Skip to main content

Articles

Page 72 of 148

  1. The uneven global and national distribution of obstetric fistulas suggests a complex network of determinants contributing to fistula development. This study aims to create an understanding of the determinants ...

    Authors: Geerte C. den Hollander and Erica W. M. Janszen
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:257
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:300

  2. The occurrence of uterine rupture has dropped significantly in high income countries. It continues, however, to be a major public and clinical health problem in low income countries including Ethiopia. Aim of ...

    Authors: Achamyelesh Gebretsadik, Hailemichael Hagos and Kebede Tefera
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:256
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. Inadequate maternal weight gain increases the risk of small-for-gestational age (SGA) infants. Women with hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) are at risk of significant early pregnancy weight loss and insufficient tot...

    Authors: Tale Meinich and Jone Trovik
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:255
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:332

  4. Childbirth in Australia occurs predominantly in a biomedical context, with 97% of births occurring in hospital. A small percentage of women choose to birth outside the system – that is, to have a midwife attended...

    Authors: Melanie K Jackson, Virginia Schmied and Hannah G Dahlen
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:254
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. Since the inception of newborn screening programs in China in the 1990s, pregnancy among patients with inherited, metabolic disorders has become more common. This study explores the management and outcomes of ...

    Authors: Lin Wang, Fang Ye, Hui Zou, Kundi Wang, Zhihua Chen, Qin Hui, Bingjuan Han, Chun He, Xiaowen Li and Ming Shen
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:253
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  6. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) has been shown to have positive effects in promoting healthy birth outcomes in the United States. We explored whether such effe...

    Authors: Erin L. Blakeney, Jerald R. Herting, Brenda Kaye Zierler and Betty Bekemeier
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:252
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  7. Antenatal depression is a serious problem worldwide that has devastating consequences not only for the mother but also for the child and family. The pooled evidence regarding the prevalence and associated fact...

    Authors: Abel Fekadu Dadi, Haileab Fekadu Wolde, Adhanom Gebreegziabher Baraki and Temesgen Yihunie Akalu
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:251
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. South Sudan has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world, at 789 deaths per 100,000 live births. The majority of these deaths are due to complications during labor and delivery. Institutional ...

    Authors: Pontius Bayo, Loubna Belaid, Elijo Omoro Tahir, Emmanuel Ochola, Alexander Dimiti, Donato Greco and Christina Zarowsky
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:250
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  9. Quality and respect are increasingly recognized as critical aspects of the provision of health care, and poor quality may be an essential driver of low health care utilization, especially for maternal and neon...

    Authors: Emma Sacks and Emily Peca
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:249
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  10. Radical tracheletomy (RT) with pelvic lymphadenectomy has become an option for young patients with early invasive uterine cervical cancer who desire to maintain their fertility. However, this operative method ...

    Authors: Shota Shinkai, Shinichi Ishioka, Tasuku Mariya, Yuya Fujibe, Miseon Kim, Masayuki Someya and Tsuyoshi Saito
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:248
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  12. The association between the number of vaginal examinations (VEs) performed during labor and the risk of infection is unclear. The literature regarding this issue is not consensual, and the available studies ar...

    Authors: Ohad Gluck, Yossi Mizrachi, Hadas Ganer Herman, Jacob Bar, Michal Kovo and Eran Weiner
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:246
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. Bimanual clot evacuation (BCE) is a simple clinical manoeuvre that may reduce need for surgical intervention in the management of severe postpartum haemorrhage (PPH). We sought to determine whether performing ...

    Authors: Pui Ru Koh, Daria Di Filippo, Andrew Bisits and Alec W. Welsh
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:245
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  14. Women who gain too much weight in pregnancy are at increased risk of disease and of having children with increased risk. Interventions to improve health behaviours are usually designed for a general population...

    Authors: T. Morris, S. Strömmer, C. Vogel, N. C. Harvey, C. Cooper, H. Inskip, K. Woods-Townsend, J. Baird, M. Barker and W. Lawrence
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:244
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  15. Effectiveness of prenatal iron supplementation program depends on utilization of the supplement by pregnant women. Nevertheless, in Ethiopia, regardless of increasing efforts, lower proportion of pregnant wome...

