In light of the emphasis on increased efficiency in the delivery of hospital-based healthcare services in Canada, healthcare administrators need to advocate for greater care in the community. The implementation of an antenatal home-care program for women with high-risk pregnancies at the Ottawa Hospital presented the opportunity to develop a comprehensive framework to evaluate the value and out...

Efforts to accelerate the success of reducing Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) and Infant (IMR), especially those related maternal health efforts, are increasing cross-sectoral partnerships as outlined in a high-risk pregnant women's mentoring activity by cadres carried out Malang City known GEBRAK (Movement Secure Pregnancy Childbirth) program. "Posyandu Melati" cadre activities such training or ...

Systemic sclerosis is a systemic, inflammatory, autoimmune disease affecting the skin and viscera, manifesting pathologically with microvascular lesions, perivascular infiltration by mononuclear cells and increased deposition of extracellular collagen. The rarity of the disease as well as its propensity to appear in the early 1940s, explain the low frequency of concurrent scleroderma and pregna...

The authors determined the association between metabolic syndrome in early pregnancy (mean, 11.96 weeks) and the risk of preterm birth in the mother-child cohort study ("Rhea" Study) in Crete, Greece, 2007-2009. Maternal fasting serum samples were collected, and blood pressure was measured at the time of the first major ultrasound examination (n = 625). Multivariable log-binomial regression mod...

BACKGROUND In New Zealand, the burden of childhood obesity is greatest in Māori and Pacific children. METHODS In 687 infants from an internet-based birth cohort in New Zealand, we investigated ethnic differences in early life risk factors for later obesity, the degree to which these were explained by sociodemographic factors, and the extent to which ethnic differences in weight at age 3 month...

The 1st trimester of pregnancy is accompanied with changes in different biochemical and hematological parameters. Analyses scheduled to be performed the are complete blood count, group, Rh factor double test. Many experts also suggest determination lipid status parameters as a routine analysis early pregnancy. Reliable data about maternal fetal health can obtained by assessment above-mentioned ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare whether the explant supernatants prepared from endometrial tissues during the proliferative phase, secretory phase and early pregnancy differ in immunosuppressive activity. Specimens of nonpregnant endometrium from hysterectomies and normal first trimester decidua following elective aspiration termination of pregnancy were obtained. ...

The maternal hormonal and metabolic milieu adapt in normal pregnancy to provide the developing fetus with an optimal nutrient supply that is delivered via placenta. This supply, however, disturbed all types of diabetes obesity, resulting greater mixed fetus. Our research suggests placenta limited preventing excess glucose transfer In fact, once becomes hyperinsulinaemic early phases macrosomia,...