Super, Sabina Wagemakers, Annemarie
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International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being
Purpose: In order for health professionals to encourage pregnant women with a low socioeconomic status (SES) to move towards empowerment for a healthy dietary intake, crucial steps are to understand the perspectives of pregnant women of food and eating and to identify opportunities for empowerment. This study aimed to examine the perspectives of pr...
Oncel, Mehmet Yekta Akın, Ilke Mungan Kanburoglu, Mehmet Kenan Tayman, Cuneyt Coskun, Senay Narter, Fatma Er, Ilkay Oncan, Tinatin Gelenava Memisoglu, Asli Cetinkaya, Merih
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European journal of pediatrics
Limited data are available on pregnant women with COVID-19 and their neonates. We aimed to evaluate the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of newborns born to women infected with COVID-19. A multicenter cohort study was conducted among newborns born to mothers with COVID-19 in 34 neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in Turkey. Pregnant w...
Song, Rui Hu, Xiang-Qun Romero, Monica Holguin, Mark A Kagabo, Whitney Xiao, Daliao Wilson, Sean M Zhang, Lubo
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Cardiovascular research
Our recent study demonstrated that increased Ca2+ sparks and spontaneous transient outward currents (STOCs) played an important role in uterine vascular tone and haemodynamic adaptation to pregnancy. The present study examined the role of ryanodine receptor (RyR) subtypes in regulating Ca2+ sparks/STOCs and myogenic tone in uterine arterial adaptat...
Govender, Rowen Moodley, Jagidesa Naicker, Thajasvarie
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Current Hypertension Reports
Purpose of Review The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is profound, with distressing consequences on many individuals, especially those with co-morbidities. Pregnant women are one such group of individuals who are at in increased risk of contracting COVID-19, due to their immunocompromised state. In South Africa, HIV infec...
Verheyen, Veerle Josefa Remy, Sylvie Lambrechts, Nathalie Govarts, Eva Colles, Ann Poelmans, Lien Verachtert, Els Lefebvre, Wouter Monsieurs, Pieter Vanpoucke, Charlotte
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Environmental health : a global access science source
Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy has been associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes in studies worldwide, other studies have described beneficial effects of residential greenspace on pregnancy outcomes. The biological mechanisms that underlie these associations are incompletely understood. A biological stress response, which implies rele...
Bowman, Rebekah Taylor, Jan Muggleton, Sally Davis, Deborah
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BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
BackgroundChildbearing women have been using various herbs to assist with pregnancy, labour and birth for centuries. One of the most common is raspberry leaf. The evidence base for the use of raspberry leaf is however under-developed. It is incumbent on midwives and other maternity care providers to provide women with evidence-based information so ...
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...
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...
Koehn, Liam M. Dziegielewska, Katarzyna M. Habgood, Mark D. Huang, Yifan Saunders, Norman R.
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Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
BackgroundAdenosine triphosphate binding cassette transporters such as P-glycoprotein (PGP) play an important role in drug pharmacokinetics by actively effluxing their substrates at barrier interfaces, including the blood-brain, blood-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and placental barriers. For a molecule to access the brain during fetal stages it must by...
Di Stefano, Lydia Bottecchia, Matteo Yargawa, Judith Akuze, Joseph Haider, M. Moinuddin Galiwango, Edward Dzabeng, Francis Fisker, Ane B. Geremew, Bisrat Misganaw Cousens, Simon
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Population Health Metrics
BackgroundHousehold surveys remain important sources of maternal and child health data, but until now, standard surveys such as Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) have not collected information on maternity care for women who have experienced a stillbirth. Thus, nationally representative data are lacking to inform programmes to address the millio...
