Elevated Anthropometric and Metabolic Indicators among Young Adult Offspring of Mothers with Pregestational Diabetes: Early Results from the Transgenerational Effect on Adult Morbi... by Katherine Bowers, Shelley Ehrlich, Lawrence M. Dolan, Resmi Gupta, Mekibib Altaye, Nicholas J. Ollberding, Rhonda Szczesniak, Patrick Catalano, Emily Smith, Jane C. Khoury

“…The DiP Study collected medical and obstetric data across pregnancy. The first 96 eligible offspring of women with pregestational diabetes were age-, sex-, and race-matched to adults from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2015-2016 with an OGTT. …”
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Panic disorder during pregnancy and the first three years after delivery: a systematic review by F. Gerrik Verhees, Antonia Bendau, Stefanie Unger, Katharina L. Donix, Eva Asselmann, Julia Martini

“…Results Overall, n = 47 studies investigated the course of PD during the peripartum period, n = 23 studies examined the associations of PD and obstetric, neonatal or infant outcomes, and n = 5 studies focused on the associations of PD and characteristics of the mother-infant dyad. …”
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Critical factors influencing live birth rates in fresh embryo transfer for IVF: insights from cluster ensemble algorithms by Zheng Yu, Xiaoyan Zheng, Jiaqi Sun, Pengfei Zhang, Ying Zhong, Xingyu Lv, Hongwen Yuan, Fanrong Liang, Dexian Wang, Jie Yang

“…Conversely, factors like basic information, diagnosis, and obstetric history have a lesser influence. The NMFE algorithm demonstrates promising potential in assessing the influence of clinical features on live births in IVF fresh embryo transfer.…”
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A retrospective study to understand the differences in maternal mortality among women admitted in critical and stable conditions in Malawi by David Lissauer, James Chirombo, Nara Tagiyeva-Milne, Jennifer Riches, Rosemary Bilesi, Lumbani Makhaza, Laura Munthali, Malangizo Mbewe

“…Lastly, we performed a principal component analysis to reduce dimensionality to identify the main factors leading to deaths.Results Obstetric haemorrhage was the predominant cause of death among women admitted in stable condition, while those admitted in critical condition primarily died of hypertensive disorders. …”
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Chronic Inflammation May Enhance Leiomyoma Development by the Involvement of Progenitor Cells by Monia Orciani, Miriam Caffarini, Alessandra Biagini, Guendalina Lucarini, Giovanni Delli Carpini, Antonella Berretta, Roberto Di Primio, Andrea Ciavattini

“…The evidenced cytokine expression pattern related to chronic inflammation in LPCs may play a role in the increased risk of adverse obstetric outcomes (infertility, spontaneous miscarriage, and preterm birth) in women affected by leiomyomas. …”
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Diabetes Mellitus and Pregnancy. Perinatal Results in a 3 years Study. by Cristóbal Torres González, Vivian Vázquez Martínez, Joselin Moreno Torres, Angel Rodríguez Cabrera, Amparo Ocampo Sánchez, Ana López Rodríguez del Rey

“…Of an universe of 13 603 childbirths from January 1st, 2003 to December 31st, 2005, in the Obstetric Service of the University Hospital ¨Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima¨ in Cienfuegos, a sample of 229 pregnant women with diabetes was taken. …”
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Antenatal Care - How to ensure quality! by Lubna Ejaz

“… Antenatal care (ANC) improves maternal and newborn health by providing a platform for important healthcare services, including health promotion, primary and secondary prevention by vaccination and screening, timely diagnosis & prompt treatment of various obstetrical and medical complications, which may arise or aggravate during pregnancy. …”
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Managing Major Postpartum Haemorrhage following Acute Uterine Inversion with Rusch Balloon Catheter by Remon Keriakos, Smriti Ray Chaudhuri

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Effect of life skills training by a midwife on pregnancy anxiety: A randomized controlled trial by Fatemeh Hassanpour, Mozhgan Javadnoori, Elham Maraghi, Fariba Zargar Shirazi

“…Results: No differences were detected between the two groups in terms of demographic and obstetric characteristics, as well as the mean scores of pregnancy anxiety and its domains. …”
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Antenatal Depression and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care Service in Kochi Health Center, Jimma Town, Ethiopia by Yonas Tesfaye, Liyew Agenagnew

“…The study has shown that the prevalence of antenatal depression was high and associated with multiple psychosocial, clinical, and obstetric factors. Therefore, screening pregnant women for depression and the provision of necessary mental health services is recommended to mitigate the adverse health outcome of the problem.…”
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Extrapulmonary manifestations and complications of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection: a systematic review by Jiacai Cho, Joanne Lee, Ching-Hui Sia, Chieh Sian Koo, Benjamin YQ Tan, Weizhen Hong, Ellie Choi, Xueying Goh, Louis Chai, Nisha Suyien Chandran, Horng Ruey Chua, Bernard PL Chan, Mark Muthiah, Ting Ting Low, Eng Soo Yap, Manjari Lahiri

