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  1. The outcomes for women who give birth in hospital compared with at home are the subject of ongoing debate. We aimed to determine whether a retrospective linked data study using routinely collected data was a v...

    Authors: Caroline SE Homer, Charlene Thornton, Vanessa L Scarf, David A Ellwood, Jeremy JN Oats, Maralyn J Foureur, David Sibbritt, Helen L McLachlan, Della A Forster and Hannah G Dahlen
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:206
  2. Documentation in medical records fulfills key functions, including management of care, communication, quality assurance and record keeping. We sought to describe: 1) rates of standard prenatal care as document...

    Authors: Sarah D McDonald, Clea A Machold, Laura Marshall and Dawn Kingston
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:205
  3. There is renewed interest in stillbirth prevention for lower-middle income countries. Early initiation of and properly timed antenatal care (ANC) is thought to reduce the risk of many adverse birth outcomes. T...

    Authors: Roxanne Beauclair, Greg Petro and Landon Myer
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:204
  4. Guidelines surrounding maternal contact with the stillborn infant have been contradictory over the past thirty years. Most studies have reported that seeing and holding the stillborn baby is associated with fe...

    Authors: Kirsty Ryninks, Cara Roberts-Collins, Kirstie McKenzie-McHarg and Antje Horsch
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:203
  5. Excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) is associated with pregnancy complications, and Norwegian Health Authorities have adopted the GWG recommendations of the US Institute of Medicine and National Research C...

    Authors: Margaretha Haugen, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Anna Winkvist, Lauren Lissner, Jan Alexander, Bente Oftedal, Per Magnus and Helle Margrete Meltzer
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:201
  6. Through the World Health Assembly Resolution, ‘Health of Migrants’, the international community has identified migrant health as a priority. Recommendations for general hospital care for international migrants...

    Authors: Anita J Gagnon, Rebecca DeBruyn, Birgitta Essén, Mika Gissler, Maureen Heaman, Zeinab Jeambey, Dineke Korfker, Christine McCourt, Carolyn Roth, Jennifer Zeitlin and Rhonda Small
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:200
  7. In light of the recent Great Recession, increasing attention has focused on the health consequences of economic downturns. The perinatal literature does not converge on whether ambient economic declines threat...

    Authors: Tim A Bruckner, Yvonne W Cheng, Amrita Singh and Aaron B Caughey
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:198
  8. Previous studies showed that soluble LHCGR/hCG-sLHCGR concentrations in serum or plasma combined with PAPP-A and free βhCG significantly increased the sensitivity of Down’s syndrome screen at early pregnancy w...

    Authors: Anne E Chambers, Walter E Mills, Imma Mercadé, Francesca Crovetto, Fatima Crispi, Laia Rodriguez-Revenga Bodi, Michael Pugia, Aurea Mira, Luis Lasalvia, Subhasis Banerjee, Elena Casals and Eduard Gratacos
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:197
  9. High maternal and perinatal mortalities occur from deliveries conducted in prayer houses in Nigeria. Although some regulatory efforts have been deployed to tackle this problem, less attention has been placed o...

    Authors: Abiodun I Adanikin, Uche Onwudiegwu and Akinyemi A Akintayo
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:196
  10. Antiretroviral therapy has created new expectations in the possibilities of procreation for persons living with HIV. Our objectives were to evaluate reproductive desire and to analyze the associated sociodemog...

    Authors: Victoria Hernando, Belén Alejos, Débora Álvarez, Marta Montero, Mª Jesús Pérez-Elías, Jose Ramón Blanco, Mar Masiá, Jorge del Romero, Ignacio de los Santos, Isabel Rio and Alicia Llácer
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:194
  11. Post-partum hemorrhage (PPH) is the major cause of maternal mortality in Ghana and worldwide. Active management of the third stage of labor (AMTSL) is a globally recommended three-step method that in clinical ...

    Authors: Stina Mannheimer Schack, Amna Elyas, Gladys Brew and Karen Odberg Pettersson
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:193
  12. Traditional methods used for prediction of preterm delivery are subjective and inaccurate. The Electrohysterogram (EHG) and in particular the estimation of the EHG conduction velocity, is a relatively new prom...

    Authors: Hinke de Lau, Chiara Rabotti, Herman P Oosterbaan, Massimo Mischi and Guid S Oei
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:192
  13. This study aimed to examine whether a mismatch between a woman’s preferred and actual mode of delivery increases the risk of post-traumatic stress symptoms after childbirth.

