Breaking the myth: the association between the increasing incidence of labour induction and the rate of caesarean delivery in Finland - a nationwide Medical Birth Register study by Mika Gissler, Seppo Heinonen, Heidi Kruit, Leena Rahkonen

“…Pregnant women in Finland are more frequently obese, older and diagnosed with gestational diabetes, which may partly explain the increase in the rate of labour induction.…”
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Infant outcomes after exposure to Tdap vaccine in pregnancy: an observational study by Helen Petousis-Harris, Tony Walls, Patricia Graham, Nicola Austin, Linda Hill

“…Information was obtained from objective sources including routine health visits and vaccination records wherever possible, as well as frequent parental reports.Setting The Canterbury region of New Zealand.Patients A cohort of 403 infants whose mothers had received Tdap vaccine.Main outcome measures Gestational age at birth, growth parameters, congenital anomalies, immunisation status and timeliness of immunisation, development of pertussis infection.Results There were no significant differences in birth weight, gestational age at birth, congenital anomalies or infant growth as compared with baseline population data. …”
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The Effects of Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index and Weight Gain During Pregnancy on Perinatal Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Engin Yurtcu, Sibel Mutlu, Enis Ozkaya

“…RESULTS: According to pre-pregnancy body mass index, among the obese pregnant group, gestational diabetes mellitus (p<0.001), preeclampsia (p=0.029), preterm delivery (p=0.011) and cesarean delivery (p=0.061) rates were more common. …”
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Emerging practices supporting diabetes self-management among food insecure adults and families: A scoping review. by Enza Gucciardi, Adalia Yang, Katharine Cohen-Olivenstein, Brittany Parmentier, Jessica Wegener, Vanita Pais

“…<h4>Eligibility criteria</h4>Food insecure populations with diabetes (type 1, type 2, prediabetes, gestational diabetes) and provided diabetes management practices specifically for food insecure populations. …”
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Estradiol and progesterone levels in early pregnancy after natural, estradiol + progesterone or gonadotrophin stimulated frozen embryo transfer cycle: a randomised controlled trial... by Nina Freiesleben Mørch, Mette Petri Lauritsen, Pernille Fog Svendsen

“…Serum estradiol and progesterone will be measured every 2 weeks from cycle days 2–3 until gestational age 9+6. Serum levels will be compared according to treatment regimens and cycle length. …”
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Frequency of pregnancy induced hypertension and its association with elevated serum beta human chorionic gonadotropin levels during mid trimester of pregnancy by Saman Habib, Aqsa Ikram ul Haq, Shama Bashir, Nadia Sadiq, Noreen Majeed, Nabeela Waheed

“…A total of one hundred and twenty-two (n=122) normotensive pregnant females at 13-20 weeks gestational age and 18-35 years of maternal age were selected in this study after informed consent from every patient. …”
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Maternal and Fetal Outcomes in Women with Diabetes in Pregnancy Treated before and after the Introduction of a Standardized Multidisciplinary Management Protocol by Maddalena Morlando, Fabiana Savoia, Anna Conte, Antonio Schiattarella, Marco La Verde, Michela Petrizzo, Mauro Carpentieri, Carlo Capristo, Katherine Esposito, Nicola Colacurci

“…Currently, there is no consensus on the optimal management strategies for the follow-up and the timing of delivery of pregnancies affected by gestational and pregestational diabetes, with different international guidelines suggesting different management options. …”
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Evidence and clinical relevance of maternal-fetal cardiac coupling: A scoping review. by Thomas J Nichting, Maretha Bester, Rohan Joshi, Massimo Mischi, Myrthe van der Ven, Daisy A A van der Woude, S Guid Oei, Judith O E H van Laar, Rik Vullings

“…All studies on MFCC were included which described coupling between heart rate measurements in both the mother and fetus, regardless of the coupling method used, gestational age, or the maternal or fetal health condition.…”
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Impact of maternal prenatal stress by glucocorticoids on metabolic and cardiovascular outcomes in their offspring: A systematic scoping review. by Claudia Eberle, Teresa Fasig, Franziska Brüseke, Stefanie Stichling

“…Especially by focusing on pre-gestational, gestational but also lactation phases "stress" is to be considered as an own trans-generational risk factor which is associated with adverse metabolic as well cardiovascular outcomes in mothers and their children. …”
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Effects of short inter-pregnancy/birth interval on adverse perinatal outcomes in Asia-Pacific region: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Tahir Ahmed Hassen, Melissa L Harris, Desalegn Markos Shifti, Tesfalidet Beyene, Md Nuruzzaman Khan, Tesfaye Regassa Feyissa, Catherine Chojenta

“…Studies that reported on short inter-pregnancy or birth interval and examined adverse perinatal outcomes, such as low birthweight (LBW) preterm birth (PTB), small for gestational age (SGA), and neonatal mortality were included and appraised for methodological quality using the Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal tools. …”
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A Follow-Up Report of an Infant Born to a Mother Receiving Tamoxifen by Yuki Okada, Daisuke Hitaka, Takahiro Kido, Yu Kanai, Kumi Konishi, Kosuke Doki, Nobuko Katayama, Masato Homma, Yayoi Miyazono, Hidetoshi Takada

