A total of 511 females with multiple pregnancy (486 with twins and 25 with triplets) were examined for the nature of fetal development, and management of pregnancy, labor and postpartum period. An early diagnosis was found to play a decisive role in the implementation of therapeutical and preventive measures. A classification of the prenatal development of monozygotic twins was presented. It was shown that the optimal management of pregnancy in multiple-pregnant females was effective in relation to the time of employing the basic components of the program. It was demonstrated that the active management of labour was important in multiple pregnancy; the results of clinical trials of this procedure were also provided. In terms of the risk for perinatal morbidity and mortality, three groups were identified, these may include females with multiple pregnancy. Implementing the proposed treatment-and-prevention measures showed that perinatal morbidity and mortality rates in multiple pregnancy might be substantially reduced.
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PLoS One
January 2025
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia.
Background: Under-five mortality continues to be a serious public health concern in low-and middle-income countries, particularly in Africa. This study investigates the probability of under-five survival and its predictors of mortality in the African continent using a recent demographic health survey from 2014-2022.
Methods: This study utilized recent Demographic and Health Survey data from 30 African countries, encompassing 226,862 live births.
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Interdisciplinary Orthopaedics, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
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Objective: To evaluate the association of previously proposed risk factors with the risk of sonography-verified DDH.
Vaccines (Basel)
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Microbiology and Virology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, University Campus, 09042 Monserrato, Italy.
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Laboratorio de Micología Molecular, Unidad de Investigación Biomédica, Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de Ixtapaluca, Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social para el Bienestar (IMSS-BIENESTAR), Carretera Federal México-Puebla Km 34.5, Ixtapaluca CP 56530, Mexico.
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Instituto de Fisiología Celular-Neurociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico.
Our knowledge about the consumption of cannabinoids during pregnancy lacks consistent evidence to determine whether it compromises neurodevelopment. Addressing this task is challenging and complex since pregnant women display multiple confounding factors that make it difficult to identify the real effect of cannabinoids' consumption. Recent studies shed light on this issue by using pluripotent stem cells of human origin, which can recapitulate human neurodevelopment.
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