Publications by authors named "Ruth Weinberg"
This study estimated the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal mortality in Chile between 2020 and 2021. A natural experiment was conducted using official data on maternal deaths and live births (LBs) between 1997 and 2021. The effects of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak were evaluated using interrupted time series (ITS) and an autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model to forecast the expected rates on MMR and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Emerging pandemic viruses may have multiple deleterious effects on maternal health. This study examines the effects of a pandemic influenza virus on cause-specific maternal mortality time series, using Argentinian vital statistics.
Methods: We conducted a population-based natural experiment from national vital records of maternal deaths between 1980 and 2017.
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- Desmopressin (dDAVP) is a synthetic form of vasopressin that helps reduce bleeding during surgery by increasing hemostatic factors like von Willebrand factor (vWF).
- Previous studies in animals showed that dDAVP could inhibit metastasis and improve survival in cancer models.
- A recent trial in breast cancer patients found that dDAVP was generally safe, reduced surgical bleeding, and improved vWF levels, indicating potential for future cancer treatment applications.