“…Reports with only paediatric or obstetric cases were excluded. Results: 169 articles were included. …”
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Season of conception and risk of hypertensive disorder during pregnancy by Yanxia Xie, Yi Mu, Peiran Chen, Yanping Wang, Xiaohong Li, Li Dai, Zheng Liu, Qi Li, Mingrong Li, Juan Liang, Jun Zhu

“…Abstract Background Hypertensive Disorder during Pregnancy (HDP) is the most prevalent obstetric conditions in maternal health, but the etiology of most cases remains unexplained. …”
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Investigating Maternal Perception of Control and Support in the Postpartum Period and Influencing Factors in Childbirth: A Multiple Linear Regression Analysis Model by Tuğba Yazici Topçu, Ruveyde Aydin, Songül Aktaş

“…In contrast, certain socio‐demographic and obstetric characteristics did not demonstrate a significant impact. …”
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Improving neonatal outcome by studying the incidence of maternal group B streptococcus colonization among pregnant women: A prospective observational study by Priyank Rajan, Mukesh Sanklecha, Saloni Gandhi, Kaushal Soni, Mayur Wanjari, Gaurav Mittal

“…Material and Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted among 50 obstetric patients at 35–37 weeks of gestation attending the outpatient and inpatient departments of a tertiary care hospital. …”
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Verbal fluency and semantic association deficits in children with in birth nonprogressive neuromuscular diseases by Maria Koriakina, Maria Koriakina, Olga E. Agranovich, Ioannis Ntoumanis, Maxim Ulanov, Isak B. Blank, Anna Shestakova, Evgeny Blagovechtchenski

“…This group consisted of 36 children with motor disorders, specifically those diagnosed with obstetric brachial plexus palsy (OBPP, n = 22) or arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC, n = 14), and 32 healthy control children. …”
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Randomised trials in maternal and perinatal health in low and middle-income countries from 2010 to 2019: a systematic scoping review by Joshua P Vogel, Jack Williams, Tari Turner, Steve McDonald, Alexander John Eggleston, Annabel Richards, Elise Farrington, Wai Chung Tse, Ayeshini Sella Hewage

“…Large numbers of studies were conducted on priority topics such as labour and delivery, obstetric haemorrhage and antenatal care. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, diabetes and health systems and policy—despite being high-priority topics—had relatively few trials.Conclusion Despite trials conducted in LMICs increasing from 2010 to 2019, there were significant gaps in geographical distribution, alignment with causes of maternal mortality and known research priority topics. …”
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Interaction effect between vitamin D and gestational diabetes mellitus in the second trimester by MA Ziwen, DING Xiaoying, CHU Liming, ZHANG Yan, ZHANG Aifeng, ZHU Yanjun, WANG Xun, XIE Zhenyu

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the relationship between serum 25(OH)D and gestational diabetes mellitus in the second trimester (GDM), to analyze the interaction effect of key risk factors, so as to provide a basis for clinical personalized vitamin D supplementation.MethodsA total of 266 pregnant women who registered and took regular obstetric check-ups in Shanghai Pudong New Area Health Care Hospital for Women and Children from June to December 2022, were selected as the research subjects. …”
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A meta-core outcome set for stillbirth prevention and bereavement care following stillbirth in LMIC by Jamie J Kirkham, Declan Devane, Carol Bedwell, Tina Lavender, Tracey A Mills, Sabina Wakasiaka, Rose Laisser, Bellington Vwalika, Nasim Chaudhry, Angela Chimwaza, Elizabeth Ombeva Ayebare, Sudhindrashayana Fattepur, Tayyeba Kiran, Kushupika Dube, Farai Marenga, Idesi Chilinda, Unice Goshomi, Allen Nabisere, Zaib Un Nisa

“…Consensus was reached on 13 core outcomes for stillbirth prevention covering 5 domains: obstetric, fetal, perinatal and neonatal outcomes and maternal complications. …”
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Post operatory analgesia in caesarean surgery. by Bárbara Lucía Cabezas Poblet, Guyen Cuellar Chang, Rolando T. Espín González, María Antonia Cabezas Poblet

“…The effects of narcotics on the new born are well known and the author´s worries about this problem has been the motivational point to search about the use of epidural and intratecal narcotics in the obstetric patient. <strong><br />Objective:</strong> To assess the use of peridural liophilized morphine in the Caesarean Section <br /><strong>Method: </strong>A study of a series of cases was carried out at the Surgical Unit of the Gynecobstetric service of the University Hospital ¨Dr. …”
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Fetal Cervical Neuroblastoma: Prenatal Diagnosis by Ismail Güzelmansur, Hatice Tatar Aksoy, Sibel Hakverdi, Mustafa Seven, Uğur Dilmen, Gülçin Dilmen

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