The worldwide incidence of preterm birth: a systematic review of maternal mortality and morbidity
Stacy Beck,Daniel Wojdyla,Lale Say,Ana Pilar Betrán,Mario Merialdi,Jennifer Harris Requejo,Craig E Rubens,Ramkumar Menon,Paul F.A. Van Look +8 more
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Developing countries, especially those in Africa and southern Asia, incur the highest burden in terms of absolute numbers, although a high rate is also observed in North America.Abstract:
Resumen Incidencia mundial de parto prematuro: revision sistematica de la morbilidad y mortalidad maternas Objetivo Analizar las tasas de prematuridad a nivel mundial para evaluar la incidencia de este problema de salud publica, determinar la distribucion regional de los partos prematuros y profundizar en el conocimiento de las actuales estrategias de evaluacion.Metodos Los datos utilizados sobre las tasas de prematuridad a nivel mundial se extrajeron a lo largo de una revision sistematica anterior de datos publicados e ineditos sobre la mortalidad y morbilidad maternas notificados entre 1997 y 2002. Esos datos se complementaron mediante una busqueda que abarco el periodo 2003–2007. Las tasas de prematuridad de los paises sin datos se estimaron mediante modelos de regresion multiple especificos para cada region.Resultados Estimamos que en 2005 se registraron 12,9 millones de partos prematuros, lo que representa el 9,6% de todos los nacimientos a nivel mundial. Aproximadamente 11 millones (85%) de ellos se concentraron en Africa y Asia, mientras que en Europa y America del Norte (excluido Mexico) se registraron 0,5 millones en cada caso, y en America Latina y el Caribe, 0,9 millones. Las tasas mas elevadas de prematuridad se dieron en Africa y America del Norte (11,9% y 10,6% de todos los nacimientos, respectivamente), y las mas bajas en Europa (6,2%).Conclusion El parto prematuro es un problema de salud perinatal importante en todo el mundo. Los paises en desarrollo, especialmente de Africa y Asia meridional, son los que sufren la carga mas alta en terminos absolutos, pero en America del Norte tambien se observa una tasa elevada. Es necesario comprender mejor las causas de la prematuridad y obtener estimaciones mas precisas de la incidencia de ese problema en cada pais si se desea mejorar el acceso a una atencion obstetrica y neonatal eficaz.read more
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Antimicrobial Peptides and Pregnancy
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Analysis of 339 pregnancies in 181 women with 13 different forms of inherited thrombocytopenia
Patrizia Noris,Nicole Schlegel,Catherine Klersy,Paula G. Heller,Elisa Civaschi,Nuria Pujol-Moix,Fabrizio Fabris,Rémi Favier,Paolo Gresele,Véronique Latger-Cannard,Adam Cuker,Paquita Nurden,Andreas Greinacher,Marco Cattaneo,Erica De Candia,Alessandro Pecci,Marie-Françoise Hurtaud-Roux,Ana C. Glembotsky,E Muniz-Diaz,Maria Luigia Randi,Nathalie Trillot,Loredana Bury,Thomas Lecompte,Caterina Marconi,Anna Savoia,Carlo L. Balduini,Sophie Bayart,Anne Bauters,Schéhérazade Benabdallah-Guedira,Françoise Boehlen,Jeanne-Yvonne Borg,Roberta Bottega,James B. Bussel,Daniela De Rocco,Emmanuel de Maistre,Michela Faleschini,Emanuela Falcinelli,Silvia Ferrari,Alina Ferster,Tiziana Fierro,Dominique Fleury,Pierre Fontana,Chloé James,François Lanza,Véronique Le Cam Duchez,Giuseppe Loffredo,Pamela Magini,Dominique Martin-Coignard,Fanny Menard,Sandra Mercier,A. M. Mezzasoma,Pietro Minuz,Ilaria Nichele,Lucia Dora Notarangelo,Tommaso Pippucci,Gian Marco Podda,Catherine Pouymayou,Agnes Rigouzzo,Bruno Royer,Pierre Sié,Virginie Siguret,Catherine Trichet,Alessandra Tucci,Béatrice Saposnik,Dino Veneri +64 more
TL;DR: A multicentric, retrospective study evaluating 339 pregnancies in 181 women with 13 different forms of inherited thrombocytopenia found that hemorrhages requiring blood transfusion were more frequent in women with history of severe bleedings before pregnancy and with platelet count at delivery below 50 × 109/L.
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