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Probability of non-compliance to the consumption of Iron Tablets in pregnant women in Indonesia.
J Prev Med Hyg
November 2022
Department of Nutrition, Health Polytechnic of the Ministry of Health Bengkulu.
Introduction: The low non-compliance to the consumption of Iron Tablets in pregnant women is an obstacle in the implementation of government programs to prevent and overcome the anemia problems in pregnant women. This study was conducted to determine the probability of non-compliance of pregnant women in the consumption of iron tablets in Indonesia.
Methods: A cross-sectional study using the 2017 IDHS data.
[Maternal and fetal outcomes of unattended pregnancies in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo].
Pan Afr Med J
September 2019
Département de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Lubumbashi, République Démocratique du Congo.
Introduction: Unattended pregnancies are characterized by significant morbidity maternal and morbidity and mortality fetal. This study aims to determine the frequency of unattended pregnancies, to describe the socio-demographic profile and to assess the maternal and fetal outcomes during childbirth among women who did not attend antenatal care (ANC) in the city of Lubumbashi.
Methods: It was an analytical cross-sectional study of maternal pregnancy from December 2013 to May 2014 in 10 maternity hospitals in Lubumbashi.
Factors associated with low birthweight among newborns delivered at public health facilities of Nekemte town, West Ethiopia: a case control study.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
July 2019
Department of Statistics, College of Natural Science, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia.
Background: Low birthweight (LBW) remains the most important risk factor which attributed to mortality of 15-20% of newborns across the globe. An infant with low birthweight is more likely to have stunting in childhood and develop markers of metabolic risk factors at his later age. Furthermore, LBW is a risk for inter-generational assaults of malnutrition as it is the risk for sub optimal growth until adulthood, affecting women's and male's reproductive capabilities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFetomaternal hemorrhage among pregnant women in Accra, Ghana.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet
September 2019
Department of Hematology, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Objective: To determine the occurrence of and risk factors for fetomaternal hemorrhage (FMH) among pregnant women at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana.
Methods: A prospective study of FMH among pregnant women without hemoglobinopathies in the second trimester attending prenatal care between October 2015 and May 2016 performed using the Kleihauer-Betke test. Volume of FMH was estimated; ABO and Rh blood groups of participants were determined.
Decreased activity of glutathione peroxidase with oral ferrous iron administration: A cause of oxidative stress.
Pak J Pharm Sci
March 2018
Department of Anatomy DMC, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) during pregnancy not only results in the disturbance of hematological parameters but has been found to be an additional cause of oxidative stress (OS). Moreover, oral iron for IDA during pregnancy has been found to worsen the condition. Present study aims to detect any alteration in glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity as an enzymatic anti-oxidant and its association with oral iron supplements.
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