Survival from Maternal Cardiac Arrest Complicating Coronavirus Disease 2019 by Andrea D. Shields, John J. Byrne, Meghan Munisteri, Michael Wood

“…Little is known about the cardiac complications, specifically cardiac arrest, of COVID-19 during pregnancy and postpartum periods. Case. We present a case of survival and full neurological recovery after maternal cardiac arrest associated with COVID-19 in a postpartum female. …”
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Clumsiness and Disturbed Cerebellar Development: Insights From Animal Experiments by Albert Gramsbergen

“…The cerebellar cortex in mammals develops late in neuro-ontogeny and an extrapolation from experimental results indicates that in the human the proliferation of the granule cells and the development of circuitry in the cerebellar cortex starts only in the last trimester of pregnancy and lasts until beyond the first birthday. …”
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Idiopathic Superior Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis Resulting in Small Bowel Ischemia in a Pregnant Woman by Hao Lin, Chih-Che Lin, Wan-Ting Huang

“…Small bowel ischemia due to superior mesenteric vein thrombosis (MVT) is rare during pregnancy. However, additional precipitating factors should usually be identified. …”
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Severe Renal Hemorrhage in a Pregnant Woman Complicated with Antiphospholipid Syndrome: A Case Report by Shohei Kawaguchi, Kouji Izumi, Takahiro Nohara, Tohru Miyagi, Hiroyuki Konaka, Atsushi Mizokami, Eitetsu Koh, Mikio Namiki

“…After treatment, continuance of pregnancy was possible and vaginal delivery was performed safely. …”
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Magnitude and Determinants of Antenatal Care Utilization in Kandahar City, Afghanistan by Muhammad Haroon Stanikzai, Mohammad Hashim Wafa, Abdul Wahed Wasiq, Hadia Sayam

“…Appropriate and timely care during pregnancy can improve maternal and child health. Objectives. …”
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Effects of Intrauterine Human Chorionic Gonadotropin on Endometrial Receptivity in Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Cycle by Omaima Al Dosary, Huda Hussaini, Manal Al-Obaidi

“…These effects will improve the pregnancy rate in patients undergoing the ICSI cycle.…”
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Maternal exposure to fullerenols impairs placental development in mice by inhibiting estriol synthesis and reducing ERα by Qing He, Jiali Yuan, Huihui Yang, Ting Du, Siqing Hu, Ling Ding, Wei Yan, Panpan Chen, Jing Li, Zhenyao Huang

“…However, concerns about their potential embryotoxicity remain. Using a pregnancy mouse model and metabolomics analysis, our findings reveal that fullerenols exposure during pregnancy not only significantly reduced mice placental weight and villi thickness, but also altered the classes and concentrations of metabolites in the mouse placenta. …”
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Role of Platelet-rich Plasma in Unexplained Recurrent Implantation Failure – A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomised Control Trials by Harpreet Kaur, Meenakshi Meenu, Shivam Pandey, Anil Chauhan, Mishu Mangla

“…Similarly, the quality of evidence was low for the clinical pregnancy rate, so we are uncertain if the administration of PRP had any significant effect on the clinical pregnancy rate (OR: 3.20, 95% CI: 2.38–4.28, I2 = 0%). …”
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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

“…While folate deficiency has been acknowledged in not only the prevention of neural tube defects and other adverse pregnancy outcomes, the effects of low vit B12 status have not been well defined. …”
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Determinants of Neural Tube Defects among Newborns in Amhara Region, Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study by Abay Woday Tadesse, Ayesheshim Muluneh Kassa, Setognal Birara Aychiluhm

“…However, being supplemented with folic acid or multivitamins before or during pregnancy (AOR=0.37: 95% CI 0.21, 0.65), never having taken any substance during pregnancy (AOR=0.42: 95% CI 0.21, 0.88), and being free from medical illnesses during pregnancy (AOR=0.27: 95% CI 0.11, 0.69) were the protective factors of NTDs. …”
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Adolescents: Contraceptive Knowledge and Use, a Brazilian Study by Divanise S. Correia, Ana C. P. Pontes, Jairo C. Cavalcante, E. Sócrates T. Egito, Eulália M.C. Maia

