Background: Perinatal hypoxia is a recognized cause of hypocalcemia in neonates in the
first 3 days of life. Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) promotes neuroprotection by decreasing …

Background: Fetal growth improves in pregnant women who take daily maternal multiple
micronutrients [United Nations International Multiple Micronutrient Preparation (UNIMMAP)] …

The objective of this study was to evaluate the fetal outcome of antepartum and intrapartum
eclampsia. All cases of antepartum and intrapartum eclampsia managed at the Abia State …

Objective: To investigate whether maternal migraine was associated with preterm birth.
Study Design: Case–control sample within a population-based study of risk factors for …

The objective of this study was to establish scientific causality and to devise criteria to
implicate intrapartum hypoxia in cerebral palsy (CP) in low-resource settings, where there is …

Background Approximately 1.2 million stillbirths occur in the intrapartum period, and a
further 717,000 annual neonatal deaths are caused by intrapartum events, most of which …

Neonatal encephalopathy occurs in 2 to 6/1000 live births and is principally related to
hypoxic-ischemic injury to the newborn brain in the immediate peripartum period. In the first …

Neonatal encephalopathy (NE) accounts for~ 23% of the 2.4 million annual global neonatal
deaths. Approximately 99% of global neonatal deaths occur in low-resource settings …

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the association between unmonitored use of injections during
labor and intrapartum-related neonatal mortality and morbidity among home births …

Background: Meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) represents the passage of fetal
colonic content into the amniotic cavity. Meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) is a …