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    Serious kidney disease in pregnancy: an Australian national cohort study protocol

    Maternal kidney disease (acute kidney injury (AKI), advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), dependence on dialysis or a kidney transplant) has a substantial impact on pregnancy, with risks of significant perina...

    Nadom Safi, Elizabeth Sullivan, Zhuoyang Li, Mark Brown, William Hague in BMC Nephrology (2019)

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    The Breathing for Life Trial: a randomised controlled trial of fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FENO)-based management of asthma during pregnancy and its impact on perinatal outcomes and infant and childhood respiratory health

    Asthma exacerbations are common during pregnancy and associated with an increased risk of adverse perinatal outcomes. Adjusting asthma treatment based on airway inflammation rather than symptoms reduces the ex...

    Vanessa E. Murphy, Megan E. Jensen, Joerg Mattes in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2016)

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    Amniotic fluid embolism: an Australian-New Zealand population-based study

    Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a major cause of direct maternal mortality in Australia and New Zealand. There has been no national population study of AFE in either country. The aim of this study was to esti...

    Nolan McDonnell, Marian Knight, Michael J. Peek in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2015)

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    Maternal super-obesity and perinatal outcomes in Australia: a national population-based cohort study

    Super-obesity is associated with significantly elevated rates of obstetric complications, adverse perinatal outcomes and interventions. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence, risk factors, ...

    Elizabeth A. Sullivan, Jan E. Dickinson in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2015)