Hypertension and its risk factors among pregnant garment workers attending a health centre in Bangladesh by Tayeba Khatun, Arifa Akter, Mahesh Kumar Khanal, Zahid Arefin, Rijwan Bhuiyan

“…Conclusion: Approximately one in 14 pregnant garment workers had hypertension, and family history of pregnancy-related hypertension was an associated factor. …”
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Maternal Plasma Metabolomic Profiles in Spontaneous Preterm Birth: Preliminary Results by Barbara Lizewska, Joanna Teul, Pawel Kuc, Adam Lemancewicz, Karol Charkiewicz, Joanna Goscik, Marian Kacerovsky, Ramkumar Menon, Wojciech Miltyk, Piotr Laudanski

“…In this retrospective case-control study, we have examined plasma of patient with preterm birth (between 22 and 36 weeks of pregnancy (n=57)), with threatened preterm labor (between 23 and 36 weeks of pregnancy (n=49)), and with term delivery (n=25). …”
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Comparison of Gonadotropin with Gonadotropin and Letrozole Combination in Infertile Women with Biopsy - Proven Endometriosis Undergoing Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection by Burak Tanır, Mehmet Serdar Kütük, Mehmet Dolanbay, Mahmut Tuncay Özgün, Semih Uludağ, Ercan Aygen, Yılmaz Şahin

“…The patients were grouped as: gonadotropin group (Group 1), and gonadotropin plus letrozole (Group 2). Total and clinical pregnancy ratios, length of cycles, and doses of gonadotropin used were compared. …”
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The reproductive function of women with infertility after suffering COVID-19 infection by I.S. Golovchak

“…Against these disorders background, patients with "long-COVID" have significantly inferior results of in vitro fertilization programs: one in five has "poor ovarian response" (21.3% vs. 2.5%; p<0.05). Clinical pregnancy was diagnosed in 22.5% of patients versus 40.0% (p<0.05), and 2 women had a pregnancy loss in the 1st trimester, while all 16 women in the comparison group carried fetuses to live birth, i.e., the live birth rate was 20.0% versus 40.0% (p<0.05). …”
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Clinical Profile and Risk Factors of Group B Streptococcal Colonization in Mothers from the Eastern District of China by Jin Jiao, Weiwei Wu, Feng Shen, Zhongyuan Liu, Huiru Zhou, Gang Fan, Yuxia Zhou

“…Subjects showing GBS positivity during late pregnancy were prone to prolonged rupture of the membrane (PROM) and birth at lower a gestation age than the GBS-negative group. …”
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Evidence mapping on barriers in accessing prenatal healthcare services among homeless women: a scoping review by Monsurat Adepeju Lateef, Julian David Pillay

“…The majority in this marginalised group are not screened for common pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia, infection, and stillbirth. …”
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Thyrotoxicosis due to Gestational Trophoblastic Disease: Unmet Needs in the Management of Gestational Thyrotoxicosis by Kalyan Mansukhbhai Shekhda, Vladislav Zlatkin, Bernard Khoo, Eleni Armeni

“…Thyrotoxicosis during pregnancy is rare but can have severe adverse consequences for the mother or foetus if left undiagnosed and untreated. …”
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Magnitude of Anemia and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Public Hospitals of Ilu Abba Bora Zone, South West Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Adamu Kenea, Efrem Negash, Lemi Bacha, Negash Wakgari

“…Residence, family sizes, history of malaria infection during the last one year, and undernourishment were significantly associated with anemia during pregnancy.…”
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Impact of Interleukin-10 Promoter Region Polymorphisms on Recurrent Miscarriage: A Case–Control Approach by Neha Sudhir, Mandeep Kaur, Sukhjashanpreet Singh, Archana Beri, Tajinder Kaur, Anupam Kaur

“…Settings and Design: The present study included a total of 414 individuals including RM women (n = 199) with two or more pregnancy losses and healthy women (n = 215) without any previous history of pregnancy loss were taken as the control group. …”
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Oxytocin Versus Dinoprostone For Labor Induction in Multiparous Women with Unfavorable Cervix by Gul Nihal Buyuk, Umit Yasemin Sert, Zeynep Asli Oskovi Kaplan, Serkan Kahyaoglu

