Determinants of Under-Five Child Mortality in Ethiopia: Analysis Using Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey, 2016 by Addisalem Tebeje Zewudie, Abebaw Addis Gelagay, Engidaw Fentahun Enyew

“…Multivariate logistic analysis reflected that place of residence, mothers’ educational level, religion, current breastfeeding status, type of birth, sex of child, birth order, and family size were found to be significant predictors of under-five child mortality. …”
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Association between gestational weight gain and adverse pregnancy outcomes: cohort analysis from South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa by Anisur Rahman, Fyezah Jehan, Gary M Shaw, Sunil Sazawal, Salahuddin Ahmed, Abdullah H Baqui, David K Stevenson, Monjur Rahman, Jesmin Pervin, Shaki Aktar, Rasheda Khanam, Sayedur Rahman, Nitya Wadhwa, Ge Zhang, Huan Xu, Usma Mehmood, Shinjini Bhatnagar, Jeffrey S A Stringer, Bellington Vwalika, Waqasuddin Khan, Nabidul Haque Chowdhury, Imran Nisar, Javairia Khalid, Nima Aghaeepour, U Tin Nu, Yuri V Sebastião, Ramachandran Thiruvengadam, Ayushi, Bapu Koundinya Desiraju, Fatma Kabole, Muhammad Farrukh Qazi, Margaret Kasaro, Bihila Abdalla Bakari

“…In secondary analyses, alternative measures of GWG (adequacy ratio; INTERGROWTH-21st) had associations that were consistent with those from our study-specific Z-scores, except for a less clear association between preterm birth and INTERGROWTH-21st Z-score.Conclusion GWG was associated with preterm birth, low birth weight and small for gestational age. …”
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The urban security project by Roberto Bolici, Matteo Gambaro

“…This essay aims to critically re-read the birth and evolution of design methodologies aimed at improving safety conditions and quality of life in cities. …”
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Factors influencing the determination of dosing weight in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) by Cassandra R. Montoya, Janine Y. Khan, Delphine Nelson, Gustave Falciglia

“…Infants were identified from a database of very low birth weight infants. Before regaining birth weight (BW), dosing and birth weight% difference was described. …”
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Throat Colonization of Neonatal Nursery Staff by Ureaplasma urealyticum: an Infection Control or Occupational Health Consideration? by Joanne E Embree, Michelle Alfa, Joy Lertzman, Gloria Gray, Carlos Fajardo, Annalee Yassi

“…Very low birth weight infants often have protracted respiratory tract colonization with Ureaplasma urealyticum. …”
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Retrospective Analysis of Episiotomy Rate in Erciyes University by Mehmet Serdar KÜTÜK, Mehmet Dolanbay, Mahmut Tuncay Özgün, Fatma Özdemir, Ahmet Öztürk, Ercan Aygen

“…RESULTS: A total of 580 birth occurred in our clinics in 2013- 2014. The mean maternal age 27.6±6.2 (min- max: 16-46 years), parity 1.17±1.2 (min- max: 0-14), birth weight 3033.1± 610 (min- max: 1070-4580 gram). …”
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The Prevalence and Risk Factors of Postpartum Depression in Western India: A Cross-Sectional Study by Dharti J. Kansagra, Chikitsa D. Amin, Rajendra B. Chauhan

“…Basic sociodemographic variables (age, duration of postpartum period, residence, religion, education, occupation, birth spacing, complication during pregnancy, desired gender of child, birth weight of baby) related to pregnancy were collected. …”
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The Determinants of Survival Time of Premature Neonates at Shambu General Hospital by Olani Debelo

“…Background. Premature birth occurs before 37 completed weeks of gestation. …”
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An analytical cross-sectional study on optimal (timely or cumulative age-appropriate) routine childhood immunization coverage in the communities of Ebonyi state, Nigeria by Ugwu I. Omale, Cordis O. Ikegwuonu, Glory E. Nkwo, Chimaobi C. Iwegbulam, Louisa C. Ekwuazi, Chidinma I. Amuzie, Richard L. Ewah

“…Of 1166 children aged 12–23 months, 2.9% had optimal receipt of every recommended birth to nine months vaccine (this was 10.6% of the 320 who had received every recommended vaccine dose) and the median receipt timeliness score for the recommended birth to nine months vaccines was 65.0 (45.8–84.4). …”
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Optimization of the management of pregnant women with new COVID-19 coronavirus infection: An open prospective cross-sectional study by Irina V. Medyannikova, Yuliya Ch. Kuklis, Irina V. Saveljeva, Galina B. Beznoshchenko, Elena G. Galyanskaya, Olga Yu. Tsygankova, Galina V. Krivchik, Elena A. Bukharova, Natalya V. Nosova, Pavel V. Davidov

