Risk of drug use during pregnancy: master protocol for living systematic reviews and meta-analyses performed in the metaPreg project by Cyndie Picot, Priscilla Ajiji, Lucie Jurek, Mikail Nourredine, Jérôme Massardier, Audrey Peron, Michel Cucherat, Judith Cottin

“…All clinically relevant pregnancy adverse outcomes (malformations, stillbirths, neuro-developmental disorders, pre-eclampsia, etc.) available in the included studies will be pooled through random-effects meta-analysis. …”
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Prevalence of anti-Leptospira spp. antibodies in cows in the municipalities of Nova Guarita and Nova Santa Helena, Mato Grosso State, Brazil by Rafael dos Santos, Janderson Ananias de Oliveira, Francielly Lopes, Bruno Gomes de Castro, Rogério Oliveira Rodrigues, Rafael Romero Nicolino, Luciano Bastos Lopes

“…Frequently, leptospirosis is related to reproductive problems in livestock, such as abortion, increased embryonic mortality and stillbirths. Unfortunately, there are few reports addressing the prevalence of the disease in cattle in the North of Mato Grosso State (MT), Brazil. …”
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Plant production of a virus-like particle-based vaccine candidate against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome by Jordan T. VanderBurgt, Jordan T. VanderBurgt, Ondre Harper, Ondre Harper, Christopher P. Garnham, Christopher P. Garnham, Susanne E. Kohalmi, Rima Menassa, Rima Menassa

“…Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is a disease leading to spontaneous abortions and stillbirths in sows and lowered life quality and expectancy in growing pigs. …”
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Insights into Prevention of Health Complications in Small for Gestational Age (SGA) Births in Relation to Maternal Characteristics: A Narrative Review by Sebastian Wołejszo, Agnieszka Genowska, Radosław Motkowski, Birute Strukcinskiene, Mark Klukowski, Jerzy Konstantynowicz

“…Current evidence shows that primiparity, previous stillbirths, maternal age ≤24 and ≥35 years, single motherhood, low socio-economic status, smoking and cannabis use during pregnancy confer a significant risk of SGA births. …”
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Serial analyses of clinical spectra and outcomes in Chinese women with pregnancy-induced optic neuritis by Wenhao Bai, Mingming Sun, Honglu Song, Hongen Li, Xintong Xu, Xiyun Chen, Yixuan Zhao, Biyue Chen, Sheng Yao, Quangang Xu, Shihui Wei, Huanfen Zhou, Shengyuan Yu

“…There were no birth defects or stillbirths.ConclusionThe significantly increased relapse rate and numerous cases of ON after pregnancy suggest that delivery adversely affects the course of ON.…”
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Clinical profile and screening of exon 6 and 14 of ABCB4 gene in obstetric cholestasis patients at a tertiary care hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan by Nuzhat Noor, Sabika Firasat, Naheed Bano, Kiran Afshan, Bushra Gul, Haiba Kaul

“…Overall 95% patients had pruritus and among them 40%, 20% and 10% had a history of miscarriages, stillbirths and familial ICP respectively. Genetic analysis revealed an already reported variant i.e., c.504C>T in exon 6 in thirteen patients and a novel variant i.e., c.1686A>G in exon 14 in five patients. …”
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EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND PROGNOSIS OF MISCARRIAGE IN UKRAINE AND LVIV REGION by T.G. Gutor, N.F. Timchenko

“…Analysis of the dynamic indicators of the ratio of stillbirths to the total number of pregnancies over the analyzed 8-year period both in Ukraine and in Lviv region showed a trend towards annual growth of this index. …”
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Evaluation of death records of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Directorate of Cemeteries and Izmir Provincial Health Directorate in 2010: Consistency and completeness of notificati... by Raziye Özdemir, Zeliha Öcek

“…Missing notifications showed concentration in the younger age groups, mainly stillbirths (98.6%) and infant deaths (46.9%). Decedents’ residence addresses of records which matched both instuitions were inconsistent. …”
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Things That Take from People’s Bodies: Rumours about Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling and Evil Spirits in Ethiopia by Caroline Ackley, Ketema Degefa, Eyoel Taye, Nega Assefa, Mohamed Aliyi, Getahun Wakwaya

“…It is a medical procedure where a core biopsy instrument is used to extract numerous small tissue samples from a predefined set of organs (brain, lung, heart, liver, bone marrow) in deceased children under 5 and stillbirths. Additionally, MITS practitioners collect blood, urine, stool, and cerebral spinal fluid, take nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs, and include measurements and several pictures of the body to identify any abnormalities. …”
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Measuring adequacy of the midwifery workforce using standards of competency and scope of work: Exploring the density and distribution of midwives in three low- and middle-income co... by Jewel Gausman, Sowmya Ramesh, Richard M Adanu, Delia A B Bandoh, Jeff Blossom, Suchandrima Chakraborty, Ernest Kenu, Nizamuddin Khan, Ana Langer, Magdalene A Odikro, Niranjan Saggurti, R Rima Jolivet

