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Prevention of Preterm Birth [PDF]

Women's Health, 2008
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, Jennifer F, Culhane, Robert L, Goldenberg   +2 more
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A functional mechanism for a non-coding variant near AGTR2 associated with risk for preterm birth

BMC Medicine, 2023
Background Preterm birth (PTB), defined as delivery before 37 gestational weeks, imposes significant public health burdens. A recent maternal genome-wide association study of spontaneous PTB identified a noncoding locus near the angiotensin II receptor ...
Li Wang, Robert M. Rossi, Xiaoting Chen, Jing Chen, Jilian Runyon, Mehak Chawla, Daniel Miller, Carmy Forney, Arthur Lynch, Xuzhe Zhang, Fansheng Kong, Bo Jacobsson, Leah C. Kottyan, Matthew T. Weirauch, Ge Zhang, Louis J. Muglia   +15 more
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Risk of Early Birth among Women with a Urinary Tract Infection: A Retrospective Cohort Study

American Journal of Perinatology Reports, 2021
Objective The aim of the study is to evaluate the risk of preterm birth (PTB,
Rebecca J. Baer, Nichole Nidey, Gretchen Bandoli, Brittany D. Chambers, Christina D. Chambers, Sky Feuer, Deborah Karasek, Scott P. Oltman, Larry Rand, Kelli K. Ryckman, Laura L. Jelliffe-Pawlowski   +10 more
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Research priorities of women at risk for preterm birth: findings and a call to action

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background Traditional hierarchical approaches to research give privilege to small groups with decision-making power, without direct input from those with lived experience of illness who bear the burden of disease. A Research Justice framework values the
Linda S. Franck, Monica R. McLemore, Shanell Williams, Kathryn Millar, Anastasia Y. Gordon, Schyneida Williams, Nakia Woods, Lisa Edwards, Tania Pacheco, Artie Padilla, Fanta Nelson, Larry Rand   +11 more
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Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes by Degree of Maternal Serum Analyte Elevation: A Retrospective Cohort Study

American Journal of Perinatology Reports, 2020
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, Rebecca J. Baer, Larry Rand, Laura L. Jelliffe-Pawlowski, Deirdre J. Lyell   +4 more
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Preterm birth update in Australasia: A report of the international symposium of Preterm Birth International Collaborative-Australasia branch

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
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, Ramkumar Menon, Ramkumar Menon, Ki Hoon Ahn, Shunji Suzuki, Pallavi Kshetrapal, Harry Michael Georgiou, Sam Mesiano, Sam Mesiano, Sam Mesiano, Nanbert Zhong, Nanbert Zhong   +11 more
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Measuring parents’ experiences and satisfaction with care during very preterm birth: a questionnaire development study [PDF]

, 2014
Objective: To develop a questionnaire to assess parents’ experiences and satisfaction with care during very preterm birth. Design: Questionnaire development.
G Gyte (13332405), Heike Rabe (4461271), Gyte, G., Ayers, S., Duley, L., H Rabe, S Ayers, Sawyer, A., Abbott, J., Sawyer, Alexandra; id_orcid, G Gyte, L Duley, J Abbott (7801466), Rabe, H., A Sawyer (7771754), A Sawyer, J Abbott, S Ayers (16054370), L Duley (7731557), Ayers, Susan, The Very Preterm Birth Collaborative Group (16187702), Ayers, S, Hubbard, Marie, Dorling, Jon, Ager, Gillian, Sawyer, Alexandra, Lance, Liz, Abbott, Jane, Rabe, H, Fawke, Joe Anthony, Brown, Johnette, Scorrer, Tim, Duley, L, Sawyer, A, Harper, Valerie, Gyte, Gill, Aladangady, Narendra   +36 more
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Recurrence rate of preterm birth and associated factors among women who delivered at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre in Northern Tanzania: A registry based cohort study

PLoS ONE, 2020
Background Preterm birth is a public health problem particularly in low- and middle-income countries especially in sub-Saharan Africa. It is associated with infant morbidity and mortality. Survivor of preterm suffers long term health consequences such as
Nathaniel Halide Kalengo, Leah A. Sanga, Rune Nathaniel Philemon, Joseph Obure, Michael J. Mahande, Joel Msafiri Francis   +5 more
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Conceptualizing pathways linking women’s empowerment and prematurity in developing countries

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017
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, Molly Altman, Joseph Musana, May Sudhinaraset   +3 more
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Neurobehavioral abnormalities following prenatal psychosocial stress are differentially modulated by maternal environment

Translational Psychiatry, 2022
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, Michael T. Williams, Sarah Hoseus, Shivani Tumukuntala, Amy Riesenberg, Jay Schulkin, Charles V. Vorhees, Kenneth Campbell, Hee-Woong Lim, Louis J. Muglia   +9 more
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