A scoping review of preterm births in sub-Saharan Africa: Burden, risk factors and outcomes

A Mabrouk, A Abubakar, EK Too, E Chongwo… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Preterm births (PTB) are the leading cause of neonatal deaths, the majority of which occur in
low-and middle-income countries, particularly those in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) …

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Prediction of gestational diabetes based on explainable deep learning and fog computing

N El-Rashidy, NE ElSayed, A El-Ghamry, FM Talaat - Soft Computing, 2022 - Springer
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is one of the pregnancy complications that endangers
both mothers and babies. GDM is usually diagnosed at 22–26 weeks of gestation. However …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and Risk Factors of Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia in a Semi-Rural Area of the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Cohort Study

C Fanello, SJ Lee, G Bancone, D Kayembe… - The American Journal …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (NH) is a frequent condition that, if left untreated, can lead to
neurological disability and death. We assessed the prevalence of NH and associated …

Burden of disease and risk factors for mortality amongst hospitalized newborns in Nigeria and Kenya

HM Nabwera, D Wang, OO Tongo, PEA Andang'o… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Objective To describe the patient population, priority diseases and outcomes in newborns
admitted< 48 hours old to neonatal units in both Kenya and Nigeria. Study design In a …

Pooled prevalence of adverse pregnancy and neonatal outcomes in Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe: results from a systematic review and meta …

EM Lokken, A Mathur, KE Bunge, L Fairlie… - … in reproductive health, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Robust data summarizing the prevalence of pregnancy and neonatal outcomes
in low-and middle-income countries are critically important for studies evaluating …

[HTML][HTML] Utility of sonographic transcerebellar diameter in the assessment of gestational age in normal and intrauterine growth-retarded fetuses

J Singh, CL Thukral, P Singh, S Pahwa… - Nigerian Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background: The fetal cerebellum has been shown to be least affected by external
pressures and molding during pregnancy and therefore might provide more accurate …

Adverse birth outcomes and their clinical phenotypes in an urban Zambian cohort

JT Price, B Vwalika, KJ Rittenhouse… - Gates open …, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Few cohort studies of pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa use rigorous
gestational age dating and clinical phenotyping. As a result, incidence and risk factors of …

Fetal biometry assessment with Intergrowth 21st's and Salomon's equations in rural Burkina Faso

B Bihoun, SH Zango, M Traoré-Coulibaly… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2020 - Springer
Background Ultrasound scanning during the 2nd or the 3rd trimester of pregnancy for fetal
size disturbances screening is heavily dependent of the choice of the reference chart. This …

Anthropometric measurements can identify small for gestational age newborns: a cohort study in rural Tanzania

CB Paulsen, BB Nielsen, OA Msemo, SL Møller… - BMC pediatrics, 2019 - Springer
Background Small-for-gestational-age (SGA) is associated with increased neonatal mortality
and morbidity. In low and middle income countries an accurate gestational age is often not …

[HTML][HTML] Correlation of ultrasound placental diameter & thickness with gestational age

NR Njeze, JO Ogbochukwu… - Pakistan Journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods: This is an observational cross-sectional study that examines by means of
ultrasonography the correlation between placental diameter and thickness with gestational …