Prevalence of unexpected red blood cell antibodies in pregnant women and follow-up of pregnancy outcome in pregnant women treated with intra-uterine transfusion by Sunil Golia, Aseem Kumar Tiwari, Geet Aggarwal, Anil Khetrapal, Sandeep Kumar Tyagi, Chetna Jain, Shubham Gupta, Samruddhi Pawar

“…More importantly, cases with unexpected antibody causing severe anemia were followed-up for intervention (Intra-uterine transfusion {IUT}) and outcome of pregnancy (still-birth/live-healthy). AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: The study was conducted with an objective to find the prevalence of unexpected RBC antibodies in pregnant women, their specificity and to do the follow-up for IUT and outcome of pregnancy (still-birth, live-birth) in antibody positive women. …”
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Exploring preconception health in adolescents and young adults: Identifying risk factors and interventions to prevent adverse maternal, perinatal, and child health outcomes-A scopi... by Zahra Ali Padhani, Komal Abdul Rahim, Gizachew A Tessema, Jodie C Avery, Negin Mirzaei Damabi, Patience Castleton, Rehana A Salam, Salima Meherali, Zohra S Lassi

“…The findings suggest an increase in odds of maternal anaemia and maternal deaths among young mothers (up to 17 years) and low birth weight (LBW), preterm birth, stillbirths, and neonatal and perinatal mortality among babies born to mothers up to 17 years compared to those aged 19-25 years in high-income countries. …”
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Early childhood weight trajectory differences in twins, singletons, and gestational-age matched singletons by Anna Booman, Byron A. Foster, Kristin Lyon-Scott, Miguel Marino, Jonathan M. Snowden, Janne Boone-Heinonen

“…Twins (n = 716) were compared to the full cohort of singletons (n = 40,075) and a matched sample with similar gestational age at birth (GA) (n = 7160). Results: Male and female twins had lower birth weight compared to singletons and experienced a high rate of weight gain throughout infancy. …”
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Assessment of economic burden due to COVID-19 pandemic during institutional childbirth in Nepal: before-and-after design by Ashish KC, Rejina Gurung, Prajwal Paudel, Honey Malla, Avinash K Sunny, Mats Målqvist, Omkar Basnet, Pratiksha Bhattarai

“…OOPE increased by 29.8%, 40.0% and 10.3% for spontaneous vaginal birth, instrumental birth and caesarean section, respectively. …”
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Sixth-Month Perinatal Outcomes of Anemic Pregnancies by Emel Kıyak Çağlayan, Öznur Küçük, Ayşe Yeşim Göçmen, Levent Seçkin, Ayla Aktulay, Yaprak Engin Üstün

“…Maternal age, occupation, number of live births, Hb and hematocrit (Hct) levels, mode of delivery, labor time, and head circumference, weight and height of infants at birth and 6th month were compared. …”
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Debating Toynbee's theory of challenge and response: Christian civilisation or Western imperialism? by F. Hale

“… In his 1952 Reith Lectures on the British Broadcasting Corporation, “The World and the West”, the eminent London historian Professor Arnold Toynbee sought to explain inter alia why western European hegemony over much of the world was widely resented. …”
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Women Born to Older Mothers Have Reduced Fertility. Evidence From a Natural Fertility Population by Niels van den Berg, Ingrid K. van Dijk, Rick J. Mourits

“…In this paper we study the effects of maternal ageing on her daughter's fertility, including total number of children, age at last birth, and neonatal mortality among her children. …”
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Effects of Intravenous Immunoglobulin and Acyclovir in Preventing Neonatal Varicella by Waritsara Piyanonpong

“…The patient’s mother initially developed maculopapular rash over her trunk 1 day after giving birth; she had a family member in the same household diagnosed with herpes zoster recently, and another member with diagnosed varicella, whose rash disappeared before the patient's birth. …”
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The Effects of Information Communication Technologies on Human Capital: A Panel Data Analysis by Zeynep Erdinç, Gökçen Aydınbaş

“…According to the findings of the study, it was concluded that the share of information and communication technologies exports in total exports increased human capital along with the education index and life expectancy at birth.…”
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The Role of miRNAs as Biomarkers for Pregnancy Outcomes: A Comprehensive Review by Martina Barchitta, Andrea Maugeri, Annalisa Quattrocchi, Ottavia Agrifoglio, Antonella Agodi

