Reassessing Nutritional Supplementation Program: The Impact of Maternal Vitamin B12 Levels on Feto-Maternal Outcomes by Pranjali Dhume, Reshu Rawal, Ashish Vadhera, Ankur Shah, Madhusudan Dey, Sunil Chawla, Suyash Goel, Simran Gilhotra, Ankita Sharma

“…They had a statistically significant increase in the incidence of anemia, pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes, (small for gestational age) SGA/FGR, and preterm births. CONCLUSION: The study suggests that low levels of vit B12 increase the likelihood of adverse feto-maternal outcomes. …”
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Maternal and neonatal outcomes of congenital syphilis at a tertiary care center in Turkey; a retrospective observational study by Hasan Berkan Sayal, And Yavuz, Busra Tsakir, Erzat Toprak, Orkun Han, Hasan Ali Inal

“…In addition, 43.75% received adequate maternal treatment, the caesarean delivery rate was 43.25%, 31.25% had preterm births, and the mean birth weight was 2956.36 + 514.46 g. …”
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A protocol to study the effect of targeted parental education intervention to identify early childhood development disorder – multisite interventional study by Vadivelan Kanniappan, Prakash Muthuperumal, P. Venkataraman, Anuradha Murugesan, Balaji Chinnasami, Manikumar Muthiah, Subramanian Sethuraman, Abishek J. R., Shrisruthi Suresh, Murali Krishnan Nambirajan, Angeline Grace G., Veeragoudhaman T. S., Kuberan Deivasigamani

“…Abstract Background In India, approximately 3.5 million children are affected by Developmental Delay (DD), often stemming from preterm births. These delays contribute to neurological and motor development delays, placing a significant financial burden on families. …”
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Using routine data to examine factors associated with stillbirth in three tertiary maternity facilities in Kabul, Afghanistan by Zainab Ezadi, Sayed Murtaza Sadat Hofiani, Aliki Christou

“…Conclusions Improving the detection and management of preterm births, and small-for-gestational age babies through improvements in antenatal care attendance and quality will be important for future stillbirth prevention in Afghanistan. …”
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Impact of regionalisation and case-volume on neonatal and perinatal mortality: an umbrella review by Jochen Schmitt, Stefanie Deckert, Mario Rüdiger, Felix Walther, Denise Bianca Küster, Anja Bieber, Jürgen Malzahn

“…In one SR, contradictory results of lower neonatal mortality rates were reported in hospitals with higher birth volumes.Conclusions Regionalised perinatal care seems to be a crucial care strategy to improve the survival of very low birth weight and preterm births. To overcome the low and critically low methodological quality and to consider additional clinical and patient-reported results that were not addressed by the SRs included, we recommend an updated SR. …”
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Immune-metabolic shifts in acute liver failure caused by HEV infection during pregnancy and their association with obstetric outcomes by Anoushka Saxena, Minal, Prabhjyoti Pahwa, Jaswinder Singh Maras, Hamda Siddiqui, Jayesh Kumar Sevak, Yedla Manikya Mala, Shakun Tyagi, Shiv K. Sarin, Nirupama Trehanpati

“…ALF-E showed increased naive T/B cells, decreased CD4, CD8 Tcm, Tem, and plasmablasts, compared to AVH-E contributing to higher failed inductions, preterm births, maternal complications like eclampsia, disseminated intravascular coagulation, preterm premature rupture of membranes, small-for-gestational-age infants, higher rates of intrauterine death, abortion, and mortality. …”
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Negative childbirth experience in Dutch women: A socio-ecological analysis of individual, interpersonal, and organisational factors from the birth experience study by Tamool A.S. Muhamed, Viola Angelini, Laura Viluma, Hazel Keedle, L. Lilian Peters

“…Higher percentages were observed for non-Dutch ethnicity, preterm births, pregnancy complications, non-spontaneous births, adverse mental health, obstetrician-led care, and low autonomy, respect, social support, and continuity of care. …”
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After neonatal care, what next? A qualitative study of mothers’ post-discharge experiences after premature birth in Kenya by Justinah Maluni, Dorothy Oluoch, Sassy Molyneux, Mwanamvua Boga, Caroline Jones, Florence Murila, Mike English, Sue Ziebland, Lisa Hinton

“…Stigma relating to beliefs around preterm births was experienced by some of the mothers in the community and within some health clinics. …”
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Implementation of in utero laparotomy-assisted fetoscopic spina bifida repair in two centers in Latin America: rationale for this approach in this regionAJOG Global Reports at a Gl... by Jezid Miranda, PhD, Miguel A. Parra-Saavedra, PhD, William O. Contreras-Lopez, PhD, Cristóbal Abello, MD, Guido Parra, MD, Juan Hernandez, MD, Amanda Barrero, MD, Isabela Leones, MD, Adriana Nieto-Sanjuanero, MD, Gerardo Sepúlveda-Gonzalez, MD, Magdalena Sanz-Cortes, PhD

“…Moreover, and the fetoscopic repair group exhibited a significantly lower rate of spontaneous preterm births (<34 weeks) at 15.8%, compared to 46.2% in the MOMs trial group and 49% in the other Latin American centers using traditional open-hysterotomy methods (P=.004 and .001, respectively). …”
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