“…The infant, born at 29 weeks and 6 days of gestational age with a birth weight of 1664 g, had no congenital anomalies. …”
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Triplet Delivery following Unilateral Twin Salpingocyesis by Johnson O. Komolafe, Rasaq A. Akindele, Adeniyi O. Fasanu, Callistus A. Akinleye, Taiwo O. Akinbile, Monisayo O. Komolafe, Muyiwa O. Oguntunde

“…Transvaginal scanning done on the 30th day following embryo transfer revealed an empty uterine cavity with two gestational sacs containing active fetal echoes in the right adnexum. …”
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Conservative Treatment of Uterine Cervical Adenocarcinoma in Pregnancy by Cid Almeida de Lima, Ana Cristina Macêdo Barcelos, Marina de Carvalho Paschoini, João Henrique do Amaral e Silva, Marcus Aurelho de Lima, Eddie Fernando Candido Murta, Rosekeila Simões Nomelini

“…The desire of patients to maintain pregnancy and subsequent fertility is a difficult target to be achieved and should be widely studied, since it depends on the stage of disease, gestational age at diagnosis, and the woman's desire to maintain pregnancy. …”
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Effect and factors associated with reactivation after intravitreal conbercept or aflibercept in retinopathy of prematurity by Chunling Huang, Weikang Zou, Wenbei Ma, Jiali Li, Yichen Bai, Rong Wu, Qiqi Li, Qi Fang, Wenna Chen, Xiaohe Lu, Songfu Feng

“…The changes in CRAE of pre-and post-therapy and gestational age were identified as potential protective factors for these outcomes (OR = 0.23, 0.49). …”
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Pregnancy Outcome of Renal Transplant Recipients: Analysis of Nine Patients by Mert Turğal, Aslıhan Yazıcıoğlu, Kemal Beksaç, Özgür Özyüncü, Sinan Beksaç

“…STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective analysis RESULTS: We found that the mean gestational age at delivery for patients were 35.22 weeks and 55.5% patients had preterm delivery and this result is higher than normal pregnant population. …”
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Maternal prepregnancy overweight/obesity increase the risk of low Apgar scores in twins: a population-based cohort study in China by Zhoushan Feng, Zhoushan Feng, Xiaohong Wu, Xiaomei Tong, Zheng He, Chunxia Yang, Wei Shen, Yueqin Ding, Jin Liu, Qiong Meng, Aiqin Zhang, Hong Jiang, Wenkang Yan, Jianwu Qiu, Xian Wei, Yayu Zhang, Xiaobo Lin, Lijun Liu, Ya Jin, Youfen Wei, Xiufang Yang, Yitong Wang, Yangfan Cai, Xinzhu Lin, Qiliang Cui

“…Compared to normal prepregnancy weight, prepregnancy overweight/obesity significantly increased the risk of gestational hypertension and gestational diabetes in mothers [adjusted OR (95% CI): 1.85 (1.55–2.21) and 1.49 (1.27–1.74), respectively]. …”
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Severe Hypothyroidism Causing Pre-Eclampsia-Like Syndrome by Annalisa Inversetti, Audrey Serafini, Marco F. Manzoni, Anna Dolcetta Capuzzo, Luca Valsecchi, Massimo Candiani

“…Severe pre-eclampsia led to miscarriage at 24 weeks of gestational age in a 42-year-old woman, although we attempted to correct hypothyroidism with increasing doses of levothyroxine and liothyronine sodium. …”
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Enlarged airspaces in the distal lung in adolescents born very preterm as measured by aerosol by Per Wollmer, Cecilia Hagman, Madeleine Petersson Sjögren, Jakob Löndahl, Ellen Tufvesson, Hugo Öhrneman, Frida Lindström, Jenny Rissler

“…There was a strong negative correlation between gestational age and distal airspace radius (p&lt;0.0001). …”
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Confounding Risk Factors in Developing Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus among Children and Adolescents at Sulaimani Chronic Diabetes Health Center by Pary Mohammad Azize, Chia H. Sadiq

“…The second most common factor effect on diabetes disease in children and adolescents are maternal habit and maternal disease followed by Gestational age at birth and Neonatal disease, then food habits, Neonatal weight was estimated as the fourth component factors affecting Type 1 diabetes mellitus.  …”
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Maternal and Neonatal Complications of Methamphetamine Use during Pregnancy by Suthanud Premchit, Nawabhorn Orungrote, Sinart Prommas, Buppa Smanchat, Kornkarn Bhamarapravatana, Komsun Suwannarurk

“…Maternal outcomes: gestational hypertension was found to be significantly increased in the study group compared to the control group at 14.6 vs. 1.0% (OR 17.4, 95%CI 2.5-134.3). …”
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