Maternal and Umbilical Cord Heat-Shock Protein 70 Levels in Patients with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus by Aybike Tazegul, Sedat Abuşoğlu, Görkem Aktaş, Nasuh Utku Doğan, Berat Berrin Gençoğlu Bakbak, Cetin Celik, Ali Unlu, Özlem Seçilmiş, Ayşegül Kebapçılar, Setenay Yılmaz, Mete Bertizlioğlu

“…AIMS: The purpose of this study is to determine if heat shock protein 70 (Hsp-70), a marker of cellular stress, is elevated in maternal serum and umbilical cord in pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and to determine whether altered serum Hsp-70 concentrations in umbilical cord are related to serve as an indicator of early term delivery (37 0/7–38 6/7 weeks of gestation) in women with GDM and control group. METHODS: The study included 62 patients with GDM (GDM group) and 22 non-diabetic, healthy women before caesarean section in this case-control study. …”
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Magnitude, Characteristics, Maternal and Feto-Neonatal Outcomes of Obstetric Emergencies in Western Ethiopia, Nekemte, Ethiopia by Ashenafi Habte Woyessa, Jote Markos Caffo, Thanasekaran Palanichamy

“…Significant proportions of pregnant women (11%) who reached health facility died of obstetric emergencies. …”
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Autoimmune Chronic Active Hepatitis (Lupoid Hepatitis) and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis in Two Young Adult Females by Gerald Y. Minuk, Lloyd R. Sutherland, S. Chris Pappas, James K. Kelly, Sue E. Martin

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Pregnancy Outcome in First 50 SARS-Cov-2 Positive Patients at Our Center by Madhusudan Dey, Sanjay Singh, Ravindu Tiwari, Vinod G Nair, Devendra Arora, Shyamji Tiwari

“…There were increased incidences (70%) of cesarean section in SARS-CoV-2 positive pregnant women. …”
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Assessment of Myometrial Concentrations of Oestrogen and Progesterone Receptors in the Lower Uterine Segment of Full-Term Pregnancies in Presence or Absence of Labour by Joana Soares de Arruda, Edward Araujo Júnior, Manuel de Jesus Simões, Luiz Kulay Júnior

“…Methods. This was a cross-sectional prospective study with 21 pregnant women, being 6 in labour (Group I) and 15 without labour (Group II). …”
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Role of Faith Based Organizations (FBO’s) in Responding to the Socio-Economic Impact of Covid-19 in Nyakinama Sub-County Kisoro District. by Mukabera, Charity

“…For bringing effective social change the first priority is to eradicate all kinds of discrimination in society, empowerment of women is the first thing to do. No doubt, the poorest women are the most disadvantaged section of society, especially because they do not have access to information and resources. …”
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Determinants of the Morning-Evening Home Blood Pressure Difference in Treated Hypertensives: The HIBA-Home Study by Lucas S. Aparicio, Jessica Barochiner, Paula E. Cuffaro, José Alfie, Marcelo A. Rada, Margarita S. Morales, Carlos R. Galarza, Marcos J. Marín, Gabriel D. Waisman

“…Treated hypertensive patients aged ≥18 years participated in a cross-sectional study, after performing home morning and evening BP measurement. …”
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Perbandingan Nilai Apgar antara Persalinan Normal dengan Seksio Sesarea Elektif by Neila Azka, Syahredi ., Eva Chundrayetti

“…</p><p><strong>Kata kunci:</strong> persalinan normal, seksio sesarea elektif, nilai Apgar</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Abstract</em></strong></p><p><em>In recent years, cesarean section have increased. Several factor are contributing, such as fears of injury to the fetus, increased women's request to do a cesarean section deliveries and socioeconomic factors. …”
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Gestational weight gain and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a prospective cohort study by Jun Zhang, Yuelin Wu, Sheng Wan, Shengyi Gu, Zhengqian Mou, Lingling Dong, Zhongcheng Luo, Xiaolin Hua

“…Objective To assess the associations of gestational weight gain (GWG) in early and late pregnancy with subsequent risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes in Chinese women.Design Prospective cohort study.Setting Shanghai, China.Participants We studied 2630 nulliparous singleton pregnant women with complete data on weight gain in early (≤17 weeks of gestation) and late (&gt;17 weeks) pregnancy in the Shanghai Birth Cohort.Methods GWG was standardised into z-scores by gestational age and categorised as low (z-score &lt;−1), normal (−1 to +1) and high (&gt;1). …”
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Clinical Profiles, Occurrence, and Management of Adolescent Patients with HAIR-AN Syndrome by Hatim A. Omar, Stephanie Logsdon, Jessica Richards

