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  1. In rural Nepal, where women face financial and geographic barriers in accessing ultrasound scans, the government initiated a Rural Obstetric Ultrasound Program (ROUSG) to train skilled birth attendants (SBAs) ...

    Authors: Christine Kim, Kusum Wagle, Bhagawati Shrestha, Surya Bhatta, Sajana Maharjan, Liladhar Dhakal, Rajiv Rizal and Sibylle Kristensen
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:574
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  2. Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal death worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries; however, the majority of these deaths could be avoided with adequate obstetric ca...

    Authors: André Vieira Lanza, Melania Maria Amorim, Mayara Ferreira, Claúdia Menezes Cavalcante and Leila Katz
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:573
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  5. Previous observational cohort studies have shown that the composition of the gut microbiota is related to the risk of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP), although it is unclear if the association is c...

    Authors: Chuang Li, Na Li, Caixia Liu and Shaowei Yin
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:568
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  6. In the context of increased global mobility, it is fundamental to understand migrants’ needs and how governments can ensure equal health opportunities for both regular and irregular migrants simply by applying...

    Authors: Caterina Montagnoli and Philippe Wanner
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:567
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  7. Studies show that the presence of companionship during childbirth leads to positive outcomes for women. This study investigates the protective effect of having a labor companion on obstetric violence in the he...

    Authors: Yasmeen Wahdan and Niveen M. E. Abu-Rmeileh
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:566
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  8. Authors: Sepideh Mashayekh-Amiri, Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi, Siân M. Davies, Sergio A. Silverio, Victoria Fallon, Maryam Montazeri and Mojgan Mirghafourvand
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:565
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:531

  9. Hydrosalpinx may decrease implantation and pregnancy rates after embryo transfer. Laparoscopic tubal ligation after embryo freeze and before frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) is effective at improving reprod...

    Authors: Lijuan Fan, Xiaojuan Li, Juanzi Shi and Haixia Duan
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:564
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  10. Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) provides the most objective method of assessing glucose in daily life. Although there have been small, short-term physiologic studies of glucose metabolism in ‘healthy’ preg...

    Authors: Eleanor M Scott, Helen R. Murphy, Jenny Myers, Ponnusamy Saravanan, Lucilla Poston and Graham R Law
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:563
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  11. Cesarean section (CS) rates are increasing worldwide and are associated with negative maternal and child health outcomes when performed without medical indication. However, there is still limited knowledge abo...

    Authors: Aline S. Rocha, Enny S. Paixao, Flavia Jôse O. Alves, Ila R. Falcão, Natanael J. Silva, Camila S. S. Teixeira, Naiá Ortelan, Rosemeire L. Fiaccone, Laura C. Rodrigues, Maria Yury Ichihara, Mauricio L. Barreto, Marcia F. de Almeida and Rita de Cássia Ribeiro-Silva
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:562
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  12. Little is known whether women’s knowledge of perceived severity of illness and sociodemographic characteristics of women influence healthcare seeking behavior for maternal health services in Afghanistan. The a...

    Authors: Essa Tawfiq, Mohammad Daud Azimi, Aeraj Feroz, Ahmad Shakir Hadad, Mohammad Samim Soroush, Massoma Jafari, Marzia Salam Yaftali and Sayed Ataullah Saeedzai
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:561
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  13. Improving the accuracy of estimated fetal weight (EFW) calculation can contribute to decision-making for obstetricians and decrease perinatal complications. This study aimed to develop a deep neural network (D...

    Authors: Yifei Wang, Yi Shi, Chenjie Zhang, Kaizhen Su, Yixiao Hu, Lei Chen, Yanting Wu and Hefeng Huang
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:560
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  14. Pregnancies in the bicornuate uterus are usually considered high-risk because of their association with poor reproductive outcomes such as recurrent pregnancy loss, cervical insufficiency, low birthweight, pre...

    Authors: Tebabere Moltot, Tesfanesh Lemma, Mulualem Silesh, Moges Sisay and Birhan Tsegaw
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:559
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  15. Bariatric surgery confers potential advantages for obese patients, but also risks for pregnancy. Perinatal outcomes may be varying between surgical procedures. This topic was recently addressed by a systematic...

    Authors: Christian S. Göbl, Michael Feichtinger and Wolfgang Henrich
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:558
    Content type: Comment Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:557

  16. Pregnancies occurring after bariatric surgery are associated with various perinatal complications. However, there may be differences in the type of perinatal complications occurring after different methods of ...

    Authors: Astrid Kistner, Alva Werner and Mehreen Zaigham
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:557
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    The Comment to this article has been published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:558

  18. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the size and duration of asymptomatic subchorionic hematoma and pregnancy outcomes in women with singleton pregnancies.

    Authors: Shuangjia Pan, Yehui Lan, Yujia Zhou, Baoyi Chen, Feifei Zhou, Dongru Dai and Ying Hua
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:555
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  19. SARS-CoV-2 infection poses a significant risk increase for adverse pregnancy outcomes both from maternal and fetal sides. A recent publication in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth presented a machine learning algorith...