    Authors: Susan Garthus-Niegel, Tilmann von Soest, Cecilie Knoph, Tone Breines Simonsen, Leila Torgersen and Malin Eberhard-Gran
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:191
  14. In 2009 the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care funded the implementation of province-wide fetal fibronectin testing in Ontario hospitals. This paper reports results from the provincial evaluation th...

    Authors: Wendy E Peterson, Ann E Sprague, Jessica Reszel, Mark Walker, Deshayne B Fell, Sherry L Perkins, Sandra I Dunn and Moya Johnson
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:190
  15. A postpartum hemorrhage prevention program to increase uterotonic coverage for home and facility births was introduced in two districts of Liberia. Advance distribution of misoprostol was offered during antena...

    Authors: Jeffrey Michael Smith, Saye Dahn Baawo, Marion Subah, Varwo Sirtor-Gbassie, Cuallau Jabbeh Howe, Gbenga Ishola, Bentoe Z Tehoungue and Vikas Dwivedi
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:189
  16. Utilization indices exist to measure quantity of prenatal care, but currently there is no published instrument to assess quality of prenatal care. The purpose of this study was to develop and test a new instru...

    Authors: Maureen I Heaman, Wendy A Sword, Noori Akhtar-Danesh, Amanda Bradford, Suzanne Tough, Patricia A Janssen, David C Young, Dawn A Kingston, Eileen K Hutton and Michael E Helewa
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:188
  17. Women with congenital heart disease (CHD) are more often born preterm or small-for-gestational age and with a caesarean section. This pattern together with an increased risk of congenital anomalies seems to be...

    Authors: Kristina Kernell, Gunilla Sydsjö, Marie Bladh, Niels Erik Nielsen and Ann Josefsson
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:187
  18. Nutritional requirements are increased during pregnancy and lactation. The aim of this study was to compare the food intake and prevalence of inadequate nutrient intake among pregnant, lactating and reproducti...

    Authors: Quenia dos Santos, Rosely Sichieri, Dirce ML Marchioni and Eliseu Verly Junior
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:186
  19. Although associated adverse pregnancy outcomes, no international or Swedish consensus exists that identifies a cut-off value or what screening method to use for definition of gestational diabetes mellitus. Thi...

    Authors: Maria Lindqvist, Margareta Persson, Marie Lindkvist and Ingrid Mogren
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:185
  20. Research-informed fetal monitoring guidelines recommend intermittent auscultation (IA) for fetal heart monitoring for low-risk women. However, the use of cardiotocography (CTG) continues to dominate many insti...

    Authors: Robyn M Maude, Joan P Skinner and Maralyn J Foureur
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:184
  21. Premature rupture of the membranes (PROM) is most commonly diagnosed using physical examination; however, accurate decision making in ambiguous cases is a major challenge in current obstetric practice. As this...

    Authors: Montse Palacio, Maritta Kühnert, Richard Berger, Cindy L Larios and Louis Marcellin
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:183
  22. Progress during early labour may impact subsequent labour trajectories. Women admitted to hospital in latent phase (<3 cm cervical dilation) labour have been shown to be at higher risk of obstetrical intervent...

    Authors: Patricia A Janssen and Sandra Weissinger
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:182
  23. Sufficient amino acid transport activity (AAT) is indispensable for appropriate fetal growth. Studies suggest that placental nutrient uptake activity is responsive to both maternal and fetal nutrient demands. ...

    Authors: Yukiyo Aiko, David J Askew, Satoshi Aramaki, Mai Myoga, Chiharu Tomonaga, Toru Hachisuga, Reiko Suga, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Mayumi Tsuji and Eiji Shibata
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:181
  24. Child undernutrition and poor feeding practices remain a concern in Ghana. The Growth Monitoring and Promotion (GMP) programme seeks to empower mothers to provide appropriate child care. Although the program h...

    Authors: Sandra Gyampoh, Gloria Ethel Otoo and Richmond Nii Okai Aryeetey
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:180
  25. There is concern about the safety of homebirths, especially in women transferred to hospital during or after labour. The scope of transfer in planned home births has not been assessed in a systematic review. T...

