Beyond too little, too late and too much, too soon: a pathway towards evidence-based, respectful maternity care worldwide

S Miller, E Abalos, M Chamillard, A Ciapponi, D Colaci… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
On the continuum of maternal health care, two extreme situations exist: too little, too late
(TLTL) and too much, too soon (TMTS). TLTL describes care with inadequate resources …

Maternal mortality in the United States: updates on trends, causes, and solutions

AY Collier, RL Molina - Neoreviews, 2019 - publications.aap.org
The rising trend in pregnancy-related deaths during the past 2 decades in the United States
stands out among other high-income countries where pregnancy-related deaths are …

Maturation of the infant microbiome community structure and function across multiple body sites and in relation to mode of delivery

DM Chu, J Ma, AL Prince, KM Antony, MD Seferovic… - Nature medicine, 2017 - nature.com
Human microbial communities are characterized by their taxonomic, metagenomic and
metabolic diversity, which varies by distinct body sites and influences human physiology …

The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) Initiative on gestational diabetes mellitus: A pragmatic guide for diagnosis, management, and care

M Hod, A Kapur, DA Sacks, E Hadar… - … and obstetrics: the …, 2015 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) Initiative on gestational
diabetes mellitus: A pragmatic guide for diagnosis, management, and care The International …

Birth mode is associated with earliest strain-conferred gut microbiome functions and immunostimulatory potential

L Wampach, A Heintz-Buschart, JV Fritz… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The rate of caesarean section delivery (CSD) is increasing worldwide. It remains unclear
whether disruption of mother-to-neonate transmission of microbiota through CSD occurs and …

ISUOG Practice Guidelines: intrapartum ultrasound

T Ghi, T Eggebø, C Lees, K Kalache… - … in Obstetrics & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT PURPOSE AND SCOPE The purpose of these Guidelines is to review the
published techniques of ultrasound in labor and their practical applications, to summarize …

Oral antihypertensive regimens (nifedipine retard, labetalol, and methyldopa) for management of severe hypertension in pregnancy: an open-label, randomised …

T Easterling, S Mundle, H Bracken, S Parvekar, S Mool… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Hypertension is the most common medical disorder in pregnancy, complicating
one in ten pregnancies. Treatment of severely increased blood pressure is widely …

Indications and determinants of caesarean section delivery: Evidence from a population-based study in Matlab, Bangladesh

T Begum, A Rahman, H Nababan, DME Hoque… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background and methods Caesarean section (C-section) is a major obstetric intervention for
saving lives of women and their newborns from pregnancy and childbirth related …

Non‐clinical interventions for reducing unnecessary caesarean section

I Chen, N Opiyo, E Tavender… - Cochrane Database …, 2018 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Caesarean section rates are increasing globally. The factors contributing to this
increase are complex, and identifying interventions to address them is challenging. Non …

Association between cesarean birth and risk of obesity in offspring in childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood

C Yuan, AJ Gaskins, AI Blaine, C Zhang… - JAMA …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Cesarean birth has been associated with higher risk of obesity in offspring, but
previous studies have focused primarily on childhood obesity and have been hampered by …