Prepregnancy body mass index and other risk factors for early-onset and late-onset haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelets (HELLP) syndrome: a population-based retrosp... by Neda Razaz, Sarka Lisonkova, K S Joseph, Giulia M Muraca, Jeffrey N Bone, Li Qing Wang

“…Background Obesity increases risk of pre-eclampsia, but the association with haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelets (HELLP) syndrome is understudied.Objective To examine the association between prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and HELLP syndrome, including early-onset versus late-onset disease.Study design A retrospective cohort study using population-based data.Setting British Columbia, Canada, 2008/2009–2019/2020.Population All pregnancies resulting in live births or stillbirths at ≥20 weeks’ gestation.Methods BMI categories (kg/m2) included underweight (<18.5), normal (18.5–24.9), overweight (25.0–29.9) and obese (≥30.0). …”
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Trends in harmful drug exposure during pregnancy in France between 2013 and 2019: A nationwide cohort study. by Margaux Louchet, Mathis Collier, Nathanaël Beeker, Laurent Mandelbrot, Jeanne Sibiude, Laurent Chouchana, Jean Marc Treluyer

“…<h4>Population</h4>Pregnancies starting between 2013 and 2019 and outcomes corresponding to live births, medical terminations of pregnancy, and stillbirths.<h4>Methods</h4>Each pregnancy was divided into a preconceptional period of 90 days before conception and three trimesters from conception to birth. …”
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Incidence of vasa praevia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Weiyu Zhang, Ranjit Akolekar, Tara Giacchino, Pannapat Amy Chanyarungrojn, Olivia Ionescu

“…Incorporation of strategies to screen for VP in routine clinical practice is likely to prevent 5% of stillbirths.PROSPERO registration number CRD42020125495.…”
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Impact of advanced maternal age on perinatal outcomes in Tanzania: Insights from Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center Birth Registry by Lilian Remigius Mnabwiru, Yeon Seo Cho, Michael Johnson Mahande, Nicholous Mazugun, Bariki Lawrence Mchome, Eun Young Park

“…Moreover, AMA was linked to increased odds of low birth weight, stillbirths, and NICU transfers.…”
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Mode of delivery and long‐term health‐related quality‐of‐life outcomes: A prospective population‐based study by Petrou, S, Kim, S, McParland, P, Boyle, E

“…</p> <p><strong>Methods</strong> The study population comprised 2,161 mothers recruited from a prospective population‐based study in the East Midlands of England encompassing live births and stillbirths between 32+0 and 36+6 weeks’ gestation and a sample of term‐born controls. …”

Cohort profile: life with neurofibromatosis 1 – the Danish NF1 cohort by John J Mulvihill, Jeanette F Winther, Line Kenborg, Pernille E Bidstrup, Susanne O Dalton, Karoline Doser, Anja Krøyer, Hanne Hove, John R Østergaard, Jens Richardt Møllegaard Jepsen, Mette Møller Handrup, Cecilie Ejerskov, Mia Aagaard Doherty

“…Women with NF1 had an increased risk for spontaneous abortions and stillbirths. Finally, adults with NF1 had an impaired quality of life and a high need for professional support for physical, psychological and work-related problems, which was partly associated with disease severity and visibility.Future plans The cohort will regularly be updated with newly diagnosed patients in the RAREDIS Database as well as with outcome information in the Danish registries. …”
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Reproductive Outcomes in Adults with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome by Lisa D. Palmer, Zoë McManus, Tracy Heung, Grace McAlpine, Christina Blagojevic, Maria Corral, Anne S. Bassett

