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  1. There are a lack of data regarding the effect of basal insulin analogues on rates of events like congenital malformation and perinatal mortality in diabetic pregnancy.

    Authors: Elisabeth R. Mathiesen, Henning Andersen, Sofia I. I. Kring and Peter Damm
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:38
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  2. A national survey was conducted to measure and benchmark women’s experiences with pregnancy, birth and postnatal care in Norway. The purpose of this secondary analysis is to explore potential variation in thes...

    Authors: Ingeborg S. Sjetne and Hilde H. Iversen
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:37
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. Excessive gestational weight gain is associated with short and long-term adverse maternal and infant health outcomes, independent of pre-pregnancy body mass index. Weighing pregnant women as a stand-alone inte...

    Authors: Shanna M. Fealy, Rachael M. Taylor, Maralyn Foureur, John Attia, Lyn Ebert, Alessandra Bisquera and Alexis J. Hure
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:36
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  4. Maternal infections are associated with maternal and foetal adverse outcomes. Nutrient supplementation during pregnancy may reduce the occurrence of infections by improving maternal immunity. We aimed to inves...

    Authors: Minyanga Nkhoma, Per Ashorn, Ulla Ashorn, Kathryn G. Dewey, Austrida Gondwe, John Mbotwa, Stephen Rogerson, Steve M. Taylor and Kenneth Maleta
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:35
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  6. Iron supplementation during pregnancy prevents against low birth weight, incidence of prematurity and postpartum hemorrhage. However, the coverage of iron supplementation is still low in Ethiopia. This study a...

    Authors: Demewoz Haile, Lianna Tabar and Yihunie Lakew
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:33
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  8. The partograph (or partogram) is recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), for monitoring labour wellbeing and progress. Concerns about limitations in the way the partograph is used in the clinical c...

    Authors: Carol Bedwell, Karen Levin, Celia Pett and Dame Tina Lavender
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:31
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  9. Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), defined as any degree of glucose intolerance with onset during pregnancy, is increasing worldwide, mostly because obesity among women of reproductive age is continuously es...

    Authors: Mikel Donazar-Ezcurra, Cristina López-del Burgo and Maira Bes-Rastrollo
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:30
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  10. The maternal mortality ratio of Uganda is still high and the leading causes of maternal mortality are postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia. Criteria-based audit (CBA) is a way of im...

    Authors: Alfred Lumala, Peter Sekweyama, Andrew Abaasa, Humphrey Lwanga and Romano Byaruhanga
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:29
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  11. The transition to parenthood is a potentially vulnerable time for mothers’ mental health and approximately 9–21% of women experience depression and/or anxiety at this time. Many more experience sub-clinical sy...

    Authors: Jenny McLeish and Maggie Redshaw
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:28
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  13. This correspondence argues and offers recommendations for how Geographic Information System (GIS) applied to maternal and newborn health data could potentially be used as part of the broader efforts for ending...

    Authors: Yordanos B. Molla, Barbara Rawlins, Prestige Tatenda Makanga, Marc Cunningham, Juan Eugenio Hernández Ávila, Corrine Warren Ruktanonchai, Kavita Singh, Sylvia Alford, Mira Thompson, Vikas Dwivedi, Allisyn C. Moran and Zoe Matthews
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:26
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  14. Accurate estimation of gestational age is important for both clinical and public health purposes. Estimates of gestational age using fetal ultrasound measurements are considered most accurate but are frequentl...

    Authors: Nicholas P. Deputy, Phuong H. Nguyen, Hoa Pham, Son Nguyen, Lynnette Neufeld, Reynaldo Martorell and Usha Ramakrishnan
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:25
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  15. A major change in the organisation of maternity care in the Netherlands is under consideration, going from an echelon system where midwives provide primary care in the community and refer to obstetricians for ...

    Authors: J. Catja Warmelink, T. Paul de Cock, Yvonne Combee, Marloes Rongen, Therese A. Wiegers and Eileen K. Hutton
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:24
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  16. Psychiatric disorders and use of selective antidepressants during pregnancy can have negative effects on mother and infant postpartum. This study aimed to provide evidence-based recommendations on observation ...

    Authors: Noera Kieviet, Fokke de Jong, Fedde Scheele, Koert M. Dolman and Adriaan Honig
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:23
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  18. Many women experience psychological trauma during birth. A traumatic birth can impact on postnatal mental health and family relationships. It is important to understand how interpersonal factors influence wome...

    Authors: Rachel Reed, Rachael Sharman and Christian Inglis
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:21
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  19. Diabetes is a serious and growing public health concern in South Africa, but its prevalence and distribution in pregnant women is not well known. Women diagnosed with diabetes during pregnancy have a substanti...

