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  2. In many countries midwives act as the main providers of care for women throughout pregnancy, labour and birth. In our large public teaching hospital in Australia we restructured the way midwifery care is offer...

    Authors: Sally K Tracy, Alec Welsh, Bev Hall, Donna Hartz, Anne Lainchbury, Andrew Bisits, Jan White and Mark B Tracy

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:46

    Content type: Research article

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  7. Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) – a transitory form of diabetes first recognised during pregnancy complicates between < 1% and 28% of all pregnancies. GDM has important short and long-term health consequen...

    Authors: Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, Anil Kapur, Peter Damm, Maximilian de Courten and Ib Christian Bygbjerg

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:41

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  8. The inter-pregnancy period is considered a teachable moment when women are receptive to weight- management guidance aimed at optimising pregnancy outcome in subsequent pregnancies. In population based studies ...

    Authors: Jacqueline M Wallace, Sohinee Bhattacharya, Doris M Campbell and Graham W Horgan

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:40

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  9. The delays in receiving adequate emergency maternal care described by Thaddeus and Maine twenty years ago are still occurring, as exemplified in this study of cases of maternal deaths in a subdistrict in rural...

    Authors: Suzanne Belton, Bronwyn Myers and Frederika Rambu Ngana

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:39

    Content type: Research article

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  10. Maternal mortality is high in Africa, especially in Kenya where there is evidence of insufficient progress towards Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Five, which is to reduce the global maternal mortality rate ...

    Authors: Faith Yego, Catherine D’Este, Julie Byles, Jennifer Stewart Williams and Paul Nyongesa

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:38

    Content type: Research article

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  11. The third stage of labour may be complicated by retained placenta, which should be managed promptly because it may cause severe bleeding and infection, with a potentially fatal outcome. This study evaluated th...

    Authors: Sheelan S Rajab and Shahla K Alalaf

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:37

    Content type: Research article

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  12. Few studies have focused on cerebral complications among newborn infants delivered by vacuum extraction (VE). The aim of this study was to determine the risk for intracranial haemorrhage and/or cerebral dysfun...

    Authors: Cecilia Ekéus, Ulf Högberg and Mikael Norman

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:36

    Content type: Research article

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  13. Our primary objective was to establish a cutoff value for the soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1(sFlt-1)/placental growth factor (PlGF) ratio measured using the Elecsys assay to predict late-onset preeclampsia...

    Authors: Hee Jin Park, Soo Hyun Kim, Yong Wook Jung, Sung Shin Shim, Ji Yeon Kim, Yeon Kyung Cho, Antonio Farina, Margherita Zanello, Kyoung Jin Lee and Dong Hyun Cha

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:35

    Content type: Research article

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  14. The purposes of this study were to explore whether the maternal-fetal outcomes differed among various types of hyperglycemia during pregnancy and whether the values of glycemic screening in the middle phase of...

    Authors: Juan Gui, Aizhen Li, Xiaoling Su and Ling Feng

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:34

    Content type: Research article

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  15. Currently, there is no consensus regarding iron supplementation dose that is most beneficial for maternal and offspring health during gestation. Recommended iron supplementation dose does not preempt anemia in...

    Authors: Victoria Arija, Francesc Fargas, Gemma March, Susana Abajo, Josep Basora, Josefa Canals, Blanca Ribot, Estefania Aparicio, Nuria Serrat, Carmen Hernández-Martínez and Núria Aranda

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:33

    Content type: Study protocol

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  16. The global Low Birth Weight (LBW) rate is reported to be 15.5% with more than 95% of these LBW infants being from developing countries. LBW is a major factor associated with neonatal deaths in developing count...

    Authors: Vishnu Khanal, Kay Sauer, Rajendra Karkee and Yun Zhao

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:32

    Content type: Research article

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  17. Postnatal care is an important link in the continuum of care for maternal and child health. However, coverage and quality of postnatal care are poor in low- and middle-income countries. In 2009, the Chinese go...

    Authors: Li Chen, Wu Qiong, Michelle Helena van Velthoven, Zhang Yanfeng, Zhang Shuyi, Li Ye, Wang Wei, Du Xiaozhen and Zhang Ting

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:31

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  18. Demand-side financing, where funds for specific services are channelled through, or to, prospective users, is now employed in health and education sectors in many low- and middle-income countries. This systema...

    Authors: Susan F Murray, Benjamin M Hunter, Ramila Bisht, Tim Ensor and Debra Bick

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:30

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  19. Applying mobile phones in healthcare is increasingly prioritized to strengthen healthcare systems. Antenatal care has the potential to reduce maternal morbidity and improve newborns’ survival but this benefit ...

    Authors: Stine Lund, Birgitte B Nielsen, Maryam Hemed, Ida M Boas, Azzah Said, Khadija Said, Mkoko H Makungu and Vibeke Rasch

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:29

    Content type: Research article

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  21. In the Netherlands, low risk women receive midwife-led care and can choose to give birth at home or in hospital. There is concern that transfer of care during labour from midwife-led care to an obstetrician-le...

