Risk of unsafe abortion associated with long-term contraception behaviour: a case control study from Sri Lanka.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to determine whether first trimester trisomy screening (FTS) parameters are affected by alcohol and drug use. METHODS:A routine combined FTS including measurements of maternal serum levels of free β-human chorionic gonadotropin subunit (free β-hCG) and pregnancy-associated plas...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Lehikoinen A,Voutilainen R,Romppanen J,Heinonen S

更新日期：2020-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To compare the mode of delivery between planned home versus planned hospital births and to determine if differences in intervention rates could be interpreted as over- or undertreatment. METHODS:Intervention and perinatal mortality rates were obtained for 679,952 low-risk women from the Dutch Perinatal Regi...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： van der Kooy J,Birnie E,Denktas S,Steegers EAP,Bonsel GJ

更新日期：2017-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are fundamental and rapid changes in body shape during pregnancy, some of which persist for an extended time after delivery and may cause dissatisfaction with body shape. Therefore, we conducted this study to determine predictors of body dissatisfaction at six months postpartum based on demographic and...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Tavakoli M,Hasanpoor-Azghady SB,Farahani LA

更新日期：2021-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adequate antenatal care is important to both the health of a pregnant woman and her unborn baby. Given South Africa's high rate of cellphone penetration, mobile health interventions have been touted as a potentially powerful means to disseminate health information. This study aimed to increase antenatal heal...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Lau YK,Cassidy T,Hacking D,Brittain K,Haricharan HJ,Heap M

更新日期：2014-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Childbirth confidence is an important marker of women's coping abilities during labour and birth. This study investigated socio-demographic, obstetric and psychological factors affecting self-efficacy in childbearing women. METHOD:This paper presents a secondary analysis of data collected as part of the BEL...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Schwartz L,Toohill J,Creedy DK,Baird K,Gamble J,Fenwick J

更新日期：2015-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myocardial deformation imaging offers the potential to measure myocardial function. Remodelling, the change in size, shape and function, appears as a result of pressure or volume changes and is thought to be the first sign of fetal adaptation to placental dysfunction. Deformation can be measured using speckl...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： van Oostrum NHM,Oei SG,van Laar JOEH

更新日期：2019-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Contemporary obstetrics in sub-Saharan Africa is yet to meet the analgesic needs of most women during child birth for a satisfactory birth experience and expectedly, obstetricians have a major role to play in achieving this. METHODS:This was a questionnaire-based, cross-sectional study of 151 obstetricians ...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Lawani LO,Eze JN,Anozie OB,Iyoke CA,Ekem NN

更新日期：2014-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Use of maternal health services is an effective means for reducing the risk of maternal morbidity and mortality, especially in places where the general health status of women is poor. This study was guided by the following objectives: 1) To determine the relationship between timing of first antenatal care (A...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Ochako R,Fotso JC,Ikamari L,Khasakhala A

更新日期：2011-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is estimated that 287,000 women worldwide die annually from pregnancy and childbirth-related conditions, and 6.9 million under-five children die each year, of which about 3 million are newborns. Most of these deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa. The maternal health situation in Tanzania mainland and Zanzib...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Fakih B,Nofly AAS,Ali AO,Mkopi A,Hassan A,Ali AM,Ramsey K,Kabuteni TJ,Mbaruku G,Mrisho M

更新日期：2016-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence shows that the three delays, delay in 1) deciding to seek medical care, 2) reaching health facilities and 3) receiving adequate obstetric care, are still contributing to maternal deaths in low-income countries. Ethiopia is a major contributor to the worldwide death toll of mothers with a maternal mo...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Gebrehiwot T,San Sebastian M,Edin K,Goicolea I

更新日期：2014-04-10 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: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:The objective of this study was to identify high-yield screening risk factors for detecting maternal non-medical drug use during pregnancy. METHODS:A four year retrospective analysis was conducted at an academic medical center. Detailed chart review of both the newborn and mother's medical record was perfor...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Wood KE,Sinclair LL,Rysgaard CD,Strathmann FG,McMillin GA,Krasowski MD

更新日期：2014-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fertility preservation must be discussed with reproductive age women before cancer treatment. Heart transplantation raises complex issues in pregnancy. Pregnancy in a heart transplant woman after pelvic irradiation involves close multidisciplinary follow-up to avoid complications in the mother and the foetus...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Pais AS,Guerra N,Couto D,Sousa AP,Almeida-Santos T

更新日期：2019-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Women with gestational diabetes (GDM) are at high risk of developing diabetes later in life. After a GDM diagnosis, women receive prenatal care to control their blood glucose levels via diet, physical activity and medications. Continuing such lifestyle skills into early motherhood may reduce the risk of diab...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Ferrara A,Hedderson MM,Albright CL,Brown SD,Ehrlich SF,Caan BJ,Sternfeld B,Gordon NP,Schmittdiel JA,Gunderson EP,Mevi AA,Tsai AL,Ching J,Crites Y,Quesenberry CP Jr

