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Frequency of Retinopathy of Prematurity in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Introduction: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is one of a preventable cause of blindness in neonates. Screening of preterm infants for ROP in Pakistan is currently under-recognized. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in premature and very low birth weight neonates (birth wei.. Read More
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Purpose: The aim of our study was to determine the risk factors and to describe the clinical presentation of women with uterine rupture without previous caesarean delivery. Methods: Case-control study involving all cases of uterine rupture in the unscarred uterus detected during labour or in the post-partum between January 1, 20.. Read More
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Preconception Diagnosis, Awareness, Advocacy for Safe Pregnancy, Safe Birth
Concept of preconception care, ‘care before pregnancy’, has emerged in recent years, as a potentially vital tool, not only for improving adolescent girls’ and women’s health during pregnancy, birth, but also future health. Objective: Study was done to collect information, about preconception care for bett.. Read More
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Nigeria accounts for 14% of global estimates of maternal mortalities. The role of health care providers remains indispensable to addressing obstetric emergencies by knowledgeable and appropriately skilled obstetric care services. This study was carried out to assess knowledge of birth preparedness and complication readiness (BPA.. Read More
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Malaria: A Major Cause of Anaemia in Primigravidae
Anaemia; Malaria; Peripheral smear; Prevalence; Primigravidae; Multigravidae.. Read More
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Background: Kenya is one of the six HIV ‘high burden’ countries in Africa with about 1.6 million people living with HIV infection by 2013. Women in Kenya are more vulnerable to HIV infection compared to men, with the national HIV prevalence at 7.6% for women and 5.6% for men. There were about 1441 pregnant women livi.. Read More
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Contribution of an Ultrasound Tissue Characterization on Fetal and Neonatal Health
Purpose: Objective ultrasonic B-mode image analysis in clinical ultrasound tissue characterization with echogenicity histogram in commercial B-mode devices. Materials: Placental intervillous space fibrin deposit, fetal growth restriction, malignant neoplasia, fetal brain echo density, fetal lung immaturity, meconium-stained amni.. Read More
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Risk Factors for Maternal Vitamin D Deficiency within the United Arab Emirates
Introduction: Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy is a public health problem and it has been associated with negative pregnancy outcomes for both mothers and infants. Aim: To estimate the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and to identify the contribution of risk factors to t.. Read More
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Cultural Diversity in Childbirth Practices of a Rural Community in Southern Nigeria
Introduction: Knowledge of cultural diversity is important for nursing/midwifery care as these address ethnic and racial differences between providers and consumers of health care, thus, can strengthen and broaden the healthcare delivery system. In a typical nurse/midwife-patient/client encounter globally, there is interplay of .. Read More
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Response to Hydrolysed Collagen Protein Supplementation in a Cohort of Pregnant and Postpartum Women
There is overwhelming evidence that links maternal nutrition during pregnancy with fetal outcomes. This study evaluated the safety and efficacy of Protiva treatment responses in pre and postpartum female subjects between the ages of 19 years and 43 years who entered into this open label study. The protocol was designed to take a.. Read More
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Impact of Mother's Breastfeeding Support: Lactation Support Provided in a Group Setting
Many hospitals provide breastfeeding support groups to new mothers. How effective is the support and education providing in promoting breastfeeding success? The following is preliminary data from an on-going study to evaluate the effectiveness of a Mother’s Breastfeeding Support Group conducted at Johns Hopkins Hospital as.. Read More
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A Blue Spotted Baby: A Case Report
Background: The Mongolian spot (MS) is a congenital macula of blue-gray colour usually located on the sacrococcygeal region, but may have atypical locations such as the back and more rarely the limbs. Case report: The authors describe a case of an infant male, born from a monitored pregnancy without complications, whose skin obj.. Read More
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Background: Family planning refers to the use of various methods of fertility control that will help individual men and women or couples to have the number of children they want and when they want them in order to assure the wellbeing of the children and the parents. Rapid population growth is of the prominent challenge of our p.. Read More
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Objective: To implement and evaluate two enhanced models of prenatal care in a high-risk population. Design: A non-randomized, retrospective case-control study was conducted with a 1:1 matching selection of participants by age, race, insurance status and marital status. Materials and methods: This study examined two types of pre.. Read More
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Background: The Ministry of Health and Care Service’s plan for improved maternity and delivery care was implemented in Northern Norway in March 2012. Selection criteria were standardized and economic resources allocated. Methods: We explored the effects in a retrospective quality of care study employing data from the Medic.. Read More
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Objective: The aim is to ascertain the effectiveness of a package of evidence-based neonatal survival interventions focusing on Home-Based Postnatal Care and Facility-Based Integrated Management of New-born and Childhood Illnesses models on reduction in neonatal mortality rate in Northern and Upper East regions of Ghana. Method:.. Read More
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Background: Annual global estimate of 287,000 maternal deaths were recorded in 2010 as a result of complications of pregnancy and childbirth. Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia accounted for 85% of this burden (245,000 maternal deaths). Birth preparedness and complication readiness (BP/CR) is a relatively common strategy emplo.. Read More
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Background: Every year approximately 10,000 babies are born in Suriname of which an estimated 400 die in the perinatal period. The main purpose of the Perisur project is to improve perinatal outcomes and improve under-five and maternal health. This study focused on introducing preconception care in Suriname. Methods: Interventio.. Read More
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Strategies to Reduce Infantile Cerebral Palsy
Aim: To prevent cerebral palsy by avoiding fetal brain damage. Methods: 1. Emergency early delivery timing is before the loss of FHR variability, which is such severe fetal brain damage as anencephaly, 2. FGR caused by the fibrin deposit in placental intervillous space should be soluted to prevent severe hypoxia. 3. Preterm brai.. Read More
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Adjunct Therapy with Ketogenic Diet to Infant Bacterial Meningitis
Background: Bacterial meningitis is still a common disease in China, and has long hospital stay of about one month and high incidence of fatality and sequelae. We assumed that ketogenic diet (KD) could increase the low glucose in the cerebral spinal fluid, provide energy to brain, shorten the hospital stay and decrease the incid.. Read More
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