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Maternal healthcare services in Indonesia have seen dramatic improvements over the past 25 years and yet there is still room for improvement. The perception, by the women, of the perinatal care provided, is a ...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:760
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a pregnancy-specific carbohydrate intolerance Which can cause a large number of perinatal and postpartum complications. The members of Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:759
Anxiety among women in the perinatal period is common. Assessing the severity of perinatal anxiety will help monitor the progress of the patient through the stages of anxiety and facilitated the treatment. Thi...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:758
Global health policy recommends exclusive breastfeeding until infants are 6 months. Little is known about the cost-effectiveness of breastfeeding promotion strategies. This paper presents a systematic search a...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:757
Simulation-based training in neonatal resuscitation is more effective when reinforced by both practice and continuous improvement processes. We aim to evaluate the effectiveness of a quality improvement progra...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:756
Gestational weight interventions are important in maternity care to counteract adverse pregnancy events. However, qualitative findings indicate potential obstacles in the implementation of interventions due to...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:755
The effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant women and newborns is incompletely understood. Preliminary data shows a rather fluctuating course of the disease from asymptomatic or mild symptoms to maternal de...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:754
Pakistan is among those countries where the number of caesarean section births has increased unusually in the past two decades. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to analyse the trend of caesarean sect...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:753
If not detected and treated, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) can cause serious pregnancy complications such as macrosomia, preeclampsia, and fetal/neonatal mortality. Many studies have examined underlying ...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:752
Sacrococcygeal teratoma is one of the most common congenital tumors in newborns and infancy. The incidence is 1 per 20,000–40,000 live births. Ultrasonography is an optimal method for prenatal screening and di...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:751
This study aimed to compare the echocardiographic changes and cardiac biomarkers between women with singleton and twin pregnancies.
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:750
The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of second-degree perineal tears, obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASI), and high vaginal tears in primiparous women, and to examine how sociodemographic a...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:749
Low birthweight (LBW) remains an important global health problem, associated with a range of adverse life-course health outcomes. Evidence suggests that LBW is a relevant determinant of morbidity and mortality...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:748
While pregnancy-related malignancies are quite rare, their incidence is increasing and thus affecting more and more women nowadays. Their management, however, with both chemotherapy and supportive agents remai...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:747
The aim of this study was to compare rates of induction and subsequent caesarean delivery among nulliparous women with private versus publicly funded health care at a single institution. This is a retrospectiv...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:746
Maternal health during pregnancy is a key input in fetal health and child development. This study aims to systematically describe the health behaviors of pregnant women in rural China and identify which subgro...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:745
Most studies have shown that maternal age is associated with birth weight. However, the specific relationship between each additional year of maternal age and birth weight remains unclear. The study aimed to a...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:744
Pregnant women without complications are advised to engage in physical activity (PA) to mitigate adverse outcomes. Differences may exist among pregnant women of diverging diabetes status in meeting national PA...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:743
High blood pressure (BP) late in pregnancy is associated with preterm delivery (PTD); BP has also been associated with HIV and antiretroviral therapy (ART), but whether the relationship between BP assessed lon...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:742
Smoking in pregnancy constitutes a preventable risk factor for fetal/child development and maternal-fetal attachment (MFA) seems to contain a momentum that can break the chain of adverse outcomes by promoting ...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:741
Several studies have investigated the correlation between the serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) level and in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes in controlled ovarian stimulation cycles; however, studies regar...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:740
Pregnancy-related Pelvic Girdle Pain (PPGP) is a common complaint. The aetiology remains unclear and reports on risk factors for PPGP provide conflicting accounts. The aim of this scoping review was to map the...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:739
The aim of this study was to identify characteristics of pregnant women with obesity that contribute to increased cesarean rate.
