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Is moderate intensity exercise during pregnancy safe for the fetus? An open clinical trial

Abstract Objective To determine the effect of treadmill walking on maternal heart rate (MHR) and cardiotocographic parameters (basal fetal heart rate [FHR], active fetal movements [AFM], number of accelerations and decelerations, and short-term variation [STV] and long-term variation [LTV] of fetal hea...

Papel de las alteraciones del sueño durante la gestación en la programación del feto para el desarrollo de obesidad y enfermedades crónicas degenerativas

Gac. méd. Méx; 155 (4), 2019
Resumen En el tercer trimestre del embarazo son frecuentes las alteraciones del sueño, las cuales generan cambios en la secreción de melatonina en mujeres gestantes que duermen menos de ocho horas o presentan alteraciones de sueño, promoviendo diversos cambios fisiológicos en la madre, que a su vez d...

Prevalence of anemia in pregnant Iraqi women

Prensa méd. argent; 105 (7), 2019
Bachkgrond: Anemia is a very important nutritional disorder in the world, it has multiple etiologies and pregnancy is associated with a deficit in the intake of iron and physiological changes of pregnancy. Aim of the study: To assess the prevalence of anemia in pregnant Iraqi women. Patients and method: ...

Perfil das mulheres atendidas pela ambulância do programa cegonha carioca

A taxa de mortalidade materna mundial permanece inaceitavelmente alta e no Brasil e no Rio de Janeiro não é diferente. Na tentativa de reduzi-la, instituiu-se em âmbito nacional a Rede Cegonha e no município do Rio de Janeiro o Programa Cegonha Carioca. Ambos os programas dispõem de ambulâncias par...

Hemorragia de la Segunda Mitad del Embarazo en el Hospital Provincial General Docente Riobamba, Chimborazo, Ecuador 2017 - 2018

Cienc. Serv. Salud Nutr; 10 (1), 2019
Introducción: la hemorragia obstétrica es la segunda causa más frecuente de mortalidad materna en el Ecuador, a pesar de ello, es un tema que se ha estudiado poco a nivel provincial y nacional. Objetivo: determinar la ocurrencia e identificar los factores de riesgo, manifestaciones clínicas y comorbi...

Gestational weight gain, nutritional status and blood pressure in pregnant women

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether weekly gestational weight gain is associated with anemia, vitamin A insufficiency, and blood pressure levels in the third trimester of pregnancy. METHODS A prospective study with 457 pregnant women attending primary care in Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre. The weekly gest...

Preliminary data for performance in hue ordering tests during pregnancy

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 52 (2), 2019
The visual system of women changes during pregnancy. Few reports have addressed the effects of pregnancy on color vision. We aimed to compare the color vision of women in the first, second, and third trimesters of pregnancy. Fifty women were divided into first (n=10), second (n=10), third trimester pregn...

Metabolomics applied to maternal and perinatal health: a review of new frontiers with a translation potential

Clinics; 74 (), 2019
The prediction or early diagnosis of maternal complications is challenging mostly because the main conditions, such as preeclampsia, preterm birth, fetal growth restriction, and gestational diabetes mellitus, are complex syndromes with multiple underlying mechanisms related to their occurrence. Limited a...

Percepción del cuidado Profesional de Enfermería recibido por la mujer gestante durante el control prenatal en la Unidad de Salud ESE San Francisco de Asís, Sincelejo, 2018
Perception of Professional Nursing care received by pregnant women during prenatal care at the ESE San Francisco de Asís Health Unit, Sincelejo, 2018

Introducción: Cuidar de forma integral, articulando el conocimiento, los valores, la práctica, la confianza y la compasión se convierte en el quehacer del Profesional de Enfermería. Para conocer y poder valorar las perspectivas del paciente frente a esas prácticas, existen instrumentos como el de K....

Prenatal care assessment according to the Prenatal and Birth Humanization Program

Abstract Objectives: to analyze prenatal care process in primary health care units and compare the prenatal adequacy in the third trimester with maternal and perinatal outcomes. Methods: a cross-sectional study of 2,404 pregnant women assisted in 2011in twelve primary health care units in the South reg...