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Vaginal microbiota and preterm birth [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Vaginal microbiota composition is associated with spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB), depending on ethnicity. Host-microbiota interactions are thought to play an important underlying role in this association between ethnicity, vaginal microbiota and sPTB ...
Schuster, Heleen Joséphine
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The effect of organizational belonging and profession on cliniciansʼ attitudes toward supporting vaginal birth and interprofessional teamwork—a cross‐sectional study

open access: yesActa Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2023
Introduction The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of organizational belonging and profession on clinicians' attitudes toward supporting vaginal birth and interprofessional teamwork in Swedish maternity care.
Karin Johnson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neonatal outcomes of live-born term singletons in vertex presentation born to mothers with diabetes during pregnancy by mode of birth: a New South Wales population-based retrospective cohort study

open access: yesBMJ Paediatrics Open, 2018
Objectives To investigate the association between the mode of birth and adverse neonatal outcomes of macrosomic (birth weight ≥4000 g) and non-macrosomic (birth weight <4000 g) live-born term singletons in vertex presentation (TSV) born to mothers ...
Reem Zeki   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of mode of delivery on parent-infant-bonding and the mediating role of birth experience: a comparison of mothers and fathers within the longitudinal cohort study DREAM

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023
Background The association between mode of delivery (MOD) and parent-infant-bonding has only been studied in mothers and findings have been inconclusive.
Svenja Döblin   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Recent trends in term trial of labor after cesarean by number of prior cesarean deliveriesAJOG Global Reports at a Glance

open access: yesAJOG Global Reports, 2023
BACKGROUND: Cesarean delivery is a major source of maternal morbidity, and repeat cesarean delivery accounts for 40% of cesarean delivery, but recent data on the trial of labor after cesarean and vaginal birth after cesarean are limited.
Beth L. Pineles, MD, PhD   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Progesterone for the prevention of preterm birth in twin pregnancy (STOPPIT) : a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study and meta-analysis EDITORIAL COMMENT [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Women with twin pregnancy are at high risk of spontaneous preterm delivery. Three large randomized trials have shown that progesterone reduces the rate of preterm delivery in high-risk singleton pregnancies, although evidence of significant reduction in ...
Thornton, J.G.   +36 more
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Simulation TRaining for Operative vaginal Birth Evaluation: study protocol for an observational stepped-wedge interrupted time-series study (STROBE)

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2019
Background Operative vaginal birth is a common procedure used to expedite birth after full cervical dilatation where there is a clinical need to do so (15% of births in the UK in 2016).
Stephen O’Brien   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

How does the first index mode of birth in public or private hospitals predict subsequent births? A 16-year Australian population-based linked data study

open access: yesBMJ Open
Objectives In this descriptive study, we aimed to assess how the index mode of birth and subsequent birth modes vary over time for public and private hospital maternity care funding models. The second aim was to determine to what extent the index mode of
Soo Downe   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Meta-analysis reveals the vaginal microbiome is a better predictor of earlier than later preterm birth

open access: yesBMC Biology, 2023
Background High-throughput sequencing measurements of the vaginal microbiome have yielded intriguing potential relationships between the vaginal microbiome and preterm birth (PTB; live birth prior to 37 weeks of gestation).
Caizhi Huang   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clean birth and postnatal care practices to reduce neonatal deaths from sepsis and tetanus: a systematic review and Delphi estimation of mortality effect. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
BACKGROUND: Annually over 520,000 newborns die from neonatal sepsis, and 60,000 more from tetanus. Estimates of the effect of clean birth and postnatal care practices are required for evidence-based program planning. OBJECTIVE: To review the evidence for
Darmstadt Gary L   +26 more
core   +1 more source

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