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Maternal Vitamin D Status and Its Associated Environmental Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study

Vitamin D deficiency is common among women during pregnancy. This study aims to determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and their shared modifiable environmental factors among pregnant women in Indonesia and Malaysia. METHODS: Blood samples of 844 third-trimester pregnant women (Indonesians: 31...

Mortalité maternelle chez les adolescentes au service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique de l’Hôpital National Ignace Deen
Maternal mortality among adolescents in the Gynecology-Obstetrics department of Ignace Deen National Hospital

Introduction. L’objectif de cette étude était de contribuer à l’étude de la mortalité maternelle chez les adolescentes. Méthodes. Il s’agissait d’une étude retro-prospective descriptive et analytique cas témoin, d’une durée de trois ans. La collecte rétrospective avait porté sur deux...

Use of exchange blood transfusion in the management of severe COVID-19 infection in pregnancy: experience from Lagos, Nigeria

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presents with symptoms that may be mild or severe. The individual with the severe form of the disease usually presents with a constellation of respiratory symptoms typical of acute respiratory distress syndrome. In this report, we present our experience of the successf...

Awareness and satisfaction with antenatal care services among pregnant women in Lagos state, Nigeria

Objectives: Despite the growing interest and efforts by government to make popular use of antenatal care (ANC) services in Nigeria as recommended by the World Health Organization, high level of infant and maternal mortality remains a major public health challenge facing the country. Dissatisfaction towar...

Accouchement chez les gestantes de 35 ans et plus à l’hôpital Fousseyni Daou de Kayes
Childbirth In Pregnant Women Aged 35 And Over At Fousseyni Daou De Kayes Hospital

Introduction. L’âge maternel ne cesse de reculer ces derniers années.Le but était d’étudier le pronostic de l’accouchement chez les gestantes de 35 ans et plus à l’ l’hôpital Fousseyni Daou de Kayes. Méthodologie. Il s’agissait d’une étude descriptive à collecte prospective Castém...

Accessibility of maternal health information and its influence on maternal health preferences in rural Tanzania: A case study of Chamwino District

S. Afr. J. Inf. Manag.; 23 (1), 2021
Background: The access to quality maternal health information amongst pregnant women plays an important role in determining woman’s health behaviour during pregnancy. Yet, access to maternal health information remains a major challenge in Tanzanian rural communities especially for pregnant women leadin...

Cervicovaginal fluid beta human chorionic gonadotropin assay as an early predictor of spontaneous preterm delivery among antenatal patients

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of the beta subunit of hCG in cervicovaginal secretions as a biochemical predictor of spontaneous preterm delivery among pregnant women with and without preterm delivery risk.DESIGN: This was an eight-month prospective case control study of p...

Prevalence of and factors associated with significant bacteriuria among pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic of Adeoyo Maternity Hospital, Yemetu, Ibadan, Nigeria

Background: Significant bacteriuria is commonly reported in pregnancy which greatly predisposes pregnant women to urinary tract infection (UTI), one of the commonest health challenges in pregnancy worldwide especially in developing countries such as Nigeria. The objectives of this study are to determine ...

SARS-CoV-2 em Grávidas e Puérperas no Início da Transmissão Comunitária na Cidade de Maputo
SARS-CoV-2 in Pregnant and Postpartum Women at the Beginning of Transmission Community in Maputo City

A COVID-19 é causada por coronavírus descri to pela primeira vez em 2019, designado SARS- -CoV-2,1 e afectou até ao momento milhões de pessoas em todo o mundo, resultando em milhares de óbitos.2 O quadro patológico pode cursar com síndrome respiratória aguda grave. Nos casos sin tomáticos, os do...