    Authors: Ermias Wabeto Wana
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:243
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  16. We assessed the effects of a nurse mentoring program on neonatal mortality in eight districts in India.

    Authors: Ramesh Banadakoppa Manjappa, Arin Kar, Krishnamurthy Jayanna, Jyothi S. Hallad, Troy Cunningham, Rajaram Potty, H. L. Mohan, Maryanne Crockett, Janet Bradley, Elizabeth Fischer, H. Sudarshan, James F. Blanchard, Stephen Moses and Lisa Avery
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:242
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  17. Evidence regarding health effects of tobacco cessation during pregnancy is mainly restricted to cigarette while water pipe is the preferred method of tobacco smoking among women in the Middle-East. The present...

    Authors: Shahrzad Nematollahi, Koroush Holakouie-Naieni, Abdolhossain Madani, Hossein Shabkhiz, Elham Torabi and Samane Lotfi
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:241
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. Data linking labor pain and postpartum depression are emerging. Robust, prospective evaluations of this relationship while factoring other important variables are lacking. We assessed perinatal pain and other ...

    Authors: Grace Lim, Kelsea R. LaSorda, Lia M. Farrell, Ann M. McCarthy, Francesca Facco and Ajay D. Wasan
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:240
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  19. Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) and sterile pyuria (SP) are complexities of UTI whose prevalence are not known in the northern sector of Ghana. Our aim was to determine the occurrence of sterile pyuria and asym...

    Authors: Akosua Bonsu Karikari, Courage Kosi Setsoafia Saba and David Yembilla Yamik
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:239
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  20. Abdominal pregnancies have been reported in both high-income countries as well as low- and middle-income countries. They are frequently missed in routine antenatal care in resource-limited settings and delayed...

    Authors: Justin Lussy Paluku, Benjamin Kambale Kalole, Cathy Mufungizi Furaha, Eugenie Mukekulu Kamabu, Gaspard Makambo Mohilo, Benjamin Kasereka Kataliko and Susan Andrea Bartels
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:238
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  21. Traditional massage seems to be safe but not entirely risk free, though serious adverse events are very rare. This report is aimed at illustrating a rare but fatal presentation of massive pulmonary embolism ca...

    Authors: Krongkarn Sutham, Sukumpat Na-Nan, Salilthip Paiboonsithiwong, Pakorn Chaksuwat and Theera Tongsong
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:237
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  22. Research focusing on paternal mental health is limited, especially regarding the impact of the experience of poor mental health in the perinatal period. For example, little is known about the experiences of fa...

    Authors: Emily Daniels, Emily Arden-Close and Andrew Mayers
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:236
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. Providing information about prenatal tests is a clinical challenge and the public frequently accesses the Web to read pregnancy-related information. The overarching aim of this study was to investigate the qua...

    Authors: Susanne Georgsson and Tommy Carlsson
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:235
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  24. There is conflicting evidence about the role of oral magnesium supplementation in the prevention of preterm birth and related adverse outcomes. The objective of this study was to compare magnesium citrate with...

    Authors: Carla Adriane Leal de Araújo, Joel Geoffrey Ray, José Natal Figueiroa and João Guilherme Alves
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:234
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  25. Preterm birth is the leading cause of perinatal mortality and neonatal morbidity worldwide. Many factors have been associated with preterm birth, including parity. The aim of the present study was to investiga...

    Authors: Bouchra Koullali, Maud D. van Zijl, Brenda M. Kazemier, Martijn A. Oudijk, Ben W. J. Mol, Eva Pajkrt and Anita C. J. Ravelli
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:233
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. Induction of labor by Oxytocin is a routine obstetric procedure. However, little is known regarding the optimal dose of oxytocin so as to bring successful induction. This study was aimed at comparing the effec...

    Authors: Melese Gezahegn Tesemma, Demisew Amenu Sori and Desta Hiko Gemeda
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:232
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  27. Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is the most common hematological malignancy during pregnancy. The first-line treatment for HL in pregnancy is the standard ABVD regimen without any drug and/or dose adjustment. However, d...

    Authors: Camille Cotteret, Yen-Vi Pham, Ambroise Marcais, Marine Driessen, Salvatore Cisternino and Joël Schlatter
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:231
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  28. Following publication of the original article [1], we have been notified that there is a missing conflict of interest.

