OBJECTIVE To compare the incidence of antenatal and intrapartum complications and neonatal outcomes among pre-pregnant obese women. METHODS At the Sud-Reunion Hospital's maternity, Reunion Islands, France, over a 54-month period, each obese pregnant woman (BMI > or = 30 kg/m2) delivering a singleton after 22-weeks gestation was compared to the next age and parity-matched woman of normal pre-p...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to describe identifiers and estimate maternal and neonatal outcomes in women who attempt suicide during pregnancy. METHODS A linked Vital Statistics-Patient Discharge database of the State of California was used to identify cases of intentional injury during pregnancy. A retrospective analysis of maternal and neonatal outcomes in pregnant women who were...

OBJECTIVE To examine the outcomes of neonates born by elective repeat cesarean delivery compared with vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) in women with one prior cesarean delivery and to evaluate the cost differences between elective repeat cesarean and VBAC. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 672 women with one prior cesarean delivery and a singleton pregnancy at or after 3...

Aims And Objective:To evaluate the effect of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID19) on maternal perinatal and neonatal outcomes.The clinical characteristics outcomes in pregnancy vertical transmission potential SARS-COV-2 infection.

OBJECTIVES To report differences in neonatal health outcomes for a community-based antenatal program, the Aboriginal Maternity Group Practice Program (AMGPP; the intervention group), compared with two matched control groups eligible for standard antenatal care. DESIGN Non-randomised intervention study using data from the Western Australian Midwives Notification System. Regression models were ...

INTRODUCTION Neonatal outcomes can be directly and indirectly affected by caesarean delivery (CD). Data on CD rates in semi-urban and rural hospitals in resource-limited settings are scarce and yet are needed to better guide the care of women and neonates in these settings. we carried out this study to determine the frequency of CD, its indications and the frequency of the various adverse neona...

Therapeutic hypothermia holds promise as a rescue neuroprotective strategy for hypoxic-ischemic injury, but the incidence of severe neurologic sequelae with hypothermia is unknown in encephalopathic neonates who present shortly after birth. This study reports a multicenter, randomized, controlled, pilot trial of moderate systemic hypothermia (33 degrees C) vs normothermia (37 degrees C) for 48 ...

In the past, many children born with complex congenital heart defects (CHDs) underwent palliative procedures to avoid the use of cardiopulmonary bypass, which typically is required for prolonged corrective procedures. The risk of mortality was prohibitive, especially in newborns; therefore, efforts were directed toward palliative procedures until the children grew big enough for a definitive re...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate maternal and neonatal outcomes in Korean women with type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. METHODS We performed a retrospective survey of 163 pregnancies in women with type 1 diabetes (n=13) and type 2 diabetes (n=150) treated from 2003 to 2010 at Cheil General Hospital & Women's Healthcare Center, Korea. We compared maternal characteristics ...

Objectives. Hospital fear and avoidance of the routine hospital obstetrical interventions cause some women with low-risk pregnancies to spend most of the active labor period at home, and subsequently they present to the hospital for delivery. Our aim was to analyze the maternal and neonatal outcomes of pregnancies with a planned hospital birth, yet spending the first stage of labor at home with...