“…Several studies showed that altered expression of the miRNA-ome in maternal circulation or in placental tissue may reflect not only gestational disorders, such as preeclampsia, spontaneous abortion, preterm birth, low birth weight, or macrosomia, but also prenatal exposure to environmental pollutants. …”
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The effects of prenatal deaths on national life expectancy: case study U.S.A. by Madeleine R. Hollman, Joshua Pearce

“…Introduction: It is a positive indicator that human life expectancies calculated from birth have been increasing. The current standards for counting life-years, however, assume social desirability and exclude all prenatal deaths. …”
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Congenital Cutis Aplasia of the Lower Limbs. A Case Report and Literature Review by Aymeé Marrero Gil, Gretel Águila Calero, Laura Vázquez Pis

“…The aplasia complexion congenital it is a pathology that a heterogeneous group of clinical present forms from the moment of the birth comprises. It is characterized for the absence of all the capes of the skin at the organism's some zones and his most frequent presentation is in the scalp, being rare in all fours. …”
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Growth and Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Preterm LBW Infants with Sepsis in India: A Prospective Cohort by Sunil J. Pawar, Tejopratap Oleti, Siluvery Bharathi, Shyamsunder Tipparaju, Ershad Mustafa

“…This is a prospective cohort study involving 128 eligible preterm low-birth-weight (LBW) infants admitted during the period of 2013-2014 to the Durgabai Deshmukh Hospital and Research Center. …”
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Successful Elective Thoracoscopic Resection of Complicate Extralobar Bronchopulmonary Sequestration after Intrafoetal Vascular Laser Ablation: The Paediatric Surgeon’s Point of Vie... by Giulia Fusi, Agnès Sartor, Marion Groussolles, Solene Joseph, Julie Vial, Lea Roditis, Christophe Vayssière, Olivier Abbo

“…Thoracoscopical surgical exploration in case of persistent lesions at birth offers the possibility of a minimally invasive sequestrectomy feasible and safe.…”
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Congenital Absence of a Teat in a Japanese Black Heifer by Mohamed Elshabrawy Ghanem, Toshihiko Nakao, Chikako Yoshida

“…The sire of the heifer was a proven Japanese Black. The birth weight of the heifer was 27 kg. On physical examination of the heifer at 21 months after birth, the teat at fore left was absent and the remaining three teats were normal in shape without any physical abnormalities. …”
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A Population-Based Study of Meconium Aspiration Syndrome in Neonates Born between 37 and 43 Weeks of Gestation by C. Fischer, C. Rybakowski, C. Ferdynus, P. Sagot, J. B. Gouyon

“…The epidemiology of meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) in term neonates is described in a population-based retrospective study of data recorded for all births from 2000 to 2007 in a French region (Burgundy). …”
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Cardiac regeneration: 20 years of development and update in zebrafish and mouse by Lekun Gui, Lijun Jin, Huangjun Liu

“…The conventional knowledge is that mammals have a transient cardiac regenerative potential shortly after birth, but adult cardiomyocytes, as terminally differentiated cells, cannot regenerate. …”
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Social Support of First-Time Mothers: An Exploratory Study of Indonesian Mothers by Nanan Nuraini, Deddy Mulyana

“…Ten to fifteen percent of mothers worldwide are studied to develop postpartum depression (PPD) following birth. Although studies suggest significant cases among Indonesian mothers in particular, the prevalence remains unknown. …”
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Chromosomal analysis and short-term outcome of prenatally diagnosed congenital heart disease by Marcellino Verbeke, Laurens Hannes, Koen Devriendt, Kris Van den Bogaert, Bjorn Cools, Luc De Catte, Marc Gewillig, Jeroen Breckpot

“…Abstract Congenital structural heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of infant death from birth defects. Postnatal survival primarily depends on the type and severity of the defect. …”
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Prenatal labor analgesia education program on outcomes for primiparas: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Jiali Wu, Jing Chen, Weiwen Zhang, Jiangtao OuYang, Jia Li, Xujuan Zheng

“…Labor epidural analgesia rate will be extracted from the electronic medical record; misunderstanding and intention of labor epidural analgesia and fear of birth will be measured at baseline and immediately after the intervention. …”
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