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Features of fetoplacental complex function in prolonged pregnancy

Zaporožskij Medicinskij Žurnal, 2017
The frequency of post-term pregnancy ranges from 3.5 to 16%. Compared to full-term newborns perinatal morbidity was in the post-term pregnancy group 1.7 times higher and mortality - in 5.5 times. The aim.
N. Yu. Bohuslavska
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Prolonged labor presenting as vulvar edema during pregnancy

Clinical Case Reports, 2022
Isolated vulvar edema is a rare complaint during pregnancy with a long list of differential diagnosis. Here, we describe a case of vulvar edema due to obstructed labor presenting to a rural primary healthcare center in Nepal.
Anish Kumar Shrestha, Ashes Rijal, Anisha Shrestha, Sharmila Chaudhary, Naresh Kafle   +4 more
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“Babies come when they are ready”: Women’s experiences of resisting the medicalisation of prolonged pregnancy

Feminism and Psychology, 2018
Being pregnant beyond one’s estimated due date is a relatively common experience and requires complex decisions about whether to induce labour or wait for spontaneous onset. We report a qualitative study undertaken in the UK in 2016.
Julie Roberts, D. Walsh
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Achieving the Millennium Development Goal of reducing maternal mortality in rural Africa: an experience from Burundi. [PDF]

, 2012
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the reduction in maternal mortality associated with the emergency obstetric care provided by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and to compare this to the fifth Millennium Development Goal of reducing maternal mortality.
Baskett, Campbell, Filippi, Fournier, Graham, Kongnyuy, Li, Maine, Mantel, Murray, Pattinson, Paxton, Penney, Prual, Ronsmans, Say, UNICEF/WHO/UNFPA, Waterstone, WHO, Zachariah   +19 more
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Experimental Zika Virus Infection in the Pregnant Common Marmoset Induces Spontaneous Fetal Loss and Neurodevelopmental Abnormalities. [PDF]

, 2018
During its most recent outbreak across the Americas, Zika virus (ZIKV) was surprisingly shown to cause fetal loss and congenital malformations in acutely and chronically infected pregnant women.
Aagaard, Kjersti M, Castro, Eumenia CC, Chiu, Charles Y, Giavedoni, Luis, Hodara, Vida L, Layne-Colon, Donna, Li, Tony, Martyn, Calla, Parodi, Laura M, Patterson, Jean L, Reyes, Kevin, Rutherford, Julienne, Seferovic, Maxim, Suter, Melissa A, Sánchez-San Martín, Claudia, Tamhankar, Manasi, Tardif, Suzette D, Yagi, Shigeo   +17 more
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Management of severe epistaxis during pregnancy: a case report and review of the literature [PDF]

, 2019
Epistaxis is a common problem during pregnancy. Few cases of severe epistaxis, not associated with nasal lesions or clotting disorders, were described in the literature.
Brunelli, Roberto, Derme, Martina, Morrocchi, Elisa, Pecorini, Francesco, Piccioni, Maria Grazia, Porpora, Maria Grazia, Salerno, Laura   +6 more
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Poor spontaneous and oxytocin-stimulated contractility in human myometrium from postdates pregnancies. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Prolongation of pregnancy i.e. going more than 10 days over the estimated due date, complicates up to 10% of all pregnancies and is associated with increased risk to both mother and fetus.
Sarah Arrowsmith, Siobhan Quenby, Andrew Weeks, Theodor Burdyga, Susan Wray   +4 more
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of QTc Prolongation During Pregnancy

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
BackgroundProlonged QT intervals have been observed in pregnant women, which predispose them to a higher risk of potentially lethal ventricular arrhythmias.
Chaodi Luo, Zhenzhen Duan, Yi Jiang, Peng Liu, Yang Yan, Dan Han   +5 more
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Efficacy and Efficiency in Natural Family Planning Services [PDF]

, 2009
Relatively few Catholic couples in the United States use modern methods of natural family planning (NFP). So too, few Catholic physicians and health professionals prescribe the use of NFP methods for their patients.
Fehring, Richard
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Biomechanical and organisational constraints of pregnant women at work: definition of exposure levels using a consensus method (Delphi)

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives To identify the biomechanical and organisational constraints that influence pregnancy outcomes and define the exposure levels at which the risks for pregnancy become significant.Setting and participants We applied a consensus method (Delphi ...
Fleur Delva, Patrick Brochard, Ronan Garlantezec, Thomas Certenais, Raphaëlle Teysseire, Guyguy Manangama   +5 more
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