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Prevalence of placenta praevia by world region: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
OBJECTIVES: (i) To estimate the prevalence burden of placenta praevia in each world region, and (ii) to investigate potential sources of heterogeneity. METHODS: Systematic review of the literature and random-effects meta-analysis.
Aliyu +63 more
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HIV/AIDS and pregnancy-related deaths in Blantyre, Malawi [PDF]
Background: HIV/AIDS epidemic is one of the major factors affecting women’s health and impeding national efforts to improve it especially in sub-Saharan Africa.
Changole, J. +3 more
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The case for launch of an international DNA-based birth cohort study [PDF]
The global health agenda beyond 2015 will inevitably need to broaden its focus from mortality reduction to the social determinants of deaths, growing inequities among children and mothers, and ensuring the sustainability of the progress made against the ...
Aulchenko, Yurii +19 more
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Unpacking the enabling factors for hand, cord and birth-surface hygiene in Zanzibar maternity units. [PDF]
Recent national surveys in The United Republic of Tanzania have revealed poor standards of hygiene at birth in facilities. As more women opt for institutional delivery, improving basic hygiene becomes an essential part of preventative strategies for ...
Ali, Ali O +15 more
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The medicinal use of leeches in Malta [PDF]
The medical practice based on the Greek doctrine of the four humors considered that disease was due to alterations in the composition of these humors, and therapy was therefore based on attempting to restore the balance.
Savona-Ventura, Charles +2 more
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Causas y complicaciones inmediatas de Histerectomía Post-Evento obstétrico en el Hospital Alemán Nicaragüense de Enero 2013 a Mayo 2014 [PDF]
El presente estudio tiene como objetivo general “conocer las causas y complicaciones inmediatas de histerectomía post evento obstétrico en el hospital Alemán nicaragüense en enero 2013 a mayo 2015”. Se realizó un estudio descriptivo de corte transversal,
Suarez García, Jessica María +1 more
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Metabolic Therapy and Pulmonary Disfunction in Patients with Obstetric Sepsis
The role of reamberin, a succinate-containing infusion preparation in correlation of pulmonary metabolic and respiratory disturbances in patients with obstetric puerperal sepsis was estimated.
A. YU. Yakovlev +6 more
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É relatado caso excepcional de puérpera de 15 anos com choque séptico pelo Streptococcus beta-hemolítico do grupo A e síndrome de Waterhouse-Friderichsen, observado à necropsia.
Stanley de Almeida Araújo +3 more
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The Captain of the Men of Death and His Shadow: Long-Run Impacts of Early Life Pneumonia Exposure [PDF]
We exploit the introduction of sulfa drugs in 1937 to identify the causal impact of exposure to pneumonia in infancy on later life well-being and productivity in the United States.
Atheendar Venkataramani, Sonia Bhalotra
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Caesarean wound care for midwives [PDF]
With a rise in caesarean births there is a rise in wound care management issues for midwives and the potential for surgical site infections (SSIs). The burden of SSIs include increases in maternal mortality, morbidity, length of hospital stay and cost ...
Murphy, Margaret M.
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