costs to the ...
Chong Qiao +11 more
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Trial protocol OPPTIMUM : does progesterone prophylaxis for the prevention of preterm labour improve outcome? [PDF]
Background Preterm birth is a global problem, with a prevalence of 8 to 12% depending on location. Several large trials and systematic reviews have shown progestogens to be effective in preventing or delaying preterm birth in selected high risk women ...
Sebire, Neil +46 more
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Conceptualizing pathways linking women’s empowerment and prematurity in developing countries
Background Globally, prematurity is the leading cause of death in children under the age of 5. Many efforts have focused on clinical approaches to improve the survival of premature babies. There is a need, however, to explore psychosocial, sociocultural,
Patience A. Afulani +3 more
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Global report on preterm birth and stillbirth (1 of 7): definitions, description of the burden and opportunities to improve data. [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: This is the first of seven articles from a preterm birth and stillbirth report. Presented here is an overview of the burden, an assessment of the quality of current estimates, review of trends, and recommendations to improve data.
Joy E Lawn +19 more
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Prenatal stress (PS) is associated with increased vulnerability to affective disorders. Transplacental glucocorticoid passage and stress-induced maternal environment alterations are recognized as potential routes of transmission that can fundamentally ...
Sandra P. Zoubovsky +9 more
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ObjectivePreterm birth is a major healthcare problem and has been rising gradually in the past three decades in China. Yet the ethnic differences in the rates and distributions of preterm birth remain largely unknown in China.
Guiying Cao +5 more
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Background Despite the disproportionate prevalence of gestational diabetes (GDM) and preterm birth (PTB) and their associated adverse perinatal outcomes among Black women, little is known about PTB among Black women with GDM.
Karen A. Scott +5 more
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