This commentary on a case considers how physicians should respond when their patients' health is compromised by physical and social factors. Especially when they are pregnant, patients must feel secure in their access to food and to care provided during appointments.
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Cardiol Young
December 2024
Department of Ultrasound, Xi'an International Medical Center Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
Objective: This research seeks to ascertain the prevalence and determinants of mirror-image dextrocardia in fetuses.
Study Design: With December 2022 as the reference point, we compiled colleted data on pregnant women who carried fetuses with mirror-image dextrocardia in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province: September-October 2022, November 2022, and December 2022-January 2023. An online questionnaire was distributed to 209 pregnant across China who had contracted COVID-19.
This practice resource seeks to describe salient problems within reproductive psychiatry (also known as women's mental health) for the practice of forensic psychiatry. Understanding is critical and can help combat gender bias in such evaluations. Forensic psychiatric evaluations in the criminal realm, including evaluations related to neonaticide, infanticide, filicide, child abuse, and kidnapping by cesarean, require an understanding of reproductive psychiatry.
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December 2024
The Kids Research Institute Australia (Formerly Telethon Kids Institute), Perth, Australia.
Background: Maternal psychological distress is related to poorer physical and mental health as well as child developmental problems. Interventions that optimise maternal mental health and wellbeing during the "first 1,000 days" of life should have wide-reaching benefits for the mother and her child. Digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) during this critical period have the potential to equip women with enhanced coping strategies that can be applied and maintained in daily life.
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December 2024
2College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Buk-gu, Daegu, 41566, Korea.
This study aimed to contribute to the conservation of red pandas by improving the understanding of their oestrus cycle through examining urinary hormone changes during their breeding season. To minimize stress associated with blood sample collection, we used urine samples Sex hormone levels were measured over six months in pregnant and nonpregnant red pandas, to help understand changes in oestrogen concentrations during oestrus, post-mating progesterone concentrations and differences in ceruloplasmin concentrations. The results of the study revealed that female red pandas are polyoestrous, with a second oestrogen peak after mating.
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November 2024
Midwifery Academy Amsterdam Groningen, InHolland, Netherlands & Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Midwifery Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Background: Forcibly displaced women in the Netherlands face increased chances of perinatal mortality and other adverse pregnancy and childbirth outcomes compared to the resident country population, which has been linked to suboptimal care. This study was conducted to gain insights from the experiences of Dutch midwives to inform and enhance the provision of tailored and equitable care for forcibly displaced women.
Methods: We conducted a qualitative study using semistructured interviews with community midwives who provide care for forcibly displaced women (asylum seekers and recognized refugees) in the Netherlands.
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