“…Group B, consisted of 245 cases of pregnancy with Bishop score ≤6 underwent induction of labor with iv oxytocin and was matched for the patient's age and parity. …”
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Improving birth preparation with the hypnosis online course “The Peaceful Birth”: a randomized controlled study by Luisa Motz, Rosa Marie Brückner, Barbara Schmidt

“…In this study, we evaluate the German online hypnosis program “The Peaceful Birth” (“Die Friedliche Geburt”) to find out if it reduces stress, anxiety, and pain during pregnancy. We randomized pregnant women into a hypnosis and a control group and surveyed them via online questionnaires during their pregnancy and after their birth using standardized questionnaires.MethodsWe included 221 pregnant women and assigned 110 women to a hypnosis and 111 women to a control group. …”
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The impact of caesarean scar niche on fertility - a systematic review by M. M van den Tweel, S. van der Struijs, S. Le Cessie, K. E Boers

“…The theory that a caesarean has a negative impact on pregnancy outcomes because of dysbiosis promoted by the niche is interesting, but there is no sufficient literature about this.…”
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Prenatal Diagnosis of Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defect: Perinatal and Neonatal Outcomes by Gokhan Yıldırım, Kemal Gungorduk, Fehmi Yazıcıoğlu, Ahmet Gul, Fatma Çakar, Özgü Çelikkol, Yavuz Ceylan

“…Extracardiac anomalies were present in 38 fetuses. As for pregnancy outcomes, there were 36 (58%) terminations of pregnancy and 4 (6.4%) intrauterine fetal deaths. …”
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Long-Term Effects of Maternal Smoking on Quality of Life. Results from the Copenhagen Perinatal Birth Cohort 1959–61 by SØren Ventegodt, Joav Merrick

“…It seems that exposure to tobacco smoke during pregnancy has a small but significant effect on the quality of life in later adult life. …”
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Prenatal Stress due to a Natural Disaster Predicts Adiposity in Childhood: The Iowa Flood Study by Kelsey N. Dancause, David P. Laplante, Kimberly J. Hart, Michael W. O’Hara, Guillaume Elgbeili, Alain Brunet, Suzanne King

“…Greater maternal hardship and distress due to the floods, as well as other nonflood life events during pregnancy, independently predicted greater increase in total adiposity between 2.5 and 4 years. …”
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Survival analysis of early initiation of antenatal care visits and associated factors among pregnant women in Ethiopia. by Nuru Mohammed Hussen, Kindu Kebede Gebre, Tilahun Gemechu Rorisa, Mekash Ayalew Mohammed

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Early initiation of antenatal care visits creates an opportunity for early detection of high-risk pregnancies, pregnancy complications, health education, and counseling about successful care and nutrition of the mother and the fetus. …”
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Evaluation of bone development and organs in rat fetuses exposed to tartrazine by Osman Öztürk, Sümeyye Uçar, Züleyha Doğanyiğit, Aslı Okan Oflamaz, Evrim Suna Arıkan, Şükrü Ateş, Seher Yılmaz

“…In this study on the use of tartrazine during pregnancy, it was observed that both organs and bone development were damaged. …”
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Knowledge of and perception towards eclampsia among women and men in Unguja Island, Zanzibar: A qualitative study. by Nassra Is-Hak Yussuf, Jelle Stekelenburg, Michael Johnson Mahande, Rachel Nathaniel Manongi

“…The majority of participants perceived that there are certain things related to eclampsia: Mjusi or Mdudu (devil/satanic), superstitious issues, tension/stress from partners, food consumption, eating slaughtered meat like chicken, cow and goat during pregnancy, nice smelling lotion, soap and perfumes have been stated to be the causes of eclampsia. …”
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APLASTIC SYNDROME IN A PREGNANT WOMAN ON THE BACKGROUND OF COVID-19: A CLINICAL CASE by Индира Венеровна Сахаутдинова, Ирина Борисовна Фаткуллина, Ирина Робинзоновна Рахматуллина, Игорь Сергеевич Засядкин, Анна Юрьевна Лазарева

“…Patient B. was diagnosed with COVID-19 infection with lung damage at 26 weeks of pregnancy, and was treated with glucocorticosteroids, antiviral drugs, and antibiotics. …”
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A Critical Review of Proteomic Studies in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus by Tao Zhou, Lu Huang, Min Wang, Daozhen Chen, Zhong Chen, Shi-Wen Jiang

“…Gestational diabetes mellitus is a progressive and complex pregnancy complication, which threatens both maternal and fetal health. …”
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