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:738
Studies on medication-related problems (MRPs) among pregnant women are scarce, despite the potential consequences for both mother and child. This study aimed to describe the prevalence, clinical significance, ...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:737
Engaging community health workers in a formalised death review process through verbal and social autopsy has been utilised in different settings to estimate the burden and causes of mortality, where civil regi...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:736
Mothers with hypertensive disorder of pregnancy can be managed with either immediate or delayed induction of labour with expectant monitoring of both mother and baby. There are risks and benefits associated wi...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:735
Self-reported pre-pregnancy weight and weight measured in the first trimester are both used to estimate pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) but there is limited information on...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:734
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are associated with high maternal mortality in Ghana and globally. Evidence shows that there is poor availability of pregnancy-related point-of-care (POC) tests in Gha...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:733
Pregnancy is an important phase in a woman’s life, with health status at this stage affecting both the woman and her child’s life. Global evidence suggests that many women engage in low levels of physical acti...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:732
Women with unplanned pregnancies use folic acid less frequently, and more often use potentially teratogenic medications in the first trimester. Yet most studies based on routinely collected data lack informati...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:731
The rate of exclusive breastfeeding at 3 months postpartum is only 50% in Japan. In order to increase this rate, we aimed to examine modifiable factors related to exclusive breastfeeding at 3 months postpartum...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:730
Emergency peripartum hysterectomy (EPH) is a known remedy for saving women’s lives when faced with the challenging situation of severe post partum hemorrhage not responsive to conservative management. However,...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:729
The optimal objective of infertility treatments is to increase pregnancy rate. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a collaborative counseling program on pregnancy rate in women undergoing ...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:728
Ogilvie syndrome, also known as acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (ACPO), can occur postpartum after caesarean section (C-section), often resulting in caecal dilatation. The incidence rate is approximately 100 ...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:727
Studies on uptake of first dose of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) are lacking, despite it being a predictor of subsequent doses. This study aimed at assessing the determinants of uptake ...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:726
In 2009, the Steering Committee for Pregnancy and Childbirth in the Netherlands recommended the implementation of continuous care during labor in order to improve perinatal outcomes. However, in current care, ...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:725
Nowadays, a positive HBV carrier status is common among pregnant women, especially in endemic areas (such as China), little is known about the impact of maternal HBV infection on the risk of adverse pregnancy ...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:724
Studies reveal that promoting the breastfeeding knowledge level help to improve breastfeeding behaviors. Promoting breastfeeding knowledge is a simple and economical way to increase breastfeeding rates. Howeve...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:723
Although under-5 mortality has decreased in the last two decades, neonatal mortality remains a global health challenge. Despite achieving notable progress, Ethiopia has still one of the highest neonatal mortal...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:722
Community-based bilingual doula (CBD) services have been established to respond to migrant women’s needs and reduce barriers to high quality maternity care. The aim of this study was to compare birth outcomes ...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:721
To evaluate if women with a history of myomectomy have a modified preterm birth risk compared to women with myomas during pregnancy.
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:720
Receiving epidural analgesia during labor can possibly have negative consequences for mother and child. Yet, the use of epidural analgesia rapidly increased in the Netherlands over the last decade. Since anten...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:718
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) affect 5–10% of pregnant women. Women after HDP have 2–3 times increased risk of heart attack, stroke and diabetes, as soon as 5–10 years after pregnancy. Australian h...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:717
Our objective was to evaluate risks of adverse obstetric outcomes in pregnancies with myoma(s) or in pregnancies following myomectomy.
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:716
Few studies have focused on cesarean delivery (CD) trends among primipara under the one-child and the two-child policies. This study aimed to explore the trends in CD rates among primipara during 1995–2019 and...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:715
Prenatal screening for chromosome aneuploidies have constantly been evolving, especially with the introduction of cell-free fetal DNA (cfDNA) screening in the most recent years. This study compares the perform...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:713
Delays in accessing skilled delivery services are a major contributor to high maternal mortality in resource-limited settings. In 2015, the government of The Gambia initiated a results-based financing interven...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:712
Reducing the burden of anaemia is a critical global health priority that could improve maternal outcomes amongst pregnant women and their neonates. As more counties in Kenya commit to universal health coverage...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:711
The Medical Birth Registry of Norway (MBRN) provides national coverage of all births. While retrieval of most of the information in the birth records is mandatory, mothers may refrain to provide information on...
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:710
To demonstrate that studies on induction of labour should be analyzed by parity as there is a significant difference in the labour outcome among induced nulliparous and multiparous women.
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020 20:709
Citation Impact
2.239 - 2-year Impact Factor
3.082 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.469 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
1.275 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
Usage
2,732,798 Downloads
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