    Authors: Ellen Blix, Merethe Kumle, Hanne Kjærgaard, Pål Øian and Helena E Lindgren
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:179
  26. Ethiopia has one of the highest maternal mortality in the world. Institutional delivery is the key intervention in reducing maternal mortality and complications. However, the uptake of the service has remained...

    Authors: Seifu Hagos, Debebe Shaweno, Meselech Assegid, Alemayehu Mekonnen, Mesganaw Fantahun Afework and Saifuddin Ahmed
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:178
  27. The risks of not breastfeeding for mother and infant are well established, yet in Australia, although most women initiate breastfeeding many discontinue breastfeeding altogether and few women exclusively breastfe...

    Authors: Della A Forster, Helen L McLachlan, Mary-Ann Davey, Lisa H Amir, Lisa Gold, Rhonda Small, Kate Mortensen, Anita M Moorhead, Heather A Grimes and Fiona E McLardie-Hore
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:177
  28. As part of a National Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC) Needs Assessment, a special study was undertaken in July 2010 to examine the quality of cesarean deliveries in Afghanistan and examine the uti...

    Authors: Cherrie Lynn Evans, Young Mi Kim, Khalid Yari, Nasratullah Ansari and Hannah Tappis
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:176
  29. Determinants of the duration of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) differ in effect and magnitude across populations. The present study aimed to identify factors associated with discontinuation of EBF in a municipa...

    Authors: Tatiana O Vieira, Graciete O Vieira, Nelson F de Oliveira, Carlos M C Mendes, Elsa Regina J Giugliani and Luciana R Silva
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:175
  30. Access to emergency obstetric care by competent staff can reduce maternal mortality. India has launched the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) conditional cash transfer program to promote institutional births. Durin...

    Authors: Sarika Chaturvedi, Sourabh Upadhyay and Ayesha De Costa
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:174
  31. Deaths during the neonatal period account for almost two-thirds of all deaths in the first year of life and 40 percent of deaths before the age of five. Most of these deaths could be prevented through proven c...

    Authors: Usha Dhingra, Joel Gittelsohn, Atifa Moh’d Suleiman, Shekhia Moh’d Suleiman, Arup Dutta, Said Mohammed Ali, Shilpi Gupta, Robert E Black and Sunil Sazawal
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:173
  32. Whether gestational age per se increases perinatal mortality in post-term pregnancy is unclear. We aimed at assessing gestational week specific perinatal mortality in small-for-gestational-age (SGA) and non-SG...

    Authors: Nils-Halvdan Morken, Kari Klungsøyr and Rolv Skjaerven
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:172
  33. The United Kingdom has one of the highest rates of stillbirth in Europe, resulting in approximately 4,000 stillbirths every year. Potentially modifiable risk factors for late stillbirths are maternal age, obes...

    Authors: Jayne Platts, Edwin A Mitchell, Tomasina Stacey, Bill L Martin, Devender Roberts, Lesley McCowan and Alexander E P Heazell
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:171
  34. Infants exposed to alcohol in the womb are at increased risk of experiencing health problems. However, mixed messages about the consequences of prenatal alcohol consumption have resulted in inconsistent attitu...

    Authors: Lawrence Doi, Helen Cheyne and Ruth Jepson
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:170
  35. Adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs) can be increased by preconception risk factors and lifestyles.

    Authors: Elisabetta Pandolfi, Eleonora Agricola, Micaela Veronica Gonfiantini, Francesco Gesualdo, Mariateresa Romano, Emanuela Carloni, Pierpaolo Mastroiacovo and Alberto E Tozzi
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:169
  36. Evaluation of the quality of antenatal care (ANC) using indicators should be part of the efforts to improve primary care services in developing countries. The growing use of the electronic health record (EHR) ...

    Authors: Svetlana V Doubova, Ricardo Pérez-Cuevas, Eduardo Ortiz-Panozo and Bernardo Hernández-Prado
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:168
  37. Growing evidence suggests that maternal prepregnancy weight and gestational weight gain are risk factors for perinatal complications and subsequent maternal and child health. Postpartum weight retention is als...

    Authors: Courtney Scott, Christopher T Andersen, Natali Valdez, Francisco Mardones, Ellen A Nohr, Lucilla Poston, Katharina C Quack Loetscher and Barbara Abrams
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:167
  38. In 2010 a Cochrane review confirmed that folic acid (FA) supplementation prevents the first- and second-time occurrence of neural tube defects (NTDs). At present some evidence from observational studies suppor...