    Authors: Noemi Salmeri, Massimo Candiani and Paolo Ivo Cavoretto
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:554
    Content type: Comment Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:553

  20. Pregnant people are particularly vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection and to ensuing severe illness. Predicting adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes could aid clinicians in deciding on hospital admission and ...

    Authors: Dylan Young, Bita Houshmand, Chunyi Christie Tan, Abirami Kirubarajan, Ashna Parbhakar, Jazleen Dada, Wendy Whittle, Mara L. Sobel, Luis M. Gomez, Mario Rüdiger, Ulrich Pecks, Peter Oppelt, Joel G. Ray, Sebastian R. Hobson, John W. Snelgrove, Rohan D’Souza…
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:553
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    The Comment to this article has been published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:554

  21. American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) are disproportionately affected by adolescent obesity, adolescent pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). GDM is associated with increased risk for perina...

    Authors: Kelly R. Moore, Sarah A. Stotz, Martha Ann Terry, Ellen W. Seely, Kelly Gonzales, Gale Marshall, Kristen J. Nadeau, Aletha Akers, Yesenia Garcia-Reyes and Denise Charron-Prochownik
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:552
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  22. Maternal multiple long-term conditions are associated with adverse outcomes for mother and child. We conducted a qualitative study to inform a core outcome set for studies of pregnant women with multiple long-...

    Authors: Siang Ing Lee, Stephanie Hanley, Zoe Vowles, Rachel Plachcinski, Amaya Azcoaga-Lorenzo, Beck Taylor, Catherine Nelson-Piercy, Colin McCowan, Dermot O’Reilly, Holly Hope, Kathryn M. Abel, Kelly-Ann Eastwood, Louise Locock, Megha Singh, Ngawai Moss, Sinead Brophy…
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:551
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  23. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) can significantly impact maternal, neonatal, and fetal health. For controlling these disorders, frequent blood pressure measurements are required. Home blood pressure ...

    Authors: Muayad Albadrani, Muhammad Tobaiqi and Sami Al-Dubai
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:550
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  24. Late rescue intracytoplasmic sperm injection (r-ICSI) has not been widely accepted as an alternative solution for unexpected total fertilisation failure (TFF) after in vitro fertilisation (IVF), due to the tim...

    Authors: Xiaxuan Zhu, Tian Tian, Dina Jiesisibieke, Shilin Fang, Nan Zhang, Jinxi Ma, Yuqi Xia, Ping Liu, Rong Li, Jie Qiao and Rui Yang
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:549
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  25. Pneumocephalus is rare in vaginal deliveries. Pneumocephalus may be asymptomatic or present with signs of increased intracranial pressure. However, parturients who received epidural anesthesia with air in thei...

    Authors: Xiaoyu Wu, Xiangqi Cao, Mengyuan Zhang, Qingfan Wang, Jiaxin Han, Xinyue Sun, Kang Huo, Suhang Shang and Guogang Luo
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:548
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  26. Stress is a risk factor for poor physical and mental health, affecting new mothers’ ability, especially those with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, to maintain their everyday lives. Over the past 50 years...

    Authors: Wan-Lin Pan, Li-Chiu Lin, Li-Yen Kuo, Mu-Jung Chiu and Pei-Ying Ling
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:547
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  27. Maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) above or below recommendations have been associated with increased paediatric health service utilization as well as increased risk...

    Authors: Lisa M. Currie, Hilary K. Brown, Beth K. Potter, Steven Hawken, Doug Coyle, Shi Wu Wen, Mark Walker and Laura Gaudet
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:546
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  28. Low birthweight (LBW), defined as birthweight < 2500gms, is the largest contributor to the malnutrition disability-adjusted-live-years in India. We report on the inadequacy of birthweight data, which is a sign...

    Authors: Rakhi Dandona, Arpita Paul and G. Anil Kumar
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:545
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  29. Practice variation in recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) care is common. International guidelines vary in their recommendations for the management of RPL couples, which could lead to an increase of cross border re...

    Authors: A. Youssef, E.E.L.O. Lashley, N. Vermeulen and M.L.P. van der Hoorn
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:544
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  30. Antenatal preparation is commonly offered to women in pregnancy in the United Kingdom, but the content is highly variable, with some programmes orientated towards ‘normal birth’, whilst others may incorporate ...

    Authors: Hannah Cross, Charlotte Krahé, Helen Spiby and Pauline Slade
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:543
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  31. Data management related to COVID-19 vaccination in pregnant women is vital to improve the treatment process and to establish preventive programs. Implementing a registry to manage data is an essential part of ...

    Authors: Farkhondeh Asadi, Roya Shakiba, Reza Rabiei, Hassan Emami and Azam Sabahi
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:542
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  32. Antenatal education provides parents with strategies for pregnancy, childbirth, and parenthood. There is not enough evidence of the positive effect of prenatal education on childbirth and maternal outcomes. Th...