    Authors: Caroline C Geerts, Trudy Klomp, Antoine LM Lagro-Janssen, Jos WR Twisk, Jeroen van Dillen and Ank de Jonge

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:27

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  22. Research provides strong evidence for improvements in depressive symptoms as a result of physical activity participation in many populations including pregnant and post-partum women. Little is known about how ...

    Authors: Jennifer L Huberty, Jason Coleman, Katherine Rolfsmeyer and Serena Wu

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:26

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  23. The investigation of severe maternal morbidity (SAMM) and maternal near miss (NM) and associated risk factors is important for the global reduction of maternal mortality. This study investigated the prevalence...

    Authors: Larissa Paes Leme Galvão, Fabiano Alvim-Pereira, Caio Menezes Machado de Mendonça, Filipe Emanuel Fonseca Menezes, Kaique Andre do Nascimento Góis, Ruy Farias Ribeiro Jr and Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:25

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  24. Hemorrhage is the leading cause of maternal mortality in Bangladesh, the majority of which is due to postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), blood loss of 500 mL or more. Many deaths due to PPH occur at home where approx...

    Authors: Ndola Prata, Suzanne Bell, Martine Holston and Mohammad A Quaiyum

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:24

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  25. It is crucial to identify in large population samples the most important determinants of excessive fetal growth. The aim of the study was to evaluate the independent role of pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI)...

    Authors: Salvatore Alberico, Marcella Montico, Valentina Barresi, Lorenzo Monasta, Caterina Businelli, Valentina Soini, Anna Erenbourg, Luca Ronfani and Gianpaolo Maso

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:23

    Content type: Research article

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  26. Postpartum depression (PPD) and poor childbirth outcomes are associated with poverty; these variables should be addressed by an adapted approach. The aim of this research was to evaluate the impact of an anten...

    Authors: Maria Assumpta Ortiz Collado, Marc Saez, Jérôme Favrod and Marie Hatem

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:22

    Content type: Research article

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  27. Women with gestational diabetes (GDM) are at high risk of developing diabetes later in life. After a GDM diagnosis, women receive prenatal care to control their blood glucose levels via diet, physical activity...

    Authors: Assiamira Ferrara, Monique M Hedderson, Cheryl L Albright, Susan D Brown, Samantha F Ehrlich, Bette J Caan, Barbara Sternfeld, Nancy P Gordon, Julie A Schmittdiel, Erica P Gunderson, Ashley A Mevi, Ai-Lin Tsai, Jenny Ching, Yvonne Crites and Charles P Quesenberry Jr

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:21

    Content type: Study protocol

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  28. Maternal educational attainment has been associated with birth outcomes among adult mothers. However, limited research explores whether academic performance and educational aspiration influence birth outcomes ...

    Authors: Yiqiong Xie, Emily Wheeler Harville and Aubrey Spriggs Madkour

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:3

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  29. Best practice guidelines to promote breastfeeding suggest that (i) mothers hold their babies in naked body contact immediately after birth, (ii) babies remain undisturbed for at least one hour and (iii) breast...

    Authors: Ruth M Cantrill, Debra K Creedy, Marie Cooke and Fiona Dykes

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:20

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  30. Pregnant women are the highest priority group for annual influenza vaccination. Studies have shown unacceptably low uptake of both seasonal and pandemic A/H1N1 influenza vaccination among pregnant women. This ...

    Authors: Valerie WY Wong, Daniel YT Fong and Marie Tarrant

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:19

    Content type: Study protocol

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  31. For women at low risk of childbirth complications, water immersion during labour is a care option in many high income countries. Our aims were (a) to describe maternal characteristics, intrapartum events, inte...

    Authors: Jane Henderson, Ethel E Burns, Anna L Regalia, Giovanna Casarico, Mary G Boulton and Lesley A Smith

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:17

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  32. Cardiotocography (CTG) is a monitoring of fetal heart rate and uterine contractions. Since 1960 it is routinely used by obstetricians to assess fetal well-being. Many attempts to introduce methods of automatic...

    Authors: Václav Chudáček, Jiří Spilka, Miroslav Burša, Petr Janků, Lukáš Hruban, Michal Huptych and Lenka Lhotská

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:16

    Content type: Database

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  33. The incidence of snoring and sleepiness is known to increase during pregnancy, and this might impact maternal health and obstetric outcome. However, the association between snoring and sleepiness during pregna...

    Authors: Maria Sarberg, Eva Svanborg, Ann-Britt Wiréhn and Ann Josefsson

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:15

    Content type: Research article

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  34. Understanding the experiences and expectations of women across the continuum of antenatal, perinatal, and postnatal care is important to assess the quality of maternal care and to determine problematic areas w...

    Authors: Bojana Matejić, Milena Šantrić Milićević, Vladimir Vasić and Bosiljka Djikanović

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:14

    Content type: Research article

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  35. When clinically indicated, common obstetric interventions can greatly improve maternal and neonatal outcomes. However, variation in intervention rates suggests that obstetric practice may not be solely driven ...

