Differing growth responses to nutritional supplements in neighboring health districts of Burkina Faso are likely due to benefits of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS) [PDF]
, 2017 Background : Of two community-based trials among young children in neighboring health districts of Burkina Faso, one found that small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS) increased child growth compared with a non-intervention control group ...
Abbeddou, Souheila +10 more
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Markers of Maternal Morbidity: Research Recommendations for Severe Perineal Lacerations, Severe Maternal Morbidity, and Other Complications [PDF]
Women's Health IssuesSuzan L. Carmichael +2 more
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Congenital Chagas Disease in the United States: Cost Savings Through Maternal Screening [PDF]
, 2018 Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, is transmitted by insect vectors through transfusions, transplants, insect feces in food, and from mother to child during gestation.
Bialek, Stephanie R. +3 more
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Predictors of Extra Care Among Magnesium Sulphate treated eclamptic patients at Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2011 \ud The inclusion of Magnesium Sulphate (MgSO4) as a gold standard in the treatment of eclampsia has substantially reduced incidences of repeated fits, eclamptic morbidity and deaths.
Muganyizi, Projestine S +1 more
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Standardized Severe Maternal Morbidity Review [PDF]
Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2014 Severe maternal morbidity and mortality have been rising in the United States. To begin a national effort to reduce morbidity, a specific call to identify all pregnant and postpartum women experiencing admission to an intensive care unit or receipt of 4 or more units of blood for routine review has been made. While advocating for review of these cases,
Sarah J, Kilpatrick +13 more
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Risk factors, predictive markers and prevention strategies for intrauterine fetal death. An integrative review [PDF]
, 2020 According to World Health Organization (WHO), fetal death is defined as the death of the fetus prior to its complete expulsion, independent of the duration of pregnancy, thus only ascribing the term stillbirth to fetal deaths in the case of pregnancies ...
Andronache, Liliana Florina +6 more
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PLoS ONE, 2020 BackgroundThe early identification of pregnant women at risk of developing complications at birth is fundamental to antenatal care and an important strategy in preventing maternal death.
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AJOG Global Reports, 2023 BACKGROUND: In the United States, Black women die at 2.5 times the rate of White women and 3.5 times the rate of Hispanic women. These racial health care disparities have been largely attributed to access to health care and other social determinants of ...
Kathleen Lundeberg, DO +5 more
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Maximizing the benefits and minimizing the risks of intervention programs to address micronutrient malnutrition: symposium report. [PDF]
, 2016 Interventions to address micronutrient deficiencies have large potential to reduce the related disease and economic burden. However, the potential risks of excessive micronutrient intakes are often not well determined.
Bruins, Maaike J +5 more
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"INTERGROWTH21st vs customized fetal growth curves in the assessment of the neonatal nutritional status: a retrospective cohort study of gestational diabetes" [PDF]
, 2020 Background Gestational diabetes mellitus is associated with increased incidence of adverse perinatal outcomes including newborns large for gestational age, macrosomia, preeclampsia, polyhydramnios, stillbirth, and neonatal morbidity.
Castillo Lara, María +7 more
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