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Is intimate partner violence and obstetrics characteristics of pregnant women associated with preterm birth in Ethiopia? Umbrella review on preterm birth
BackgroundPreterm birth is a significant contributor to newborns morbidity and mortality. Despite the availability of highly effective and powerful...
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Language and sensory characteristics are reflected in voice-evoked responses in low birth weight children
BackgroundChildren born with very low birth weight (VLBW) are at higher risk for cognitive impairment, including language deficits and sensorimotor...
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Experienced disrespect & abuse during childbirth and associated birth characteristics: a cross-sectional survey in the Netherlands
BackgroundExperiencing upsetting disrespect and abuse (D&A) during labour and birth negatively affects women’s birth experiences. Knowing in what...
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Health Characteristics and Birth Outcomes for “Starting Out Right,” a Teen Pregnancy Program
PurposeTo evaluate differences in health characteristics and birth outcomes for participants of a prenatal education and support program for pregnant...
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Epidemiology, validation, and clinical characteristics of inflammatory bowel disease: the ABIS birth cohort study
BackgroundBirth cohort studies with linked register-based data on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) provide opportunities to prospectively study...
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Abnormal birth weights for gestational age in relation to maternal characteristics in Sweden: a five year cross-sectional study
BackgroundAbnormal birth weight – small for gestational age (SGA) and large for gestational age (LGA) – are important indicators for newborn health....
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Impact of race on heart rate characteristics monitoring in very low birth weight infants
BackgroundA multicenter RCT showed that displaying a heart rate characteristics index (HRCi) predicting late-onset sepsis reduced mortality for VLBW...
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Interplay of gestational parent exposure to ambient air pollution and diet characteristics on preterm birth
BackgroundDespite many efforts, preterm birth (PTB) is poorly understood and remains a major public health problem in the United States....
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The effect of birth ball exercise on labor pain, delivery duration, birth comfort, and birth satisfaction: a randomized controlled study
PurposeThis study aimed to examine the effect of birth ball exercise on labor pain, delivery duration, birth comfort, and birth satisfaction.
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Exposure to different residential indoor characteristics during childhood and asthma in adolescence: a latent class analysis of the Danish National Birth Cohort
BackgroundMany residential indoor environments may have an impact on children’s respiratory health.
ObjectivesThe aims of this study were to...
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Labor characteristics and intrapartum interventions in women with vaginal birth after cesarean section
BackgroundWith the development of China’s two-child-policy, vaginal birth after cesarean section (VBAC) has aroused public concern. It is important...
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Prognostic risk score development to predict birth asphyxia using maternal and fetal characteristics in South Gondar zone hospitals, north West Ethiopia
BackgroundBirth asphyxia leads to profound systemic and neurological sequela to decrease blood flow or oxygen to the fetus followed by lethal...
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Associations between maternal syphilis infection during pregnancy and low birth weight and preterm birth: a prospective cohort study
BackgroundIn recent years, syphilis is still the most common sexually transmitted disease worldwide. Pregnant women infected with syphilis can...
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Does the birth plan match what is relevant to women? Preferences of Spanish women when giving birth
BackgroundTo support women in making shared decisions, it is important to know what is relevant to them. The aim is to explore which of the options...
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Adverse birth outcome among women who gave birth at the University of Gondar comprehensive specialized hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
BackgroundIn Ethiopia, various maternal and child health interventions, including comprehensive and basic obstetric cares were conducted to curb high...
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Association of maternal nationality with preterm birth and low birth weight rates: analysis of nationwide data in Japan from 2016 to 2020
BackgroundThe rate of low birth weight or preterm birth is known to vary according to the birth place of mothers. However, in Japan, studies that...
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Association of preterm birth and birth size status with neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders in spontaneous births
Preterm birth (PTB) or small birth size are risk factors for certain neurodevelopmental disorders. The magnitude of these associations in spontaneous...
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Live birth outcomes following single-step blastocyst warming technique – optimizing efficiency without impacting live birth rates
PurposeTo evaluate the impact of a single-step (SS) warming versus standard warming (SW) protocol on the survival/expansion of vitrified blastocysts...
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Birth outcomes and early growth patterns associated with age at adiposity rebound: the Ma’anshan birth cohort (MABC) study
ObjectiveEarly onset of adiposity rebound (AR) is considered an early indicator of obesity risk. Our objective was to investigate the association of...
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Profile of metabolic bone disease in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) and very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates
BackgroundMetabolic bone disease (MBD) is an important cause of morbidity in premature, very low birth weight (VLBW), and sick infants and, if left...