    Authors: H. VanderMeulen, R. Strauss, Y. Lin, A. McLeod, J. Barrett, M. Sholzberg and J. Callum
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:230
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:196

  29. Food insecurity (FI) occurs when people lack secure access to sufficient amounts of safe and nutritious food. FI has been associated with negative effects on human health, including during the prenatal and neo...

    Authors: Ana Lucia Pires Augusto, Aléxia Vieira de Abreu Rodrigues, Talita Barbosa Domingos and Rosana Salles-Costa
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:229
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  30. Women’s fertility intentions, their desired number of children and desired inter-pregnancy interval (IPI) are related to micro (personal) and macro (socio-cultural) level factors. We investigated factors that ...

    Authors: Heidi Preis, Selen Tovim, Pnina Mor, Sorina Grisaru-Granovsky, Arnon Samueloff and Yael Benyamini
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:228
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  31. Many South Korean women stay in specialized postpartum care centers called Sanhujoriwon for 2 weeks after childbirth, a time which is widely recognized as a critical period for maternal role adjustment. Mothers’ ...

    Authors: Ju-Eun Song, Hyun-Ju Chae, Jung Mi Ko, Jeong In Yang and Tiffany Kim
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:227
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  32. Postpartum depression (PPD) is prevalent and may present major adverse impacts on mother and child health. According to previous studies, mostly from the western society, PPD may have complicated etiologies, s...

    Authors: Qing Li, Shunyu Yang, Ming Xie, Xiaoming Wu, Liping Huang, Weiqing Ruan and Yungang Liu
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:226
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. Social concerns about unintentional HIV status disclosure and HIV-related stigma are barriers to pregnant women’s access to prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) care. There is limited quan...

    Authors: Björn Nordberg, Erin E. Gabriel, Edwin Were, Eunice Kaguiri, Anna Mia Ekström, Anna Kågesten and Susanne Rautiainen
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:225
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. The reduction in maternal mortality worldwide has increased the interest in studying more frequent severe events such as maternal near miss. The Human Development Index is a sociodemographic country-specific v...

    Authors: Santiago García-Tizón Larroca, Francisco Amor Valera, Esther Ayuso Herrera, Ignacio Cueto Hernandez, Yolanda Cuñarro Lopez and Juan De Leon-Luis
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:224
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. Excessive gestational weight gain is a modifiable risk factor for the development of obstetric and neonatal complications, and can have a lifelong impact on the health of both mother and offspring. The purpose...

    Authors: Christopher Arthur, Ellen Di Corleto, Emma Ballard and Alka Kothari
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:223
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  36. Twin pregnancies with uterine fibroid(s) (UFs) may not be at increased risk for obstetric complications compared to those without UFs. However, there was no reported comparison study with obstetric outcomes an...

    Authors: Mi-La Kim, Kirim Hong, Sohyun Kim, Min Jin Lee, Sung Shin Shim, Yoon-Mi Hur and Joong Sik Shin
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:222
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. Since conjoined twins were thought to be monoamniotic in the past, diamniotic conjoined twins would be improbable theoretically. Body stalk anomaly is a severe defect of the body wall, which is rare among twin...

    Authors: Guishuang Xiang, Yanting Wen, Li Zhang, Xiaoqian Tong and Lu Li
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:221
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  38. The Chinese government introduced the maternal health services as part of the Basic Public Health Service (BPHS) project in 2009. While China has made progress in reducing maternal mortality, the longitudinal ...

    Authors: Pengyu Zhao, Xueyan Han, Lili You, Yu Zhao, Li Yang and Yuanli Liu
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:220
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. Smoking is the most important preventable cause of adverse pregnancy outcomes, but provision of smoking cessation support (SCS) to pregnant women is poor. We examined the association between midwives’ implemen...

    Authors: Megan E. Passey, Jo M. Longman, Catherine Adams, Jennifer J. Johnston, Jessica Simms and Margaret Rolfe
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:219
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Sick neonates can be early readmitted if and only if their mothers have good knowledge of the key neonatal danger signs at first discharge. Thus, it was aimed to assess the level and determinants of maternal k...

