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Original Source: Maternal death analysis from the Japanese autopsy registry for recent 16 years: significance of amniotic fluid embolism.
Aim: To clarify the cause of maternal deaths, an autopsy is essential. However, there has been no systemic analysis of maternal death in Japan based on autopsy cases. Material & Methods: Maternal death reports were retrieved from a large amount of registered autopsy data on maternal death in the series of 'Annual of pathological autopsy cases in Japan'. These files contain 468 015 autopsy records from 1989 to 2004. We collected 193 cases of maternal death due to direct obstetric causes. We recorded...
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Low First-Trimester Vitamin D Predicts Gestational Diabetes
Pregnant women with low levels of vitamin D during the first trimester are at greater risk for gestational diabetes, independent of age, season of sampling, vitamin supplementation, and maternal adipo...
Survey: Training in First-Trimester Abortion Procedures Weak
Obstetrics/gynecology residents report lower rates of first-trimester procedure training than second-trimester training. Medscape Medical News
Reproductive endocrinology: Maternal obesity associated with neonatal death in Africa
In African countries, just as in developed nations, data now show that maternal obesity is associated with an increased risk of neonatal death. Additional consequences of maternal obesity on child hea...
[Series] Contraception and health
Increasing contraceptive use in developing countries has cut the number of maternal deaths by 40% over the past 20 years, merely by reducing the number of unintended pregnancies. By preventing high-ri...
Newborn death risk increases with maternal obesity in sub-Saharan Africa
New research published Online First in The Lancet indicates that babies born to mothers who are overweight or obese in sub-Saharan Africa, where rates of obesity are projected to increase at an alarmi...
Second trimester HG demands vigilance
Women who experience hyperemesis gravidarum during the second trimester have an increased risk for certain birth complications associated with placental abruption, study results show.
Maternal obesity and neonatal death: an interview with Dr. Jenny Cresswell
It is important to say that levels of maternal obesity in sub-Saharan Africa are low by global standards, but obesity is projected to increase over the next two decades.
Study reveals higher maternal death rates following abortion in Denmark
A new study of the medical records for nearly half a million women in Denmark reveals significantly higher maternal death rates following abortion compared to delivery. This finding has confirmed simi...
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"First and Second Trimester Screening for Large for Gestational Age Infants"
Abstract Objetives: To find the best early predictor model for fetal growth and large for gestational age (LGA) infants considering clinical, ultrasonographic and biochemical variables. Methods: In 2,...
Trimester of Maternal Gestational Weight Gain and Offspring Body Weight at Birth and Age Five.
To investigate associations of trimester-specific GWG with fetal birth size and BMI at age 5 years. We examined 3,015 singleton births to women without pregnancy complications from the Child Health a...
Objective. Soluble endoglin (sEng) is a novel antiangiogenic protein and elevated sEng concentrations in maternal circulation are closely related to preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome. As the perfusion o...
Maternal first-trimester dietary intake and childhood blood pressure: the Generation R Study.
Suboptimal maternal dietary intake during pregnancy might lead to fetal cardiovascular adaptations and higher blood pressure in the offspring. The aim of the present study was to investigate the assoc...
Positive correlation between maternal serum coenzyme Q10 levels and infant birth weight.
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the level of maternal serum coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), which is a lipid-soluble antioxidant, maternal body weight gain, fat mass gain, and...