    Authors: Renata Bortolus, Fenneke Blom, Francesca Filippini, Mireille NM van Poppel, Emanuele Leoncini, Denhard J de Smit, Pier Paolo Benetollo, Martina C Cornel, Hermien EK de Walle and Pierpaolo Mastroiacovo
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:166
  39. Neonatal mortality is a global challenge; identification of individual and community determinants associated with it are important for targeted interventions. However in most low and middle income countries (L...

    Authors: Gbenga A Kayode, Evelyn Ansah, Irene Akua Agyepong, Mary Amoakoh-Coleman, Diederick E Grobbee and Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:165
  40. Improvement in ultrasound imaging has led to the identification of subtle non-structural markers during the 18 – 20 week fetal anomaly scan, such as echogenic bowel, mild cerebral ventriculomegaly, renal pelvi...

    Authors: Lisa Hurt, Melissa Wright, Fiona Brook, Susan Thomas, Frank Dunstan, David Fone, Gareth John, Sue Morris, David Tucker, Marilyn Ann Wills, Lyn Chitty, Colin Davies and Shantini Paranjothy
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:164
  41. Anaemia is a common health problem among pregnant women and a contributing factor with a major influence on maternal mortality in Indonesia. The Four Pillars Approach is a new approach to anaemia in pregnancy,...

    Authors: Widyawati Widyawati, Suze Jans, Hans Bor, Rukmono Siswishanto, Jeroen van Dillen and Antoine LM Lagro-Janssen
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:163
  42. Postpartum depression (PPD) is a mood disorder that affects 10–20 percent of women, and can begin any time during first year after delivery lasting for months. Social support may decrease risk of depression du...

    Authors: Theresa HM Kim, Jennifer A Connolly and Hala Tamim
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:162
  43. Antenatal Care (ANC), use of skilled delivery attendants and postnatal care (PNC) services are key maternal health services that can significantly reduce maternal mortality. Understanding the factors that affe...

    Authors: Shegaw Mulu Tarekegn, Leslie Sue Lieberman and Vincentas Giedraitis
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:161
  44. Water immersion during the first stage of labor can reduce the length of the first stage and epidural/spinal analgesia use; however, there is limited information regarding other outcomes. Our purpose was to co...

    Authors: Yinglin Liu, Yukun Liu, Xiuzhi Huang, Chuying Du, Jing Peng, Peixian Huang and Jianping Zhang
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:160
  45. The vast majority of maternal deaths in low-and middle-income countries are preventable. Delay in obtaining access to appropriate health care is a fairly common problem which can be improved. The objective of ...

    Authors: Rodolfo C Pacagnella, José G Cecatti, Mary A Parpinelli, Maria H Sousa, Samira M Haddad, Maria L Costa, João P Souza and Robert C Pattinson
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:159
  46. Health centres and hospitals play a crucial role in reducing maternal mortality and morbidity by offering respectively Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (BEmONC) and Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric ...

    Authors: Georges Dayitaba Compaoré, Issiaka Sombié, Rasmané Ganaba, Sennen Hounton, Nicolas Meda, Vincent De Brouwere and Matthias Borchert
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:158
  47. In 2006 WHO presented the infant and child growth charts suggested for universal application. However, major determinants for perinatal outcomes and postnatal growth are laid down during antenatal development....

    Authors: Mario Merialdi, Mariana Widmer, Ahmet Metin Gülmezoglu, Hany Abdel-Aleem, George Bega, Alexandra Benachi, Guillermo Carroli, Jose Guilherme Cecatti, Anke Diemert, Rogelio Gonzalez, Kurt Hecher, Lisa N Jensen, Synnøve L Johnsen, Torvid Kiserud, Alka Kriplani, Pisake Lumbiganon…
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:157
  48. The number of infants with a birth weight > 97th percentile for gestational age has increased over the years. Although some studies have examined the interest of inducing labor for fetuses with macrosomia suspect...

    Authors: Françoise Vendittelli, Olivier Rivière, Brigitte Neveu and Didier Lémery
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:156
  49. When breastfeeding is difficult or impossible during the neonatal period, an analysis of muscle activity can help determine the best method for substituting it to promote the child’s development. The aim of th...

    Authors: Ellia CL França, Cejana B Sousa, Lucas C Aragão and Luciane R Costa
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:154

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