    Authors: Jennifer E Lutomski, Michael Murphy, Declan Devane, Sarah Meaney and Richard A Greene

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:13

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  36. Misperceptions regarding maternal health outcomes after vaginal delivery (VD) and cesarean delivery (CD) may contribute to the increasing trend towards CD. The effects of mode of delivery on parents’ perceived...

    Authors: Wen-Ying Li, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul and Babill Stray-Pedersen

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:12

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  37. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a heterogeneous endocrine disorder frequently accompanied by obesity and by insulin resistance, and patients with this syndrome suffer from infertility and poor pregnancy ou...

    Authors: Chun-mei Zhang, Yue Zhao, Rong Li, Yang Yu, Li-ying Yan, Li Li, Na-na Liu, Ping Liu and Jie Qiao

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:11

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  38. PATH, an international nonprofit organization, assessed nearly 40 technologies for their potential to reduce maternal mortality from postpartum hemorrhage and preeclampsia and eclampsia in low-resource setting...

    Authors: Tara M Herrick, Claudia M Harner-Jay, Alice M Levisay, Patricia S Coffey, Michael J Free and Paul D LaBarre

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:10

    Content type: Correspondence

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  39. Pregnancy presents a unique situation for the management of asthma as it can alter the course of asthma severity and its treatment, which in turn can affect pregnancy outcomes. Despite awareness of the substan...

    Authors: Luke E Grzeskowiak, Gustaaf Dekker, Karen Rivers, Kate Roberts-Thomson, Anil Roy, Brian Smith, Jeffery Bowden, Robert Bryce, Michael Davies, Justin Beilby, Anne Wilson, Philippa Middleton, Richard Ruffin, Jonathan Karnon and Vicki L Clifton

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:9

    Content type: Study protocol

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  40. Antenatal anaemia, iron deficiency and common mental disorders (CMD) are prevalent in low- and middle-income countries. The aim of this study was to examine the direct and indirect effects of antenatal exposur...

    Authors: Thach D Tran, Tuan Tran, Julie A Simpson, Ha T Tran, Trang T Nguyen, Sarah Hanieh, Terence Dwyer, Beverley-Ann Biggs and Jane Fisher

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:8

    Content type: Research article

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  41. Preterm birth (PTB), low birth weight (LBW) and small for gestational age (SGA) contribute to neonatal mortality. Maternal HIV-1 infection has been associated with an increased risk of PTB, but mechanisms unde...

    Authors: Jennifer A Slyker, Janna Patterson, Gwen Ambler, Barbra A Richardson, Elizabeth Maleche-Obimbo, Rose Bosire, Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha, Carey Farquhar and Grace John-Stewart

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:7

    Content type: Research article

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  42. Engagement in decision making is a key priority of modern healthcare. Women are encouraged to make decisions about pain relief in labour in the ante-natal period based upon their expectations of what labour pa...

    Authors: Joanne E Lally, Richard G Thomson, Sheila MacPhail and Catherine Exley

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:6

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  43. Obesity is highly related to negative reproductive health outcomes, but its relationship with spontaneous abortion and stillbirth remains to be understood, especially in transitioning economies. This study aim...

    Authors: Mariana Santos Felisbino-Mendes, Fernanda Penido Matozinhos, J Jaime Miranda, Eduardo Villamor and Gustavo Velasquez-Melendez

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:5

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  45. Placental hypoxia is a result of abnormal and shallow trophoblast invasion and involved in the pathophysiology of preeclampsia. Hypoxia increases extracellular adenosine levels and plays an important role in t...

    Authors: Natallia Darashchonak, Brunhild Koepsell, Natalia Bogdanova and Frauke von Versen-Höynck

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:2

    Content type: Research article

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  48. Approximately 1.2 million stillbirths occur in the intrapartum period, and a further 717,000 annual neonatal deaths are caused by intrapartum events, most of which occur in resource poor settings. We aim to te...

    Authors: Azusa Iwamoto, Nadine Seward, Audrey Prost, Matthew Ellis, Andrew Copas, Edward Fottrell, Kishwar Azad, Prasanta Tripathy and Anthony Costello

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2013 13:245

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  49. Preeclampsia is a disorder with a reported incidence of 2%-8% among all pregnancies, accounting for more than 50,000 deaths worldwide each year. In low- and middle- income countries maternal/perinatal morbidit...

    Authors: Arusyak Harutyunyan, Haroutune Armenian and Varduhi Petrosyan

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2013 13:244

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  50. To reduce its high maternal and neonatal mortality rate and meet Millennium Development Goals four and five, Lao PDR has adopted a national ‘Strategy and Planning Framework of Implementation of Maternal, Neona...

    Authors: Vanphanom Sychareun, Sysavanh Phommachanh, Soudavanh Soysouvanh, Chaeun Lee, Minah Kang, Juhwan Oh and Jo Durham

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2013 13:243

    Content type: Research article

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