“…Amongst the remainder involving a form of loss, were seven (5.77%) stillbirths, significantly greater than population norms (<i>p</i> < 0.0001). …”
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Differences in health literacy related to gestational weight gain and children’s birth weight according to maternal nativity status in the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (J... by Zentaro Yamagata, Takeo Nakayama, Reiko Kishi, Nobuo Yaegashi, Shuichi Ito, Mika Kigawa, Akiko Tsuchida, Mika Ito, Tomomi Tanaka, Kei Hamazaki, Yuichi Adachi, Hidekuni Inadera, Michihiro Kamijima, Kenta Matsumura, Yukihiro Ohya, Koichi Hashimoto, Chisato Mori, Masayuki Shima, Narufumi Suganuma, Takahiko Katoh, Tomotaka Sobue, Shin Yamazaki, Seiji Kageyama, Shoichi Ohga

“…Children’s birth weight, actual GWG and any complications during delivery were recorded by obstetricians collaborating with JECS.Participants Of 97 452 mothers who consented to participate in the JECS during pregnancy between January 2011 and March 2014, 67 953 were included in this study after exclusions for multiple births, multiple instances of consent by the same pregnant woman, miscarriages/stillbirths or withdrawal from the study within 3 years after participating. …”
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Non-Isolated Neural Tube Defects with Comorbid Malformations Are Responsive to Population-Level Folic Acid Supplementation in Northern China by Xiaoyu Che, Jufen Liu, Gabriel L Galea, Yali Zhang, Nicholas D. E. Greene, Le Zhang, Lei Jin, Linlin Wang, Aiguo Ren, Zhiwen Li

“…Study Design: Data from five counties in Northern China were obtained between 2002 and 2021 through a population-based birth defects surveillance system. All live births, stillbirths, and terminations because of NTDs at any gestational age were recorded. …”
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Pigs lacking the SRCR5 domain of CD163 protein demonstrate heritable resistance to the PRRS virus and no changes in animal performance from birth to maturity by Clint Nesbitt, Lucina Galina Pantoja, Benjamin Beaton, Ching-Yi Chen, Matt Culbertson, Perry Harms, Justin Holl, Andrzej Sosnicki, Srinu Reddy, Marisa Rotolo, Elena Rice

“…PRRS affects pigs of all ages, causing late-term abortions and stillbirths in sows, respiratory disease in piglets, and increased susceptibility to secondary bacterial infection with a high mortality rate. …”
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Demographic, Clinical, and Obstetrical Characterization of Women with Hyperemesis Gravidarum Using a More Restrictive Diagnosis by Marco Aurélio Knippel Galletta, Mayra de Oliveira Demo, Ana Luiza Tonisi Pinto, Rossana Pulcineli Vieira Francisco, Marcelo Zugaib

“…Childbirth data were obtained from 40 patients, with 60% of births being cesarean deliveries, 35.3% premature births, 32% with low birth weight, and 7.5% stillbirths, with 12.5% of cases having postpartum complications. …”
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Truncation of IFT80 causes early embryonic loss in Holstein cattle associated with Holstein haplotype 2 by M. Sofía Ortega, Derek M. Bickhart, Kelsey N. Lockhart, Daniel J. Null, Jana L. Hutchison, Jennifer C. McClure, John B. Cole

“…Holstein haplotype 2 was identified using a deficiency-of-homozygotes approach and confirmed to negatively affect conception rate and stillbirths. Five carriers were present in a group of 183 sequenced Holstein bulls selected to maximize the coverage of unique haplotypes. …”
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Common Molecular Targets of a Quinolone Based Bumped Kinase Inhibitor in <i>Neospora caninum</i> and <i>Danio rerio</i> by Joachim Müller, Nicoleta Anghel, Dennis Imhof, Kai Hänggeli, Anne-Christine Uldry, Sophie Braga-Lagache, Manfred Heller, Kayode K. Ojo, Luis-Miguel Ortega-Mora, Wesley C. Van Voorhis, Andrew Hemphill