“…Such patients have higher rates of abortion at various times, preterm delivery, preeclampsia, caesarean section, and delivery of low birth weight (LBW) newborns. Aim. To improve pregnancy and childbirth outcomes in women with COVID-19 by optimizing diagnostic and treatment interventions. …”
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A data de nascimento de Afonso I by Abel Estefânio

“…Despite the challenge that is always an enigma, the contradiction between the sources of the date of birth of Afonso Henriques had never been properly studied because it is not considered a matter of history, little concerned with the investigation of isolated facts from the past. …”
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Humerus Diaphysis Fracture in a Newborn during Vaginal Breech Delivery by Baris Kaya, Korkut Daglar, Ayse Kirbas, Abdullah Tüten

“…While most obstetricians are familiar with fracture of the clavicle in newborns during birth, an unlucky minority of obstetricians has encountered long-bone fractures in newborns as well. …”
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Fetal Outcome pada Kehamilan Aterm Anemia dan Tidak Anemia di RS Achmad Mochtar Bukittinggi by Daulat Azhari, Yusrawati ., Zelly Dia Rofinda

“…</em></p><p><strong><em>Keywords:</em></strong><em> birth weigh, APGAR score, birth lenght,  aterm  pregnant women with anemia</em><em></em></p>…”
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Maternal Infections, Antibiotics, Steroid Use, and Diabetes Mellitus Increase Risk of Early-Onset Sepsis in Preterm Neonates: A Nationwide Population-Based Study by Hao-Yuan Lee, Yu-Lung Hsu, Wen-Yuan Lee, Kuang-Hua Huang, Ming-Luen Tsai, Chyi-Liang Chen, Yu-Chia Chang, Hung-Chih Lin

“…The study included 176,681 mother–child pairs with preterm births. We identified 2942 clinical EOS cases from 5535 diagnosed sepsis cases, excluding unlikely cases. …”
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Body Composition Changes and Associations in Infants and Mothers During the First Year: Insights from a Pilot Study of the Baby-bod Project by Manoja P. Herath, Kiran D. K. Ahuja, Jeffrey M. Beckett, Sisitha Jayasinghe, Nuala M. Byrne, Andrew P. Hills

“…Infant percent fat mass (%FM) increased from birth to 6 months (9.3% vs. 24.2%; <i>p</i> < 0.001) and then gradually declined. …”
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Optimal aspiration pressure of suction pump for oocyte retrieval in infertile patients undergoing in vitro fertilization. by Sung Woo Kim, Hye Yun Kim, Ji Yeon Han, Hoon Kim, Seung-Yup Ku

“…Pregnancy outcomes were evaluated by comparing the clinical pregnancy rates and live birth rates. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to evaluate the relationship between aspiration pressure, clinical pregnancy, and live birth rates. …”
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The maternal morbidity behavior during the puerperium. Cienfuegos, 2020 by Dayami Elizabet Díaz Hurtado, Yuliett Mora Pérez, Luciano Nuñez Almoguea, Yuliemi Basso Basso Mora

“…The analyzed variables were: maternal age, type of delivery, birth weight, gestational age, state of the newborn at birth, and severe and non-serious maternal morbi-dity.…”
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Smoking among pregnant women attending philanthropic maternity in São Paulo (Br by Natália Machado Costa Lopes, Maria Alice Tsunechiro, Alfredo Almeida Pina-Oliveira, Anna Maria Chiesa

“…The average age of onset of cigarette consumption was 15,6 years. The birth weight from newborns of smoking mothers was statistically lower in comparison to the birth weight from newborns of non-smoking women. …”
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Congenital Anomalies and Termination of Pregnancy in Iran by Bahram Samadirad, Zhila Khamnian, Mohammad Bager Hosseini, Saeed Dastgiri

“…The aim of this study was to document some epidemiological features of termination of pregnancy for birth defects in Iran. We studied 603 pregnant women who were diagnosed/recommended for the termination of pregnancy as having a fetus with some types of birth defect(s). …”
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Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes in Teenage Versus Adult Pregnancies – A Prospective Comparative Study by Prathima S, Sarojini -, Ashakiran T R, Manasa K, Bhanu BT

“…Neonatal parameters compared included gestational age at birth birth weight need for resuscitation neonatal intensive care unit NICU admission and perinatal death.Results The percentage of teenage pregnancies was 8.05. …”
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