Delays in receiving obstetric care and poor maternal outcomes: results from a national multicentre cross-sectional study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preterm infants have an immature sucking behavior and the capacity to be exclusively breastfed may be reduced for a period of weeks or months, depending on gestational age. Nipple shields have been used, not only as a device to help mothers with sore nipples, but also to facilitate the infant's latch on to t...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Flacking R,Dykes F

更新日期：2017-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have investigated the impact of occupational risk factors on health outcomes among physicians. However, few studies have investigated the effects on pregnancy outcomes among physicians. In this study, we examined the association between working hours during pregnancy and pregnancy complicati...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Takeuchi M,Rahman M,Ishiguro A,Nomura K

更新日期：2014-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Management of preterm labor by tocolysis remains an unmet medical need. Prostaglandins play a major role in regulation of uterine activity and in molecular mechanisms of human labor and parturition. There is some circumstantial evidence that prostaglandin F2alpha by action through the prostaglandin receptor ...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Chollet A,Tos EG,Cirillo R

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) can be used to accurately detect fetal chromosomal anomalies early in pregnancy by assessing cell-free fetal DNA present in maternal blood. The rapid diffusion of NIPT, as well as the ease and simplicity of the test raises concerns around informed decision-making and the ...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Cernat A,De Freitas C,Majid U,Trivedi F,Higgins C,Vanstone M

更新日期：2019-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiotocography (CTG) has high sensitivity, but less specificity in detection of fetal hypoxia. There is need for adjunctive methods easy to apply during labor. Low fetal heart rate short term variation (STV) is predictive for hypoxia during the antenatal period. The objectives of our study were to methodol...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Wretler S,Holzmann M,Graner S,Lindqvist P,Falck S,Nordström L

更新日期：2016-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This qualitative study aimed to investigate the health seeking behaviour of rural women in northern Tajikistan, with specific focus on antenatal and obstetric complications as a result of delayed access to health services. Due to the unprecedented level of labour migration among men in the border region of T...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Nabieva J,Souares A

更新日期：2019-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Partner infection is a significant factor in preventing mother-to-child syphilis transmission. We compared pregnancy outcomes between syphilis discordant and syphilis concordant couples. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective study among 3076 syphilis-positive women who received syphilis screening together wi...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Zhang XH,Chen YM,Sun Y,Qiu LQ,Chen DQ

更新日期：2019-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the role of the quality improvement course (QIC) to reduce the caesarean section (CS) rate among nulliparas (Robson groups 1 and 2) and to find out which group of women have reduced the CS rate following attendance at the course. METHODS:The QIC was organized in 2015. For the evaluation of the C...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Kacerauskiene J,Minkauskiene M,Mahmood T,Bartuseviciene E,Railaite DR,Bartusevicius A,Kliucinskas M,Maleckiene L,Ulevicius J,Liubiniene L,Smigelskas K,Maciuliene K,Drasutiene G,Ramasauskaite D,Nadisauskiene RJ

更新日期：2020-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Globally, male involvement has been identified as a priority target area to be strengthened in the prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. However, there are limited studies on husband involvement in the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study a...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Adane HA,Assefa N,Mengistie B,Demis A

更新日期：2020-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preeclampsia is a frequent syndrome and its cause has been linked to multiple factors, making prevention of the syndrome a continuous challenge. One of the suggested risk factors for preeclampsia is advanced maternal age. In the Western countries, maternal age at first delivery has been steadily increasing, ...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Lamminpää R,Vehviläinen-Julkunen K,Gissler M,Heinonen S

更新日期：2012-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Probiotics are living microorganisms that, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit. It has been speculated that probiotics might help prevent preterm birth, but in two previous systematic reviews possible major increases in this risk have been suggested. Our objective was to perform a ...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Jarde A,Lewis-Mikhael AM,Moayyedi P,Stearns JC,Collins SM,Beyene J,McDonald SD

更新日期：2018-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Maternal predictors of folic acid (FA) supplementation use to reduce offspring risk of neural tube defects are well known, while paternal determinants for maternal FA use are less known. Such knowledge is important to increase women's compliance to recommended periconceptional FA use. METHODS:In a nation-wi...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Mortensen JHS,Øyen N,Nilsen RM,Fomina T,Tretli S,Bjørge T

更新日期：2018-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Estimates of unplanned pregnancy worldwide are of concern, especially in low and middle-income countries, including Brazil. Although the contraceptive prevalence rate is high in Brazil, almost half of all pregnancies are reported as unintended. The only source of nationally representative data about pregnanc...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Borges AL,Barrett G,Dos Santos OA,Nascimento Nde C,Cavalhieri FB,Fujimori E

更新日期：2016-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reliable, timely information is the foundation of decision making for functioning health systems; the quality of decision making rests on quality data. Routine monitoring, reporting, and review of cesarean section (CS) indications, decision-to-delivery intervals, and partograph use are important elements of ...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Landry E,Pett C,Fiorentino R,Ruminjo J,Mattison C

更新日期：2014-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In high-income countries, the incidence of severe postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) has increased. This has important public health relevance because severe PPH is a leading cause of major maternal morbidity. However, few studies have identified risk factors for severe PPH within a contemporary obstetric cohort. ...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Nyfløt LT,Sandven I,Stray-Pedersen B,Pettersen S,Al-Zirqi I,Rosenberg M,Jacobsen AF,Vangen S

