Boatin, Adeline A. Ngonzi, Joseph Wylie, Blair J. Lugobe, Henry M. Bebell, Lisa M. Mugyenyi, Godfrey Mohamed, Sudi Martinez, Kenia Musinguzi, Nicholas Psaros, Christina
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background Women in sub-Saharan Africa have the highest rates of morbidity and mortality during childbirth globally. Despite increases in facility-based childbirth, gaps in quality of care at facilities have limited reductions in maternal deaths. Infrequent physiologic monitoring of women around childbirth is a major gap in care that leads to delay...
Singh, Pooja Singh, Kaushalendra Kumar Singh, Pragya
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundMaternal deaths among young women (15–24 years) shares 38% of total maternal mortality in India. Utilizing maternal health care services can reduce a substantial proportion of maternal mortality. However, there is a paucity of studies focusing on young women in this context. This paper, therefore, aimed to examine the trends and determina...
Gilder, Mary Ellen Tun, Nay Win Carter, Annabelle Tan, Ferdinand Frederik Som Ling Min, Aung Myat Eh, Hsa Aye, Pan Carrara, Verena I. Angkurawaranon, Chaisiri McGready, Rose
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BackgroundAnesthesia in lactating women is frequently indicated for time-sensitive procedures such as postpartum tubal ligation. Ketamine and diazepam are two of the most commonly used anesthetic agents in low resource settings, but their safety profile in lactating women has not been established.MethodsMedical records of post-partum tubal ligation...
Kahraman, Semra Duzguner, Ipek Nur Balin Duzguner, Soner Sahin, Yucel Sen, Cihat
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BackgroundBefore 2010, there were no regulations in Turkey regarding the number of embryos to be transferred in one cycle. In March 2010, regulations restricting this number were implemented by the Turkish Ministry of Health. These specify the transfer of a maximum of one embryo in the first and second cycles and a maximum of two embryos in subsequ...
Alonso, Silvia Caceres, Sara Vélez, Daniel Sanz, Luis Silvan, Gema Illera, Maria Jose Illera, Juan Carlos
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundThe interaction of hormonal factors are crucial for good foetal development. During the second trimester of gestation, most of the main physiological processes of foetal development occur. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the variations in the physiological levels of cortisol, estriol, estrone sulphate, and progesterone d...
Tejera, Eduardo Sánchez, Maria Eugenia Henríquez-Trujillo, Aquiles R. Pérez-Castillo, Yunierkis Coral-Almeida, Marco
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundIn Ecuador eclampsia and preeclampsia were identified as the third cause of maternal death. Like other Latin-American countries, Ecuador has human settlements living from 0 to more than 4000 m of altitude and comprising a wide ethnic-diversity across all these altitude changes. These characteristics offer the possibility to study a wide v...
Theodorah, Dasheka Zukiswa Mc’Deline, Rala Ntombana
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundWorldwide, only 41 % of infants are exclusively breastfed for the first six months while South Africa has an alarming figure of only 12 %. First-time mothers are inexperienced in the initiation and maintenance of exclusive breastfeeding, hence a need for support. Data on forms and quality of exclusive breastfeeding support as experienced ...
Bardin, Ron Krispin, Eyal Salman, Lina Navon, Inbal Shmueli, Anat Perlman, Sharon Gilboa, Yinon Hadar, Eran
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundWe aimed to evaluate the association of isolated fetal microcephaly measured by ultrasound prior to delivery at term with mode of delivery and perinatal outcome.MethodsA single-center retrospective study was conducted in 2012–2016. Fetal microcephaly was defined as head circumference > 2 standard deviations of the mean for gestational age...
Lee, Hyune June Kim, Sung Min Kwon, Ji Yean
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundPeripartum depression is a common disorder with very high potential hazards for both the patients and their babies. The typical treatment options include antidepressants and electroconvulsive therapy. However, these treatments do not ensure the safety of the fetus. Recently, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation has emerged as a pr...
Woldeyohannes, Demelash Tekalegn, Yohannes Sahiledengle, Biniyam Ermias, Dejene Ejajo, Tekele Mwanri, Lillian
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BackgroundPostpartum depression (PPD) is a serious mood disorder that affects behavioural, physical and mental health of women and newborn after childbirth. Although a wide range of research have been conducted on maternal and infant health outcomes, the effect of postpartum depression on exclusive breastfeeding practices remains ambiguous, and nee...