    Authors: Lumbwe Chola, Chipo Mutyambizi, Ronel Sewpaul, Whadi-ah Parker, Zandile Mchiza, Demetre Labadarios and Charles Hongoro
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:20
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  20. How women experience childbirth is acknowledged as critical to the postnatal wellbeing of mother and baby. However there is a knowledge deficit in identifying the important elements of these experiences in ord...

    Authors: Patricia Larkin, Cecily M. Begley and Declan Devane
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:19
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  21. Despite the widely recognized association between the severity of early preterm birth (ePTB) and its related severe diseases, little is known about the potential risk factors of ePTB and the sub-population wit...

    Authors: Chuanwu Zhang, Lili Garrard, John Keighley, Susan Carlson and Byron Gajewski
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:18
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  22. In high-income countries, the incidence of severe postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) has increased. This has important public health relevance because severe PPH is a leading cause of major maternal morbidity. Howeve...

    Authors: Lill Trine Nyfløt, Irene Sandven, Babill Stray-Pedersen, Silje Pettersen, Iqbal Al-Zirqi, Margit Rosenberg, Anne Flem Jacobsen and Siri Vangen
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:17
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  23. Parturition at term and preterm is characterized by sterile inflammatory processes occurring in the absence of infection whereby peripheral leukocytes infiltrate gestational tissues in response to chemotactic ...

    Authors: Jun Takeda, Xin Fang and David M. Olson
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:16
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  25. Intrapartum complications and the use of obstetric interventions are more common in primiparous childbirth than in multiparous childbirth, leading to concern about out of hospital birth for primiparous women. ...

    Authors: Louise Fischer Christensen and Charlotte Overgaard
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:14
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  26. The health and wellbeing of midwives are important considerations for workforce retention and quality care. The occurrence and relationships among mental health conditions such as burnout and depression have r...

    Authors: D. K. Creedy, M. Sidebotham, J. Gamble, Julie Pallant and J. Fenwick
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:13
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  27. To improve early risk-identification in pregnancy, research on prediction models for common pregnancy complications is ongoing. Therefore, it was the aim of this study to explore pregnant women’s perceptions, ...

    Authors: Neeltje M. T. H. Crombag, Marije Lamain-de Ruiter, Anneke Kwee, Peter C. J. I. Schielen, Jozien M. Bensing, Gerard H. A. Visser, Arie Franx and Maria P. H. Koster
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:12
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  28. Hospital discharge codes are often used to determine the incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) at state and national levels. Previous studies demonstrate substantial variability in the accuracy of G...

    Authors: Jacinda M. Nicklas, Chloe A. Zera, Janet Lui and Ellen W. Seely
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:11
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  29. Application of latent variable models in medical research are becoming increasingly popular. A latent trait model is developed to combine rare birth defect outcomes in an index of infant morbidity.

    Authors: Xuerong Wen, Abraham Hartzema, Joseph A. Delaney, Babette Brumback, Xuefeng Liu, Robert Egerman, Jeffrey Roth, Rich Segal and Kimford J. Meador
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:10
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  30. This secondary analysis for the Twin Birth Study, an international, multicenter trial, aimed to compare the cesarean section rates and safety between methods of induction of labor in twin pregnancies.

    Authors: Elad Mei-Dan, Elizabeth V. Asztalos, Andrew R. Willan and Jon F. R. Barrett
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:9
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  31. Antenatal care models vary widely around the world, reflecting local contexts, drivers and resources. Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have tested the impact of multi-component antenatal care interventions ...

    Authors: Andrew Symon, Jan Pringle, Soo Downe, Vanora Hundley, Elaine Lee, Fiona Lynn, Alison McFadden, Jenny McNeill, Mary J Renfrew, Mary Ross-Davie, Edwin van Teijlingen, Heather Whitford and Fiona Alderdice
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:8
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  32. Fever is a well-known side effect of misoprostol, but clinically difficult to distinguish from an intra uterine infection. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of fever in terminations of pregn...

    Authors: Tobias A. J. Nijman, Kevin G. J. A. Voogdt, Pim W. Teunissen, Patrick J. (JP) van der Voorn, Christianne J. M. de Groot and Petra C. A. M. Bakker
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:7
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  33. Following previous perinatal loss, women in a subsequent pregnancy may experience heightened emotions, such as anxiety and fear, with a range of longer-term implications. To support these women, the Mater Moth...

    Authors: Pamela Meredith, Trish Wilson, Grace Branjerdporn, Jenny Strong and Laura Desha
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:6
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  34. Preconception care involves health promotion to reduce risk factors that might affect women and couples of childbearing age. The risk factors of adverse reproductive outcomes include recognized genetic disease...

    Authors: Renata Bortolus, Nadia C. Oprandi, Francesca Rech Morassutti, Luca Marchetto, Francesca Filippini, Eleonora Agricola, Alberto E. Tozzi, Carlo Castellani, Faustina Lalatta, Bruno Rusticali and Pierpaolo Mastroiacovo
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:5
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  35. To evaluate the impact of the introduction of prenatal screening on time of detection and pregnancy outcome for trisomy 21 (T21), trisomy 18 (T18) and trisomy 13 (T13).