更新日期：2017-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychological distress during pregnancy is common: up to 20% of the childbearing women experience symptoms of depression and anxiety. Apart from the adverse effects on the woman herself, pregnancy distress can negatively affect pregnancy outcomes, infant health, postpartum mother-child interaction and child ...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Hulsbosch LP,Nyklíček I,Potharst ES,Meems M,Boekhorst MGBM,Pop VJM

更新日期：2020-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:UNICEF and WHO recommend that all children should be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life as breastmilk contains all the nutrients an infant needs during this period. In Malawi, exclusive breastfeeding has been declining from 72% (2009), 70.2% (2014) and 61% in the most recent survey (2015-16...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Salim YM,Stones W

更新日期：2020-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rates of labour induction are increasing. We conducted this systematic review to assess the evidence supporting use of each method of labour induction. METHODS:We listed methods of labour induction then reviewed the evidence supporting each. We searched MEDLINE and the Cochrane Library between 1980 and Nove...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Mozurkewich EL,Chilimigras JL,Berman DR,Perni UC,Romero VC,King VJ,Keeton KL

更新日期：2011-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The literature shows a variable and inconsistent relationship between socioeconomic position and preterm birth. We examined risk factors for spontaneous and iatrogenic preterm birth, with a focus on socioeconomic position and clinical risk factors, in order to explain the observed inconsistency. METHODS:We ...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Joseph KS,Fahey J,Shankardass K,Allen VM,O'Campo P,Dodds L,Liston RM,Allen AC

更新日期：2014-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ectopic pregnancy (EP) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality amongst women of reproductive age. Tubal EP is well described in industrialised countries, but less is known about its impact in low-resource countries, in particular in the South Pacific Region. METHODS:We undertook a retrospective rev...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Hamura NN,Bolnga JW,Wangnapi R,Horne AW,Rogerson SJ,Unger HW

更新日期：2013-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research on outcomes of out-of-hospital breech birth is scarce. This study evaluates the outcomes of singleton term breech and cephalic births in a home or birth center setting. METHODS:This is a retrospective observational cohort study of 60 breech and 109 cephalic planned out-of-hospital term singleton bi...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Fischbein SJ,Freeze R

更新日期：2018-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Caesarean section (CS) rates are increasing worldwide and as a result repeat CS is common. The optimal mode of delivery in women with one previous CS is widely debated and the risks to the infant are understudied. The aim of the current study was to evaluate if women with a trial of labour after caesarean (T...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： O'Neill SM,Agerbo E,Khashan AS,Kearney PM,Henriksen TB,Greene RA,Kenny LC

更新日期：2017-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A Melbourne (Australia) university affiliated, tertiary obstetric hospital provides lay and professional education about influenza vaccine in pregnancy annually each March, early in the local influenza season. Responding to a 2011 survey of new mothers' opinions, the hospital made influenza vaccine freely av...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： McCarthy EA,Pollock WE,Tapper L,Sommerville M,McDonald S

更新日期：2015-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Maternal retention in HIV care is lower for women in the postpartum period than during pregnancy, but the reasons are poorly understood. We examined key differences in barriers to retention in HIV care during and after pregnancy. METHODS:We conducted semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 30 postpartum w...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Sakyi KS,Lartey MY,Kennedy CE,Dension JA,Mullany LC,Owusu PG,Sacks E,Hurley EA,Surkan PJ

更新日期：2020-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wound infection is a common complication following caesarean section. Factors influencing the risk of infection may include the suture material for skin closure, and closure of the subcutaneous fascia. We assessed the effect of skin closure with absorbable versus non-absorbable suture, and closure versus non...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Poprzeczny AJ,Grivell RM,Louise J,Deussen AR,Dodd JM

更新日期：2020-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Births before arrival (BBA) to health care facilities are associated with higher rates of perinatal morbidity and mortality compared to facility deliveries or planned home births. Research on such births has been conducted in several high-income countries, but there are almost no studies from low-income sett...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： McMahon SA,Chase RP,Winch PJ,Chebet JJ,Besana GVR,Mosha I,Sheweji Z,Kennedy CE

更新日期：2016-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improvements in medical technologies have seen over-medicalization of childbirth. Caesarean section (CS) is a lifesaving procedure proven effective in reducing maternal and perinatal mortality across the globe. However, as with any medical procedure, the CS intrinsically carries some risk to its beneficiarie...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Laurita Longo V,Odjidja EN,Beia TK,Neri M,Kielmann K,Gittardi I,Di Rosa AI,Boldrini M,Melis GB,Scambia G,Lanzone A

更新日期：2020-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Before the advent of Western medicine in Tanzania, women gave birth in an upright position either by sitting, squatting or kneeling. Birthing women would hold ropes or trees as a way of gaining strength and stability in order to push the baby with sufficient force. Despite the evidence supporting the upright...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Mselle LT,Eustace L

更新日期：2020-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Azithromycin is an azalide antibiotic with an extensive range of indications and has become a common treatment option due to its convenient dosing regimen and therapeutic advantages. Human studies addressing gestational use of azithromycin have primarily focused on antibiotic efficacy rather than fetal safet...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Sarkar M,Woodland C,Koren G,Einarson AR

更新日期：2006-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sub-Saharan African women are often treated as a single group in epidemiological studies of immigrant birth outcomes, potentially masking variations across countries. METHODS:Cross-sectional population-based study of 432,567 singleton births in Victoria, Australia comparing mothers born in one of four East ...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Belihu FB,Davey MA,Small R

更新日期：2016-04-26 00:00:00