Adhikari, Mukesh Chalise, Binaya Bista, Bihungum Pandey, Achyut Raj Upadhyaya, Dipak Prasad
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundGood quality antenatal care visits are crucial to reduce maternal mortality and improve overall maternal and neonatal health outcomes. A previous study on antenatal care visits analyzed the nationally representative data of 2011; however, no studies have been conducted recently in Nepal. Therefore, we analyzed the sociodemographic correla...
Edward, Anbrasi Krishnan, Aparna Ettyang, Grace Jung, Younghee Perry, Henry B. Ghee, Annette E. Chege, Jane
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundSkilled attendance at delivery is a key marker for reducing maternal mortality. Effective community engagement strategies complemented by community health worker (CHW) services can improve access to maternal health services in areas with limited health infrastructure or workforce.MethodsA quasi-experimental study with matched comparison g...
Bhatta, Mihir Dutta, Nalok Nandi, Srijita Dutta, Shanta Saha, Malay Kumar
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundIn India, preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) remains one of the foremost challenge in community health. Countrywide MTCT of HIV is estimated to be > 10,000 annually. Aims of present study are to find out the prevalence of HIV and correlates of HIV transmission among children given birth b...
Chuai, Yunhai Jiang, Wen Xu, Xiaobin Wang, Aiming Yao, Yuanqing Chen, Lei
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundDespite the widespread use of oxygen (O2) in intrauterine resuscitation, the obstetric scientists’ understanding of O2 therapy is full of contradictions. We tested the hypothesis that higher maternal arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PO2) is associated with higher umbilical cord venous PO2 (UvPO2).MethodsThis is a planned secondary ana...
Ronnje, Louise Länsberg, John-Kalle Vikhareva, Olga Hansson, Stefan R. Herbst, Andreas Zaigham, Mehreen
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundIt has been proposed that pregnant women and their fetuses may be particularly at risk for poor outcomes due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. From the few case series that are available in the literature, women with high risk pregnancies have been associated with higher morbidity. It has been suggested that pregnancy induced immune...
Lin, Shu-Fu Chang, Shang-Hung Kuo, Chang-Fu Lin, Wan-Ting Chiou, Meng-Jiun Huang, Yu-Tung
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundMetformin use in pregnancy is controversial because metformin crosses the placenta and the safety on the fetus has not been well-established. This retrospective study aimed to compare pregnancy outcomes in women with preexisting type 2 diabetes receiving metformin or standard insulin treatment.MethodsThe cohort of this population-based st...
Zhou, Lin-yu Zhu, Xiao-dan Jiang, Jian Jiang, Tian-an
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundCaesarean scar pregnancy (CSP) is a rare complication of caesarean delivery and a special type of ectopic pregnancy. Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) is an uncommon complication of pregnancy. Early diagnosis of the two diseases is crucial because a delay or misdiagnosis can lead to increased maternal morbidity and mortality.Case ...
Vanstone, Meredith Sadik, Marina Van Blyderveen, Sherry Biringer, Anne Sword, Wendy Schmidt, Louis Mcdonald, Sarah D.
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundDespite ample clinical evidence that gaining excess weight in pregnancy results in negative health outcomes for women and infants, more than half of women in Western industrialized nations gain in excess of national guidelines. The influence of socio-demographic factors and weight gain is well-established but not causal; the influence of ...
Alessandrì, Maria Grazia Strigini, Francesca Cioni, Giovanni Battini, Roberta
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundCreatine (Cr), an amino acid derivative, is one of the most important sources of energy acting as both a spatial and temporal energy buffer through its phosphorylated analogue phosphocreatine (PCr) and creatine kinase (CK). Maternal Cr biosynthesis and metabolism seem to play an important role in pregnancy, as shown in preclinical and in ...
Teshome, Firanbon Kebede, Yohannes Abamecha, Fira Birhanu, Zewdie
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundPreconception care has the potential to reduce maternal and child morbidities and mortalities. It is a window of opportunity to timely alter or eliminate risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes. However, despite strong evidence on the effectiveness of preconception care in safeguarding maternal and child health, its uptake remains low...
