Progesterone levels predict pregnancy outcomes in individuals with fallopian tube associated infertility.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy is a serious matter which threatens maternal and fetal health. The aim of this study was to develop a grounded theoretical model of women's experience of IPV during pregnancy and how they handle their situation. METHOD:Ten interviews with women who had experi...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Finnbogadóttir H,Dykes AK,Wann-Hansson C

更新日期：2014-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pregnancy-related low back pain is considered an important health problem and potentially leads to long-lasting pain and disability. Investigators draw particular attention to biomedical factors but there is growing evidence that psychosocial and social factors might be important. It prompted us to start a l...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Bastiaenen CH,de Bie RA,Vlaeyen JW,Goossens ME,Leffers P,Wolters PM,Bastiaanssen JM,Brandt PA,Essed GG

更新日期：2008-05-30 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria remains a major public health problem in sub Saharan Africa and the extent of utilisation of malaria preventive measures may impact on the burden of malaria in pregnancy. This study sought to determine the association between malaria preventive measures utilized during pregnancy and the birth outcome...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Tongo OO,Orimadegun AE,Akinyinka OO

更新日期：2011-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Much attention has been given to the adequacy of prenatal care use in promoting healthy outcomes for women and their infants. Adequacy of use takes into account the timing of initiation of prenatal care and the number of visits. However, there is emerging evidence that the quality of prenatal care may be mor...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Sword W,Heaman MI,Brooks S,Tough S,Janssen PA,Young D,Kingston D,Helewa ME,Akhtar-Danesh N,Hutton E

更新日期：2012-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Childbirth assistance in highly technological settings and existing variability in the interventions performed are cause for concern. In recent years, numerous recommendations have been made concerning the importance of the physiological process during birth. In Spain and Catalonia, work has been carried out...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Escuriet R,Pueyo M,Biescas H,Colls C,Espiga I,White J,Espada X,Fusté J,Ortún V

更新日期：2014-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increasing number of operative deliveries is a topic of major concern in modern obstetrics. Maternal thyroid function is of known influence on many obstetric parameters. Our objective was to investigate a possible relation between maternal thyroid function, and operative deliveries. Secondary aim was to ...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Monen L,Pop VJ,Hasaart TH,Wijnen H,Oei SG,Kuppens SM

更新日期：2015-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It currently remains unknown whether the resection of cervical polyps during pregnancy leads to miscarriage and/or preterm birth. This study evaluated the risk of spontaneous PTB below 34 or 37 weeks and miscarriage above 12 weeks in patients undergoing cervical polypectomy during pregnancy. METHODS:This wa...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Fukuta K,Yoneda S,Yoneda N,Shiozaki A,Nakashima A,Minamisaka T,Imura J,Saito S

更新日期：2020-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Late booking and infrequent antenatal care (ANC) are common but avoidable patient-related risk factors for maternal deaths in South Africa. The aim of the study was to examine the association of psychosocial factors with early initiation of ANC and adequate frequency of attendance of ANC clinics among women ...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Muhwava LS,Morojele N,London L

更新日期：2016-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the qualitative study reported here was to: 1) explain the observed clustering of postnatal depressive symptoms in South Western Sydney; and 2) identify group-level mechanisms that would add to our understanding of the social determinants of maternal depression. METHODS:Critical realism provided ...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Eastwood ED J,Kemp L,Jalaludin B

更新日期：2014-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper analyzes the strategies used by activist health professionals in Argentina who justify providing abortion despite legal restrictions on the procedure. These "insider activists" make a case for abortion rights by linking pregnancy termination to a woman's ability to exert agency at a key point in h...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： McReynolds-Pérez J

更新日期：2017-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vasa praevia (VP) is an obstetric condition that is associated with significant perinatal mortality and morbidity. Although the incidence of VP is low, it is one of the few causes of perinatal death that can be potentially prevented through detection and appropriate care. The experience of women diagnosed wi...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Javid N,Sullivan EA,Halliday LE,Duncombe G,Homer CS

更新日期：2014-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Violence against women is an international public health concern and a violation of women's rights. Domestic violence can first occur, and increase in frequency and severity, during and after pregnancy. Healthcare providers have the potential to identify and support women who experience domestic violence. We...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： McCauley M,Head J,Lambert J,Zafar S,van den Broek N

更新日期：2017-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Congenital malformations are structural, functional, and metabolic defects that develop during the organogenesis period and present at birth or later in life. There has been little research on congenital malformations in Ethiopia, knowledge on the incidence of birth defects at birth is unknown and the etiolo...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Mekonnen AG,Hordofa AG,Kitila TT,Sav A

更新日期：2020-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preeclampsia is a major cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide and especially in Latin America. High quality evidence indicates that calcium supplementation during pregnancy significantly reduces the incidence of preeclampsia and its consequences, including severe maternal morbidit...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Camargo EB,Moraes LF,Souza CM,Akutsu R,Barreto JM,da Silva EM,Betrán AP,Torloni MR