“…The low use of chemical methods of contraception brings the risk of pregnancy. Since abortion and aborting drugs were incorrectly cited as contraceptive methods, this implies a nonpreventive attitude towards pregnancy.…”
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Dietary factors associated with anaemia among pregnant women attending antenatal care clinics in Sekota town, Northern Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study by Kassahun Ayele, Meron Demisew

“…Background Anaemia is a major public health problem during pregnancy, especially in developing countries such as Ethiopia. …”
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Determinants of Pelvic Floor Disorders among Women Visiting the Gynecology Outpatient Department in Wolkite University Specialized Center, Wolkite, Ethiopia by Ayana Benti Terefe, Tolesa Gemeda Gudeta, Girma Teferi Mengistu, Seboka Abebe Sori

“…In this study, age at first pregnancy, number of vaginal births, history of episiotomy, and menopause were independently associated with pelvic floor disorder. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of postpartum anemia after cesarean delivery in public hospitals of Awi zone, North West Ethiopia, 2023; a cross-sectional study. by Gebretsadek Habtamu, Asmare Talie, Tinsae Kassa, Dawit Misganaw Belay

“…<h4>Background</h4>Anemia is a serious global public health problem, especially in developing nations. Anemia during pregnancy is appropriately recognized, whereas postpartum anemia especially after cesarean delivery in Ethiopia has received very little attention. …”
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The Outcomes of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus after a Telecare Approach Are Not Inferior to Traditional Outpatient Clinic Visits by Natalia Pérez-Ferre, Mercedes Galindo, M. Dolores Fernández, Victoria Velasco, Isabelle Runkle, M. José de la Cruz, Patricia Martín Rojas-Marcos, Laura del Valle, Alfonso L. Calle-Pascual

“…To evaluate the feasibility of a telemedicine system based on Internet and a short message service in pregnancy and its influence on delivery and neonatal outcomes of women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). …”
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А method of surgical correction of genital prolapse in combination with elongation and cicatricial deformation of the cervix in patients of reproductive age. A retrospective study by Albina Kh. Karanasheva, Yulia E. Dobrokhotova

“…The remaining 36 (83.7%) protected themselves from pregnancy throughout the observation period. Conclusion. …”
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Determinants of Adverse Perinatal Outcomes in Ibadan, Nigeria: The influence of maternal lifestyle. by Ikeola A Adeoye, Chioma O Unogu, Kofoworola Adediran, Babatunde M Gbadebo

“…Hence, we investigated the determinants of APO using the Ibadan Pregnancy Cohort Study (IbPCS) data and examined 1,339 mothers who had hospital delivery. …”
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The implementation and impact of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) for Down's syndrome into antenatal screening programmes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Elinor Sebire, Chithramali Hasanthika Rodrigo, Sohinee Bhattacharya, Mairead Black, Rachael Wood, Rute Vieira

“…Additionally, we meta-analysed outcomes (termination of pregnancy and live births) amongst high chance pregnancies identified by NIPT. …”
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Gestational Diabetes and Thyroid Autoimmunity by Ester Vitacolonna, Annunziata Lapolla, Barbara Di Nenno, Annalisa Passante, Ines Bucci, Cesidio Giuliani, Dominique Cerrone, Fabio Capani, Fabrizio Monaco, Giorgio Napolitano

“…Background. About 10% of pregnancies are complicated by previously unknown impairment of glucose metabolism, which is defined as gestational diabetes. …”
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Reproductive Efficiency of Nelore Cows in Fixed-Time Artificial Insemination Programs with Early Resynchronization by Larissa de Paiva Nunes Gonçalves, Alisson Jordão Prado, Aline Pacheco, Yana Eliza Feitosa de Almeida, Pietro Sampaio Baruselli, Welligton Conceição da Silva, Antônio Humberto Hamad Minervino, Jucelane Salvino de Lima, Kedson Alessandri Lobo Neves

“…The results showed similar pregnancy rates between the groups, with the pregnancy rate in the 1st FTAI being 50.85% in the R30 group and 48.72% in the R22 group (<i>p</i> = 0.742). …”
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