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Pregnancy
About: Pregnancy is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 163969 publications have been published within this topic receiving 4013502 citations. The topic is also known as: pregnancy & gestation.
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TL;DR: A review of COVID-19 in pregnancy, bringing together the various factors integral to the understanding of pathophysiology and susceptibility, diagnostic challenges with real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assays, therapeutic controversies, intrauterine transmission and maternal-fetal complications.
865 citations
TL;DR: Because coronavirus disease 2019 might increase the risk for pregnancy complications, management should optimally be in a health care facility with close maternal and fetal monitoring.
865 citations
TL;DR: Teenage pregnancy increases the risk of adverse birth outcomes that is independent of important known confounders, and challenges the accepted opinion that adverse birth outcome associated with teenage pregnancy is attributable to low socioeconomic status, inadequate prenatal care and inadequate weight gain during pregnancy.
Abstract: Results All teenage groups were associated with increased risks for pre-term delivery, low birth weight and neonatal mortality Infants born to teenage mothers aged 17 or younger had a higher risk for low Apgar score at 5min Further adjustment for weight gain during pregnancy did not change the observed association Restricting the analysis to white married mothers with ageappropriate education level, adequate prenatal care, without smoking and alcohol use during pregnancy yielded similar results Conclusions Teenage pregnancy increases the risk of adverse birth outcomes that is independent of important known confounders This finding challenges the accepted opinion that adverse birth outcome associated with teenage pregnancy is attributable to low socioeconomic status, inadequate prenatal care and inadequate weight gain during pregnancy
864 citations
TL;DR: The findings from a cohort study of 2414 people born around the time of the Dutch famine show that maternal undernutrition during gestation has important effects on health in later life, but that the effects onhealth depend on its timing during gestation.
863 citations
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07 Dec 1989
TL;DR: Effective care in pregnancy and childbirth evaluating care inregnancy and childbirth social, financial and psychological support during pregnancy and pregnancy advice for pregnancy dietary modification in pregnancy antenatal classes formal risk scoring screening for genetic disease screening for pre-eclampsia gestational diabetes and abnormal lie symptoms in pregnancy.
Abstract: Effective care in pregnancy and childbirth evaluating care in pregnancy and childbirth social, financial and psychological support during pregnancy and childbirth advice for pregnancy dietary modification in pregnancy antenatal classes formal risk scoring screening for genetic disease screening for pre-eclampsia gestational diabetes assessment of fetal size and growth ultrasound in pregnancy assessment of fetal wellbeing suspected fetopelvic disproportion and abnormal lie symptoms in pregnancy hypertension in pregnancy infection in pregnancy rhesus isoimmunization diabetes in pregnancy bleeding in the latter half of pregnancy maintaining pregnancy and promoting fetal growth promoting pulmonary maturity preterm labour prelabour rupture of the membranes post-term pregnancy - induction or surveillance? fetal death care of the bereaved social and professional support in childbirth hospital policies and admission practices nutrition and position in labour monitoring the fetus during labour monitoring the progress of labour prolonged labour control of pain in labour the second stage of labour the third stage of labour repair of perineal trauma instrumental vaginal delivery labour and delivery after previous Caesarean section Caesarean section prophylactic antibiotics with Caesarean section preparing for induction of labour methods of inducing labour preterm delivery immediate care of the newborn infant care of the new mother and baby breastfeeding perineal pain and discomfort breast symptoms in women who are not breastfeeding effective care in pregnancy and childbirth - a synopsis
862 citations