“…<h4>Background</h4>A global midwifery shortage hampers the goal of ending preventable maternal/newborn mortality and stillbirths. Whether current measures of midwifery workforce adequacy are valid is unknown. …”
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Use of Bacteriophage Amended with CRISPR-Cas Systems to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance in the Bacterial Foodborne Pathogen <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> by Cameron Parsons, Phillip Brown, Sophia Kathariou

“…<i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> is a bacterial foodborne pathogen and the causative agent of the disease listeriosis, which though uncommon can result in severe symptoms such as meningitis, septicemia, stillbirths, and abortions and has a high case fatality rate. …”
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Declining child mortality in northern Malawi despite high rates of infection with HIV by A Jahn, S Floyd, AC Crampin, H Mvula, V Mwinuka, E Mwaiyeghele, N McGrath, B Zaba, PEM Fine, JR Glynn

“…Re-census data, follow-up visits at 12 months of age and the ratio of stillbirths to neonatal deaths suggested that death registration by the DSS was nearly complete. …”
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Occupational health hazards of bidi workers and their families in India: a scoping review by Soumyadeep Bhaumik, Praveen Sinha, Jyoti Tyagi, Deepti Beri, Samiksha Ingale

“…Pregnant bidi workers were at an increased risk of anaemia and pregnancy-induced hypertension (n=2), higher frequency of neonatal deaths (n=1), stillbirths (n=1) and premature births (n=1) in comparison with non-bidi workers. …”
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EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF Q FEVER IN THE SREM DISTRICT OF VOJVODINA, FROM 2011 TO 2020 by Slavica Popović, Tatjana Pustahija, Nataša Dragić, Sara Savić, Marija Lazarević, Jasmina Jandrić Kočić, Dejan Bugarski, Snežana Medić

“…The disease is mostly asymptomatic in animals but may be a cause of abortions or stillbirths. The aim of this study was to present and analyze the epidemiological characteristics of Q fever in Srem district, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia. …”
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Alcohol Consumption during Pregnancy and its association with Fetal Outcome in a Mountainous District of Nepal by Rashmi Paudel, Ambika Thapa Pachya, Muna Maharjan, Krishtee Napit, Amod Kumar Poudyal

“…Among the study participants, four (1.6%) had stillbirths. Most of them (82.4%) had of normal birth weights. …”
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A diurnal fetal movement pattern: Findings from a cross-sectional study of maternally perceived fetal movements in the third trimester of pregnancy. by Billie F Bradford, Robin S Cronin, Christopher J D McKinlay, John M D Thompson, Edwin A Mitchell, Peter R Stone, Lesley M E McCowan

“…<h4>Background and objectives</h4>Encouraging awareness of fetal movements is a common strategy used to prevent stillbirths. Information provided to pregnant women about fetal movements is inconsistent perhaps due to limited knowledge about normal fetal movement patterns in healthy pregnancies. …”
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Comparative characteristics of reproductive function in mentally healthy and mentally ill women with infertility by Nina A. Tyuvina, Angelina O. Nikolayevskaya, Vera V. Balabanova, Kaleriia N. Ilchenko

“…Spontaneous miscarriages and stillbirths were more common in mentally ill women, especially those with endogenous diseases (schizophrenia, affective disorders), and abortions and gynecological operations were more common in mentally healthy women. …”
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Case series: Uterine rupture with a life baby after two previous caesarean sections: An incidental finding at elective caesarean sections at term by Obiora Asiegbu, Darlington-Peter Chibuzor Ugoji, Uzoma Vivian Asiegbu, Bobbie C Iwe, Paschal Chijioke Okoye, Kelvin Emeka Ortuanya, Chidebe Christian Anikwe

“…The first case was a 30-year-old booked multipara with bad obstetrics history and two previous CS at a secondary facility on account of unexplained three serial stillbirths at term. There were no histories of maternal obesity, hypertension, or diabetes mellitus. …”
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Estimating cause-specific mortality from community- and facility-based data sources in the United Republic of Tanzania: options and implications for mortality burden estimates by David R Whiting, Philip W Setel, Daniel Chandramohan, Lara J Wolfson, Yusuf Hemed, Alan D Lopez

“…In the perinatal and neonatal age group cause-specific mortality rates were dominated by perinatal conditions and stillbirths in both the community and the facility data. …”
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Disenfranchised grief and early pregnancy loss – apropos a clinical case by S. Freitas Ramos, B. Jesus, M.I. Fonseca Marinho Vaz Soares, J. Martins Correia, J. Mendes

“… Introduction Perinatal death includes losses such as ectopic pregnancies, miscarriages, stillbirths and neonatal deaths. Perinatal loss has well documented negative effects on the health of the bereaved parents. …”
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