OBJECTIVES Physiologic and immunologic changes in pregnancy result in increased susceptibility to infection. These shifts are more pronounced in pregnancies complicated by multiple gestation. The objective of this study was to determine the association between multiple gestation and risk of infectious morbidity. STUDY DESIGN The Nationwide Inpatient Sample for the years 2008-2010 was used to ...

Objective: To identify the causes related to a rise in morbidity and mortality due COVID most frequent events of acute abdomen vascular disease.

For every woman who dies of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), many more suffer shortand long-term consequences even when well managed. During the 1990s, the concept of severe adverse maternal morbidity (SAMM) emerged in response to the need for a more sensitive marker of quality of maternity care than maternal death1,2. This concept and the accompanying acronym have the advantage of drawing attentio...

Background Late preterm (LP) infants [gestational age (GA): 3436 weeks] are at increased risk of neonatal acute respiratory morbidity compared with term infants (GA: 3741) [1,2]. The observed rate of acute respiratory morbidity, in a population of about 20,000 LP infants, was 10-12% vs 1.4% of term infants [1]. Transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN) and respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) are...

asthma is the major chronic respiratory inflammatory disease in all ages. the validity and predictability of revised jones morbidity index (jmi) as a simple and practical tool for asthma evaluation morbidity has not yet been tested in iran. this study aimed to evaluate the predictability and validity of a revised jmi in northern iran. as a one-year follow up study, 210 adult asthmatic patients ...

Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication associated with cardiac surgery cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) deleterious effect on morbidity and mortality. The current st...

The prevalence of diagnoses, morbidity, and mortality of patients with nonspecific complaints (NSC) presenting to the emergency department (ED) is unknown.To determine the prevalence of diagnoses, acute morbidity, and mortality of patients with NSC.Prospective observational study with a 30-day follow-up. Patients presenting to 2 EDs were enrolled by a study team and diagnosed according to the W...

Aims To describe a body of Māori translational research responses that challenge colonialised systems.Methods delineate and link ongoing Kaupapa Māori-led research.Results He Tapu Te Whare Tangata explores human papilloma virus (HPV) screening. Hā o Whānau presents culturally responsive framework maternity care. E Hine describes young mothers’ experiences Hapū Ora. Severe Acute Maternal Morbidi...