Sub-Saharan Africa concentrates the burden of HIV and the highest adolescent fertility rates. However, there is limited information about the impact of the interaction between adolescence and HIV infection on maternal health in the region. Data collected prospectively from three clinical trials conducted...
Background: At times, ultrasound is not readily available in low resource countries in Africa for accurate determination of gestational age, so using alternative methods is pivotal during pregnancy. These assessments are used to aid the risk analysis for an infant and management strategies for premature ...
In well-resourced settings, reduced circulating maternal-free placental growth factor (PlGF) aids in either predicting or confirming the diagnosis of preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction, stillbirth, preterm birth, and delivery within 14 days of testing when preeclampsia is suspected. This blinded, pro...
Background: A major unresolved safety concern for malaria case management is the use of artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs) in the first trimester of pregnancy. There is a need for human data to inform policy makers and treatment guidelines on the safety of artemisinin combination therapies (ACT) wh...
O problema do baixo peso ao nascer cerca de 20 milhões de recém nascidos (RN) são de baixo peso ao nascer (BPN) em cada ano, devido às altas taxas de nascimentos pré termos (PT) e atrasos de crescimento intra-uterino (ACIU), nos países em desenvolvimento. Isto contribui para as altas taxas de morta...
Dois anos apos a publicação do Manual de Obstetrícia Pratica, cuja aceitação foi grande no seio do pessoal de saúde a que se destinava, os autores quiseram dar continuidade ao esforço de providenciar mais material de estudo no domínio da obstetrícia. O livro Conduta Obstétrica, agora publicada,...