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The Effect of Epidural Analgesia on the Delivery Outcome of Induced Labour: A Retrospective Case Series by Angeliki Antonakou, Dimitrios Papoutsis

“…To investigate whether the use of epidural analgesia during induced labour was a risk factor for instrumental vaginal delivery and caesarean section (CS) delivery. Study Design. This was a retrospective case series of primigravidae women being induced at term for all indications with a normal body mass index (BMI) at booking and under the age of 40 years. …”
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The Comparison Of Outcome In Engaged Versus Unengaged Fetal Heads In Primigravida by Sadaf Asma, Sidra Tul Muntaha, Faiza Haq, Sara Hayat, Mona Kanwal

“…Results: A total of 130 women were observed & divided into two equal groups. …”
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Estimating the Risk of Maternal Death at Admission: A Predictive Model from a 5-Year Case Reference Study in Northern Uganda by Gasthony Alobo, Cristina Reverzani, Laura Sarno, Barbara Giordani, Luigi Greco

“…Mortality is high among mothers referred late from other facilities who are HIV positive, aged more than 30 years, lack antenatal care attendance, and are delivered by caesarean section. This calls for prompt and better assessment of referred mothers and specific attention to antibiotic therapy before and after caesarean section, especially among HIV-positive women.…”
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Determination of the MEC90 of Oxycodone for Preventing Perioperative Shivering in Pregnant Patients Undergoing Caesarean Delivery with Neuraxial Anaesthesia: A Biased-Coin up-and-D... by Lu X, Chen K, Xuan Y, Shen M, Lei W, Huang Y, Sun J

“…We recruited pregnant women who underwent caesarean section under combined spinal–epidural anaesthesia. …”
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Rudimentary Horn Pregnancy Diagnosed after Laparotomy by Kurabachew Mengistu, Tufa Bobe, Gashaw Tilahun, Kibru Kifle, Dereje Geleta

“…Müllerian abnormalities are present in 0.17% of fertile women and 3.5% of infertile women, and a unicornuate uterus is observed in 0.4% of women. …”
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Body Mass Index, Gestational Weight Gain, and Obstetric Complications in Moroccan Population by Latifa Mochhoury, Rachid Razine, Jalal Kasouati, Mariam Kabiri, Amina Barkat

“…The risks of moderate hypertension, macrosomia, dystocia, and resort to cesarean section were higher among overweight or obese women, as well as among women whose weight gain was >16 kg. …”
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Multicystic Benign Mesothelioma Complicating Pregnancy by V. A. Tamhankar

“…Pregnancy continued uneventfully to term and no evidence of recurrent MBM was found at Caesarean section.…”
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Trends and contributors of complete continuum of maternal healthcare service utilization in Ethiopia: a multivariate decomposition analyses by Ayal Debie, Molla M. Wassie, Claire T. Roberts, Murthy N. Mittinty, Annabelle Wilson, Jacqueline H. Stephens

“…As such, equalizing the number of women who attended school at secondary level or higher, had television, initiated antenatal care (ANC) visits in the first trimester, were aware of pregnancy-related complications, delivered by caesarean section for their most recent childbirth, were from poorer households, gave urine and blood samples during pregnancy in 2019–2011 levels, would reduce the differences between 2011 to 2019 in complete CMHS utilization. …”
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A Tunable Quadrature Oscillator with Only Transconductance Elements and Grounded Capacitors by Iqbal A. Khan, Muslim T. Ahmed, Nigar Minhaj

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Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes of Singleton Term Breech Vaginal Delivery at a Tertiary Care Center in Nepal: A Retrospective Analysis by Tulasa Basnet, Baburam Dixit Thapa, Dipti Das, Ramesh Shrestha, Sarita Sitaula, Anu Thapa

“…Most of the deliveries were unplanned and were conducted because emergency cesarean section could not be performed. Three (3.6%) women had postpartum hemorrhage, and four (4.8%) had entrapment of aftercoming head, two of them requiring Dührssen incisions. …”
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