“…<i>Neospora caninum</i> is an apicomplexan parasite closely related to <i>Toxoplasma gondii</i>, and causes abortions, stillbirths and/or fetal malformations in livestock. …”
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Prevalence of homebirth preference and associated factors among pregnant women in Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta-analysis. by Jira Wakoya Feyisa, Emiru Merdassa, Matiyos Lema, Wase Benti Hailu, Markos Desalegn, Adisu Tafari Shama, Debela Dereje Jaleta, Gamachis Firdisa Tolasa, Robera Demissie Berhanu, Solomon Seyife Alemu, Sidise Debelo Beyena, Keno Melkamu Kitila

“…The preference to give birth at home without a skilled birth attendant leads to care-seeking delays, intrapartum mortality, multiple stillbirths, and postpartum morbidities and mortality. …”
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Maternal Supplementation with Herbal Antioxidants during Pregnancy in Swine by Víctor H. Parraguez, Francisco Sales, Oscar A. Peralta, Mónica De los Reyes, Alfonso Campos, Javier González, Wolfgang Peralta, Camila Cabezón, Antonio González-Bulnes

“…The supplementation increased the number of live-born piglets (13.64 ± 0.11 vs. 12.96 ± 0.13 in the controls; <i>p</i> = 0.001) and the total litter weight, decreasing the incidence of low-weight piglets without affecting the number of stillbirths and mummified newborns. Such an effect was modulated by the number of parity and the supplementation, with supplementation increasing significantly the number of living newborns in the first, second, sixth, and seventh parities (0.87, 1.10, 1.49, and 2.51 additional piglets, respectively; <i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Associations between prenatal alcohol and tobacco exposure on Doppler flow velocity waveforms in pregnancy: a South African study by Deborah Jonker, Brigitte Melly, Lucy T. Brink, Hein J. Odendaal, Dan J. Stein, Kirsten A. Donald

“…Exclusion criteria included: twin pregnancies, stillbirths, participants exposed to other drugs. The sample was divided into three groups (controls, PAE and PTE) and included 1396 maternal-fetal-dyads assessed during the second trimester; 1398 assessed during the third trimester. …”
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Inflammatory Changes and Composition of Collagen during Cervical Ripening in Cows by Eigo Yamanokuchi, Go Kitahara, Kazuyuki Kanemaru, Koichiro Hemmi, Ikuo Kobayashi, Ryoji Yamaguchi, Takeshi Osawa

“…Dystocia and stillbirths in cows pose a high risk of loss of both dams and fetuses, thereby resulting in high economic losses. …”
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Changes in lipid peroxidation, glutathione and fertility in tuj sheep after combined administration of vitamin a and e and passive immunization with testosterone antibodies by KAMİLOĞLU NN, KAÇAR C, GÜVEN A, YILDIZ B, KURU M, KAYA S, EROĞLU HA, KOÇ E

“…The number of offspring and the lambing rates in Group I and Group II was higher than the Control. There were no stillbirths in Group I. The number of nonpregnant sheep was lowest in Group II. …”
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MENGAPA IBU DI PROVINSI BENGKULU MEMILIH PERSALINAN DI RUMAH by , Kurnia Suci Putri, , Prof. dr. M. Hakimi, SpOG., PhD

“…Health profile data from the districts / cities in 2010 of a total of 39 068 live births in Bengkulu Provinsii contained 203 stillbirths and infant deaths by 387. Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births and died in Bengkulu Province on the last three years experienced up and down which in 2007 was 10.45 per 1000 live births. …”

Development and implementation experience of a learning healthcare system for facility based newborn care in low resource settings: The Neotree by Michelle Heys, Erin Kesler, Yali Sassoon, Emma Wilson, Felicity Fitzgerald, Hannah Gannon, Tim Hull‐Bailey, Gwendoline Chimhini, Nushrat Khan, Mario Cortina‐Borja, Deliwe Nkhoma, Tarisai Chiyaka, Alex Stevenson, Caroline Crehan, Msandeni Esther Chiume, Simbarashe Chimhuya, the Neotree Team

“…Most of the annual 2.4 million neonatal deaths and 2 million stillbirths occur in healthcare facilities in LRS and are preventable through the implementation of cost‐effective, simple, evidence‐based interventions. …”
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