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The Global Impact of Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia
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Although it is a low cost effective treatment, magnesium sulfate is not available in all low and middle income countries; scaling up its use for eClampsia and severe preeclampsia will contribute to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.About:
This article is published in Seminars in Perinatology.The article was published on 2009-06-01. It has received 2152 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Eclampsia & Preeclampsia.read more
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Maternal and child undernutrition and overweight in low-income and middle-income countries
Robert E. Black,Cesar G. Victora,Susan P. Walker,Zulfiqar A Bhutta,Parul Christian,Mercedes de Onis,Majid Ezzati,Sally Grantham-McGregor,Sally Grantham-McGregor,Joanne Katz,Reynaldo Martorell,Ricardo Uauy +11 more
TL;DR: It is estimated that undernutrition in the aggregate--including fetal growth restriction, stunting, wasting, and deficiencies of vitamin A and zinc along with suboptimum breastfeeding--is a cause of 3·1 million child deaths annually or 45% of all child deaths in 2011.
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Evidence-based interventions for improvement of maternal and child nutrition: What can be done and at what cost?
Zulfiqar A Bhutta,Jai K Das,Arjumand Rizvi,Michelle F Gaffey,Neff Walker,Susan Horton,Patrick Webb,Anna Lartey,Robert E. Black +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors did a comprehensive update of interventions to address undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies in women and children and used standard methods to assess emerging new evidence for delivery platforms.
Maternal and Child Nutrition 2 Evidence-based interventions for improvement of maternal and child nutrition: what can be done and at what cost?
TL;DR: Improved access for nutrition-sensitive approaches can greatly accelerate progress in countries with the highest burden of maternal and child undernutrition and mortality, if this improved access is linked to nutrition- sensitive approaches.
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Aspirin versus Placebo in Pregnancies at High Risk for Preterm Preeclampsia
Daniel L. Rolnik,David Wright,Liona C. Poon,Neil O'Gorman,Argyro Syngelaki,Catalina De Paco Matallana,Ranjit Akolekar,Simona Cicero,D. Janga,Mandeep Singh,Francisca S. Molina,Nicola Persico,Nicola Persico,Jacques Jani,Walter Plasencia,G. Papaioannou,Kinneret Tenenbaum-Gavish,Hamutal Meiri,Sveinbjörn Gizurarson,Kate Maclagan,Kypros H. Nicolaides +20 more
TL;DR: Treatment with low‐dose aspirin in women at high risk for preterm preeclampsia resulted in a lower incidence of this diagnosis than placebo, and there were no significant between‐group differences in the incidence of neonatal adverse outcomes or other adverse events.
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European Society of Hypertension Position Paper on Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
Eoin O'Brien,Gianfranco Parati,George S. Stergiou,Roland Asmar,Laurie Beilin,Grzegorz Bilo,Denis Clement,Alejandro de la Sierra,Peter W. de Leeuw,Eamon Dolan,Robert Fagard,John W. Graves,Geoffrey A. Head,Yutaka Imai,Kazuomi Kario,Empar Lurbe,Jean-Michel Mallion,Giuseppe Mancia,Thomas Mengden,Martin G. Myers,Gbenga Ogedegbe,Takayoshi Ohkubo,Stefano Omboni,Paolo Palatini,Josep Redon,Luis M. Ruilope,Andrew Shennan,Jan A. Staessen,Gert vanMontfrans,Paolo Verdecchia,Bernard Waeber,Ji-Guang Wang,Alberto Zanchetti,Yuqing Zhang +33 more
TL;DR: The historical background, the advantages and limitations of ABPM, the threshold levels for practice, and the cost-effectiveness of the technique are considered, while the role ofABPM in research circumstances, such as pharmacological trials and in the prediction of outcome in epidemiological studies is examined.
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Epidemiology and causes of preterm birth
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The Millennium Development Goals Report
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WHO analysis of causes of maternal death: a systematic review
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Rates and risk of postpartum depression—a meta-analysis
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TL;DR: The average prevalence rate of non-psychotic postpartum depression based on the results of a large number of studies is 13% as discussed by the authors, and the average prevalence estimates are affected by the nature of the assessment method.
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