Publications by authors named "Yangwen Zhou"
Background: The fetal growth charts in widest use in China were published by Hadlock >35 years ago and were established on data from several hundred of American pregnant women. After that, >100 fetal growth charts were published around the world. We attempted to assess the impact of applying the long-standing Hadlock charts and other charts in a Chinese population and to compare their ability to predict newborn small for gestational age (SGA).
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- A significant number of pregnant women (27-93%) take medications during pregnancy, but there's a lack of concrete safety data regarding drug exposure and its effects on fetal development.
- The China Teratology Birth Cohort (CTBC), established in 2019, aims to fill this gap by assessing drug safety through a large-scale study of pregnant women who visit participating hospitals.
- Through thorough data collection and analysis, the study hopes to clarify the links between maternal medication use and various adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as birth defects and low birth weight.
Background: Currently, there are no studies on changes in the incidence of uterine rupture or maternal and foetal outcomes in women with uterine rupture during different birth policy periods in China. Moreover, the results of association studies of maternal age, parity and previous caesarean section number with the risk of maternal and foetal outcomes in women with uterine rupture have not been consistent. This research aims to conduct and discuss the above two aspects.
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