Publications by authors named "S Ghazal-Aswad"
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- Low hemoglobin (Hb) levels during pregnancy can lead to adverse outcomes, and this study explored how Hb levels change throughout the trimesters and what factors influence these changes.
- Using data from 1,120 pregnant women, researchers identified three clusters of Hb levels: Cluster A (normal), Cluster B (declining), and Cluster C (increasing but still low), each with different median Hb levels across trimesters.
- Factors such as higher number of pregnancies, diabetes, lack of previous pregnancies, and lower education levels were linked to lower Hb levels, while iron supplement use before pregnancy associated with higher but still insufficient Hb levels.
Primary vaginal cancer is a rare malignancy with a lack of international guidelines and supporting clinical trial evidence to guide decision making. Historical results have shown poor outcomes with chemotherapy for stage IVB vaginal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). The evolving role of checkpoint inhibitors in rare gynaecological cancers prompted us to investigate the role of pembrolizumab in this setting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To estimate the prevalence of recurrent miscarriage (RM) and investigate the association between RM and adverse maternal outcomes in subsequent pregnancies.
Participants And Methods: This is an interim analysis of a prospective study of 1737 pregnant women with gravidity of two or more prior to the current pregnancy. These women joined the Mutaba'ah Study between May 2017 and April 2019 and were followed up until they delivered.
Introduction: Early life exposures, particularly environmental and parental lifestyle factors, have a major influence on children's health and development. Due to increasing interest in the early life developmental origins of diseases, many birth cohorts have been established. These studies constitute a repository of data which researchers use over many years to investigate emerging research questions.
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- The study examines severe acute maternal morbidity (SAMM) in Abu Dhabi, a rapidly developing multiethnic region, to assess maternal care quality and its relationship with ethnicity.
- Over six years, researchers analyzed 122,705 births and identified 926 cases of SAMM, resulting in a ratio of 7.5 cases per 1,000 deliveries, with hypertensive disorders and hemorrhage as the leading causes.
- The findings highlight distinct ethnic differences in maternal health issues, revealing that preeclampsia is more prevalent in women from the Indian subcontinent while hemorrhage is more common among UAE women, indicating complex interactions between ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and health outcomes. *