更新日期：2013-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:When faced with an unintended pregnancy, some women choose to undergo an unsafe abortion, while others do not. This choice may depend on long-term contraception that shapes the fertility goals of women, along with many other risk factors. We assessed the risk for unsafe abortion associated with contraceptive...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Arambepola C,Rajapaksa LC

更新日期：2017-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tanzania is among the countries with a high maternal mortality ratio. However, it remains unclear how information and education on danger signs of pregnancy translate into appropriate actions when a woman recognizes danger signs. This study aimed to determine women's knowledge of obstetric danger signs durin...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Mwilike B,Nalwadda G,Kagawa M,Malima K,Mselle L,Horiuchi S

更新日期：2018-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obstructed labour is still a major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality and of adverse outcome for newborns in low-income countries. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of individual and health facility factors and the risk for obstructed labour and its adverse outcomes in south-western Ug...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Kabakyenga JK,Östergren PO,Turyakira E,Mukasa PK,Pettersson KO

更新日期：2011-10-14 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: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:Maternal wellbeing and quality of life (QOL) are increasingly being recognized as important for healthy pregnancies. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of a pharmacist consultation on pregnant women's QOL focusing on nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (NVP), and patient satisfaction. METHODS:...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Truong MB,Ngo E,Ariansen H,Tsuyuki RT,Nordeng H

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Objective was to determine whether fear for external cephalic version (ECV) and depression are associated with the success rate of ECV in women with a breech presentation at term. METHODS:Prospective study conducted in the Catharina Hospital Eindhoven between October 2007 and May 2012. Participants fulfille...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Ciliacus E,van der Zalm M,Truijens SE,Hasaart TH,Pop VJ,Kuppens SM

更新日期：2014-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetes and obesity have reached epidemic proportions in the U.S. with rates consistently higher among Hispanics as compared to non-Hispanic whites. Among Hispanic women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), 50% will go on to develop type 2 diabetes within 5 years of the index pregnancy. Altho...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Chasan-Taber L,Marcus BH,Rosal MC,Tucker KL,Hartman SJ,Pekow P,Braun B,Moore Simas TA,Solomon CG,Manson JE,Markenson G

更新日期：2014-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The vast majority of maternal deaths in low-and middle-income countries are preventable. Delay in obtaining access to appropriate health care is a fairly common problem which can be improved. The objective of this study was to explore the association between delay in providing obstetric health care and sever...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Pacagnella RC,Cecatti JG,Parpinelli MA,Sousa MH,Haddad SM,Costa ML,Souza JP,Pattinson RC,Brazilian Network for the Surveillance of Severe Maternal Morbidity study group.

更新日期：2014-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neonatal infections caused by unsafe umbilical cord practices account for the majority of neonatal deaths in Nigeria. We examined the trends in umbilical cord care practices between 2012 and 2015 that coincided with the introduction of chlorhexidine digluconate 7.1% gel in Bauchi and Sokoto States. METHODS:...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Abegunde D,Orobaton N,Beal K,Bassi A,Bamidele M,Akomolafe T,Ohanyido F,Umar-Farouk O,Danladi S

更新日期：2017-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medical screening detects risk factors for disease or presence of disease in otherwise well persons in order to intervene early and reduce morbidity and mortality. During antenatal care (ANC) it is important to detect conditions that complicate pregnancy, like gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Despite int...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Mukuve A,Noorani M,Sendagire I,Mgonja M

更新日期：2020-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between gestational weight gain and neonatal body composition has been inconsistent, exposing the need for further research. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether gestational weight gain influences the body composition of full-term newborns and infants up to 4 months old. METHODS:A c...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Nehab SR,Villela LD,Soares FVM,Abranches AD,Araújo DMR,da Silva LML,Amaral YNV,Junior SCG,Meio MDBB,Moreira ME

更新日期：2020-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low birth weight has important short- and long-term health implications. Previously it has been shown that pregnancies affected by hyperemesis gravidarum in the mother are at higher risk of having low birth weight offspring. In this study we tested whether such risks are also evident with less severe nausea ...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Petry CJ,Ong KK,Beardsall K,Hughes IA,Acerini CL,Dunger DB

更新日期：2018-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Placenta percreta is a rare obstetric condition associated with the risk of massive intraoperative hemorrhage. Recently, conservative management of placenta percreta has been performed to reduce maternal morbidity. However, various complications have been reported during such management. Only a few cases of ...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Matsuzaki S,Yoshino K,Endo M,Tomimatsu T,Takiuchi T,Mimura K,Kumasawa K,Ueda Y,Kimura T

更新日期：2017-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a rare but severe complication of pregnancy. A recent systematic review highlighted apparent differences in the incidence, with studies estimating the incidence of AFE to be more than three times higher in North America than Europe. The aim of this study was to examine popula...

journal_title：BMC pregnancy and childbirth

authors： Knight M,Berg C,Brocklehurst P,Kramer M,Lewis G,Oats J,Roberts CL,Spong C,Sullivan E,van Roosmalen J,Zwart J

更新日期：2012-02-10 00:00:00