更新日期：2014-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:South Sudan has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world, at 789 deaths per 100,000 live births. The majority of these deaths are due to complications during labor and delivery. Institutional delivery under the care of skilled attendants is a proven, effective intervention to avert some deat...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Bayo P,Belaid L,Tahir EO,Ochola E,Dimiti A,Greco D,Zarowsky C

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to explore the correlation between serum vitamin D levels in couples undergoing in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) and normal fertilisation process. METHODS:Between March 2016 and March 2017, we performed a prospective cohort study at an academic reproductive medicine centre to measure s...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Jiang L,Yang J,Song J,Hu Y,Qian K

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND: Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome is caused by distal deletion of the short arm of chromosome 4 (4p-). We report a case in which intrauterine growth restriction, hypospadias and foot deformity were detected by prenatal ultrasound examination at 29 weeks of gestation. CASE PRESENTATION: A 31-year-old gravida 2 partu...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Aslan H,Karaca N,Basaran S,Ermis H,Ceylan Y

更新日期：2003-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper reports original research on choice and control in childbirth. Eight women were interviewed as part of a wider investigation into locus of control in women with pre-labour rupture of membranes at term (PROM). METHODS:The following study uses concurrent analysis to sample and analyse narrative asp...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Snowden A,Martin C,Jomeen J,Hollins Martin C

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypothyroidism in pregnancy is an arena of ongoing research, with international conflicts regarding screening, management, and outcomes. Various studies have described the outcomes depending on geographical and international diagnostic criteria. No study has been conducted in this regard from the region of P...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Kiran Z,Sheikh A,Malik S,Meraj A,Masood M,Ismail S,Rashid MO,Shaikh Q,Majeed N,Sheikh L,Islam N

更新日期：2019-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2009 the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care funded the implementation of province-wide fetal fibronectin testing in Ontario hospitals. This paper reports results from the provincial evaluation that sought to describe the experience of fetal fibronectin testing from the perspective of women with...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Peterson WE,Sprague AE,Reszel J,Walker M,Fell DB,Perkins SL,Dunn SI,Johnson M

更新日期：2014-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this systematic review and meta-analyses was to assess the risk of preeclampsia among women who conceived with assisted reproductive technology (ART). METHODS:We searched the ISI Web of Knowledge, Medline/PubMed, Scopus, and Embase (from inception to May 2017) for English language articles ...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Almasi-Hashiani A,Omani-Samani R,Mohammadi M,Amini P,Navid B,Alizadeh A,Khedmati Morasae E,Maroufizadeh S

更新日期：2019-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFlt-1), placental growth factor (PlGF), and sFlt-1/PlGF ratio for the prediction of early- and late-onset preeclampsia in a high-risk cohort. METHODS:We studied serial serum samples collected prospectively at 12+0-14+0, 18+0-20+0, and 26+0-28+0 weeks+days...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Villa PM,Hämäläinen E,Mäki A,Räikkönen K,Pesonen AK,Taipale P,Kajantie E,Laivuori H

更新日期：2013-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Victimisation of women is encountered in all countries across the world, it damages the mental and physical health of women. During pregnancy and the postpartum period, women are at a greater risk of experiencing violence from an intimate partner. The aim of this study was to explore childbirth outcomes in a...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Finnbogadóttir H,Baird K,Thies-Lagergren L

更新日期：2020-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, determination of personalized risk for fetal chromosomal anomalies emerged as an important component of prenatal genetic counseling. Women in whom fetal risk for chromosomal aberrations is elevated are offered further testing. The aim of this study was to identify factors that may influence ...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Sadlecki P,Grabiec M,Walentowicz P,Walentowicz-Sadlecka M

更新日期：2018-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enemas are used during labour in obstetric settings with the belief that they reduce puerperal and neonatal infections, shorten labour duration, and make delivery cleaner for attending personnel. However, a systematic review of the literature found insufficient evidence to support the use of enemas. The obje...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Cuervo LG,Bernal Mdel P,Mendoza N

更新日期：2006-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Maternity waiting homes (MWHs) are accommodations located near a health facility where women can stay towards the end of pregnancy and/or after birth to enable timely access to essential childbirth care or care for complications. Although MWHs have been implemented for over four decades, different operationa...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Penn-Kekana L,Pereira S,Hussein J,Bontogon H,Chersich M,Munjanja S,Portela A

更新日期：2017-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Women and their relatives can play an important role in early detection and help seeking for acute perinatal events. Recent UK reports indicate that patient-professional partnership in 'working for safety' can be difficult to achieve in practice, sometimes with catastrophic consequences. This research explor...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Mackintosh N,Rance S,Carter W,Sandall J

更新日期：2017-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gestational primary hyperparathyroidism is associated with serious maternal and neonatal complications, which require prompt surgical treatment. Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy reduces pain, improves cosmesis and may achieve cure rates comparable to traditional open bilateral neck exploration. We report...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Bendinelli C,Nebauer S,Quach T,Mcgrath S,Acharya S

更新日期：2013-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to investigate predictors of uterine rupture in a large sample of sub-Saharan African women. Uterine rupture is rare in high-income countries, but it is more common in low-income settings where health systems are often under-resourced. However, understanding of risk factors cont...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Delafield R,Pirkle CM,Dumont A

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00