    Authors: Katelijne Bouman, Marian K. Bakker, Erwin Birnie, Lies ter Beek, Caterina M. Bilardo, Irene M. van Langen and Hermien E. K. de Walle
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:4
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  36. Maternal ethnicity is a recognized risk factor for stillbirth, such that South Asian women have higher rates than their Caucasian counterparts. However, whether maternal ethnicity is a risk factor for intrapar...

    Authors: Maya Reddy, Euan M. Wallace, Joanne C. Mockler, Lynne Stewart, Michelle Knight, Ryan Hodges, Sasha Skinner and Miranda Davies-Tuck
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:3
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  38. Preterm infants have an immature sucking behavior and the capacity to be exclusively breastfed may be reduced for a period of weeks or months, depending on gestational age. Nipple shields have been used, not o...

    Authors: Renée Flacking and Fiona Dykes
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:1
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  39. To investigate perinatal decision-making and the use of obstetric interventions, we examined the effects of antenatal steroids, tocolysis, and delivery mode on birth in a good condition (defined as presence of...

    Authors: Andrei S. Morgan, Neil Marlow, Elizabeth S. Draper, Zarko Alfirević, Enid M. Hennessy and Kate Costeloe
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2016 16:390
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  40. Correct measurement and continuous monitoring of exclusive breastfeeding are essential to promote exclusive breastfeeding. Measuring exclusive breastfeeding is a complex issue as rates can vary according to th...

    Authors: Vishnu Khanal, Andy H. Lee, Jane A. Scott, Rajendra Karkee and Colin W. Binns
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2016 16:389
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  42. Preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) is the largest identifiable cause of preterm birth. There is currently no good screening test for PPROM in low-risk asymptomatic patients. Our goal was to identif...

    Authors: Vanessa Nunes, Jennifer Cross, John E. Speich, Danielle R. Morgan, Jerome F. Strauss III and Ronald M. Ramus
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2016 16:387
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  43. Peripartum cardiomyopathy is often associated with severe heart failure occurring towards the end of pregnancy or in the months following birth with debilitating, exhausting and frightening symptoms requiring ...

    Authors: Harshida Patel, Maria Schaufelberger, Cecily Begley and Marie Berg
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2016 16:386
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  44. This research determined the rates of perinatal mortality among infants delivered under Ghana’s national health insurance scheme (NHIS) compared to infants delivered under the previous “Cash and Carry” system ...

    Authors: Abdallah Ibrahim, Ernest T. Maya, Ernestina Donkor, Irene A. Agyepong and Richard M. Adanu
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2016 16:385
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  45. Retained placenta is associated with severe postpartum hemorrhage. Its etiology is unknown and its biochemistry has not been studied. We aimed to assess whether levels of the antioxidative enzyme Glutathione P...

    Authors: Margit Endler, Sissel Saltvedt, Mohamed Eweida and Helena Åkerud
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2016 16:384
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  47. There is mounting evidence to support the lack of awareness among pregnant women about health consequences and long term risks associated with poor oral hygiene during pregnancy. A recognised and important poi...

    Authors: Ajesh George, Hannah G Dahlen, Jennifer Reath, Shilpi Ajwani, Sameer Bhole, Andrew Korda, Harrison Ng Chok, Charmaine Miranda, Amy Villarosa and Maree Johnson
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2016 16:382
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  48. Exposures during the prenatal period may have lasting effects on maternal and child health outcomes. To better understand the effects of the in utero environment on children’s short- and long-term health, larg...

    Authors: M. M. Hedderson, A. Ferrara, L. A. Avalos, S. K. Van den Eeden, E. P. Gunderson, D. K. Li, A. Altschuler, S. Woo, S. Rowell, V. Choudhary, F. Xu, T. Flanagan, C. Schaefer and L. A. Croen
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2016 16:381
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  49. Heterotopic cesarean scar pregnancy is a cesarean scar pregnancy combined with an intrauterine pregnancy that predisposes a woman to life-threatening complications such as uterine rupture and massive bleeding....

    Authors: Haiyan Yu, Hong Luo, Fumin Zhao, Xinghui Liu and Xiaodong Wang
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2016 16:380
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  50. The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) is a lower-middle income country making steady progress improving maternal and child health outcomes. We sought to ascertain if there have been improvements in th...

    Authors: Sonja J. Olsen, Phommady Vetsaphong, Phouvanh Vonglokham, Sara Mirza, Viengphone Khanthamaly, Touy Chanthalangsy, Seth Chittanavanh, Bounkong Syhavong, Ann Moen, Joseph Bresee, Andrew Corwin and Anonh Xeuatvongsa
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2016 16:379
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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