    Authors: Zohreh Alizadeh-Dibazari, Somayeh Abdolalipour and Mojgan Mirghafourvand
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:541
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  33. Although highly heterogeneous among countries, the incidence rates of low birth weight (LBW), preterm birth (PTB), and small for gestational age (SGA) have been increasing globally over the past two decades. T...

    Authors: Rongfei Zhou, Huiting Yu, Naisi Qian, Shan Jin, Renzhi Cai, Lei Chen, Chunfang Wang and Fan Wu
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:540
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  34. Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) are known risk factors for postpartum diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension, respectively. This study aimed to examine the associa...

    Authors: Ho-Poh Kek, Yu-Tsun Su, Shu-Jiin Tey, Ming-Chun Yang, Li-Ching Chang, Yun-Hsiang Hung and Ching-Chung Tsai
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:539
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  35. Trial of labor after cesarean delivery (TOLAC) in twin gestations has been associated with decreased rates of successful vaginal delivery compared to singleton pregnancies, with mixed results regarding materna...

    Authors: Aharon Dick, Naama Lessans, Gabriel Ginzburg, Einat Gutman-Ido, Gilad Karavani, Hila Hochler, Yael Suissa-Cohen and Joshua I Rosenbloom
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:538
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  37. Oocyte donation is a complex and multifaceted behavior in women. Due to the acute deficiency of donated oocytes, it is necessary to identify the factors affecting the desire to donate. Planned behavior theory ...

    Authors: Hanie Balochi, Fatemeh Hadizadeh-Talasaz, Narjes Bahri and Fatemeh Mohammadzadeh
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:536
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  38. International and national New Zealand (NZ) research has identified women of South Asian ethnicity at increased risk of perinatal mortality, in particular stillbirth, with calls for increased perinatal researc...

    Authors: Esti de Graaff, Lynn Sadler, Heena Lakhdhir, Rachel Simon-Kumar, Roshini Peiris-John, Wendy Burgess, Karaponi Okesene-Gafa, Robin Cronin, Lesley McCowan and Ngaire Anderson
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:535
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  39. Preventing postpartum depression (PPD) is the most common self-reported motivation for human maternal placentophagy, yet very little systematic research has assessed mental health following placenta consumptio...

    Authors: Daniel C. Benyshek, Marit L. Bovbjerg and Melissa Cheyney
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:534
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  42. The increasing prevalence of postpartum anxiety as a common psychological problem affects a large part of women’s lives. Despite the existence of tools in this field, but due to the lack of specificity in refl...

    Authors: Sepideh Mashayekh-Amiri, Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi, Siân M Davies, Sergio A. Silverio, Victoria Fallon, Maryam Montazeri and Mojgan Mirghafourvand
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:531
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:565

  44. Losing a baby during pregnancy can be a devastating experience for expectant parents. Many report dedicated, compassionate healthcare provision as a facilitator of positive mental health outcomes, however, hea...

    Authors: Suzanne Heaney, Martina Galeotti and Áine Aventin
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:529
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  45. Endodermal sinus tumor (EST) is a malignant tumor originating from the ovary or testis. In most case, ultrasound examination shows ovarian mass. But there is a special kind of extra-gonadal endodermal sinus tu...

    Authors: Han Lu, Dongsong Jia, Qionglan Tang and Shanrong Shu
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:528
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  46. This paper reports a rare case of adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) diagnosed during pregnancy presenting with gestational hypertension. Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy should receive enough attention to iden...

    Authors: Xiaoteng Qiang, Yin Li, Qing Bai, Jing Huang, Xuemei Ma and Weiwei Wang
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:527
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  47. Almost 30% of live births in England and Wales occur late preterm or early term (LPET) and are associated with increased risks of adverse health outcomes throughout the lifespan. However, very little is known ...

    Authors: Frances J Mielewczyk and Elaine M Boyle
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:526
    Content type: Review Published on:

  48. There are few medicines in clinical use for managing preterm labor or preventing spontaneous preterm birth from occurring. We previously developed two target product profiles (TPPs) for medicines to prevent sp...

    Authors: Annie R. A. McDougall, Roxanne Hastie, Maya Goldstein, Andrew Tuttle, Anne Ammerdorffer, A. Metin Gülmezoglu and Joshua P. Vogel
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:525
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  49. Iodine deficiency is the most common cause of thyroid disease, and in its severe form can result in cretinism; the impairment of the brain development of a child. Pregnant and breastfeeding women’s daily iodin...

    Authors: Yusuf Olushola Kareem, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Roberta Mensima Amoah, Oyelola A Adegboye and Sanni Yaya
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:524
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  50. Although in vitro fertilization (IVF) can increase the incidence of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), the pregnancy outcomes and disease phenotype of HDP in singleton pregnancies conceived via IVF rem...

    Authors: Fen Dai, Yehui Lan, Shuangjia Pan, Yuhuan Wang, Ying Hua and Wenya Xiao
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:523
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