    Authors: Wubet Alebachew Bayih, Biniam Minuye Birhan, Abebaw Yeshambel and Molla Asfaw
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:218
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. The incidence of female stroke has increased gradually and has begun occurring at a younger age in recent years. Given that women live longer than men, stroke would cause more negative and longer-term impacts ...

    Authors: Chun-Chung Huang, Chien-Chu Huang, Shao-Yi Lin, Cherry Yin-Yi Chang, Wu-Chou Lin, Chi-Hsiang Chung, Fu-Huang Lin, Chang-Huei Tsao, Chun-Min Lo and Wu-Chien Chien
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:217
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. Probiotic supplementation has been shown to be beneficial and is now widely promoted as an auxiliary medicine for maternal health, but the underlying mechanism is still unclear. Thus, this study aimed to explo...

    Authors: Ping Yang, Zhe Li, Kian Deng Tye, Yuyi Chen, Tong Lu, Zonglin He, Juan Zhou and Xiaomin Xiao
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:216
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. Twin pregnancy is associated with increased perinatal mortality. Close foetal monitoring is therefore warranted. Doppler Ultrasound cardiotocography is currently the only available method to monitor both indiv...

    Authors: Lore Noben, Michelle E. M. H. Westerhuis, Judith O. E. H. van Laar, René D. Kok, S. Guid Oei, Chris H. L. Peters and Rik Vullings
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:215
    Content type: Technical advance Published on:

  44. Postpartum haemorrhage from vaginal lacerations can occasionally be refractory to suturing and vaginal packing. Bakri uterine balloon has been widely adopted to stop uterine bleeding, but its use to stop bleed...

    Authors: Choi Wah Kong and William Wing Kee To
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:214
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  45. Given the relevance of paternal involvement in maternal care, there is a need to prepare first-time fathers to participate in pregnancy and childbirth actively. This study explores the experiences and needs of...

    Authors: Chiemeka Onyeze-Joe and Isabelle Godin
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:213
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. To determine the effects of previous placenta previa on the maternal and neonatal outcomes of the next pregnancy.

    Authors: Lizi Zhang, Shilei Bi, Lili Du, Jingjin Gong, Jingsi Chen, Wen Sun, Xinyang Shen, Jingman Tang, Luwen Ren, Guolu Chai, Zhijian Wang and Dunjin Chen
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:212
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. Variation exists regarding perinatal depression screening. A two-step screening method has been recommended. According to a maternity-focused core outcome set developed by the International Consortium for Heal...

    Authors: Valerie Slavin, Debra K. Creedy and Jenny Gamble
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:211
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. The rate of cesarean section is increasing in all over the world with different drafts in various countries. This growth increases unpleasant outcomes of delivery. Recent studies explained the benefits of date...

    Authors: Alireza Bagherzadeh Karimi, Asghar Elmi, Mojgan Mirghafourvand and Roghaiyeh Baghervand Navid
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:210
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. Both follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and anti-mullerian hormone (AMH) are widely used to assess the ovarian reserve in women for in vitro fertilization (IVF). However, studies also showed that both AMH and ...

    Authors: Han-Chih Hsieh, Jia-Ying Su, Shunping Wang and Yen-Tsung Huang
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:209
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  50. Preeclampsia is the major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Magnesium sulfate is considered first-line therapy against eclampsia and magnesium deficiency in pregnancy has been ...

    Authors: Carla Adriane Leal de Araújo, Larissa de Sousa Oliveira, Isabela Melo Buarque de Gusmão, Angélica Guimarães, Moranna Ribeiro and João Guilherme Bezerra Alves
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:208
    Content type: Research article Published on:
Submit manuscript

Annual Journal Metrics

  • 2022 Citation Impact
    3.1 - 2-year Impact Factor
    3.8 - 5-year Impact Factor
    1.523 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    1.034 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2023 Speed
    41 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    172 days submission to accept (Median)

    2023 Usage 
    7,992,184 downloads
    5,872 Altmetric mentions 

Peer-review Terminology

  • The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal:

    Identity transparency: Single anonymized

    Reviewer interacts with: Editor

    Review information published: Review reports. Reviewer Identities reviewer opt in. Author/reviewer communication

    More information is available here

Follow

Sign up for article alerts and news from this journal

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

ISSN: 1471-2393

Contact us