Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

10 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: The novel influenza A(H1N1) pandemic affected Australia and New Zealand during the 2009 southern hemisphere winter. It caused an epidemic of critical illness and some patients developed severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and ... Read more...

Seroprevalence of Bordetella pertussis infection during pregnancy measured by IgG antibodies against pertussis toxin.

29 Sep 2009 Bordetella pertussis infection may cause severe illness in newborns. Mothers with B. pertussis infection during delivery can infect newborns. The seroprevalence of B. pertussis infection in pregnancy was measured in pregnant women by detection of ... Read more...

Perinatal outcomes, including mother-to-child transmission of HIV, and child mortality and their association with maternal vitamin D status in Tanzania.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Vitamin D is a strong immunomodulator and may protect against adverse pregnancy outcomes, mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and child mortality. METHODS: A total of 884 HIV-infected pregnant women ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Pregnancy Complications, Infectious'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Validation of neonatal tetanus elimination in the Congo by a lot quality-assurance cluster sample survey. 7 Nov 2009
• Pregnancy and H1N1 infection. 22 Oct 2009
• Pregnancy and H1N1 infection. 22 Oct 2009
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. 10 Oct 2009
• Aspects of herpes simplex virus: a clinical review. 29 Sep 2009
• Seroprevalence of Bordetella pertussis infection during pregnancy measured by IgG antibodies against pertussis toxin. 29 Sep 2009
• Perinatal outcomes, including mother-to-child transmission of HIV, and child mortality and their association with maternal vitamin D status in Tanzania. 29 Sep 2009
• Drugs for tuberculosis. 29 Sep 2009
• Maternal and neonatal herpes simplex virus infections. 29 Sep 2009
• Access to antiretrovirals among people with HIV in poorer nations approaches 50%. 28 Sep 2009
• Estimation of potential effects of improved community-based drug provision, to augment health-facility strengthening, on maternal mortality due to post-partum haemorrhage and sepsis in sub-Saharan Africa: an equity-effectiveness model. 21 Sep 2009
• [Analysis of syphilis and gonorrhoea cases, based on data from the National STD Centre, Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Semmelweis University (2005-2008)] 18 Sep 2009
• [Cytomegalovirus infection in pregnancy] 11 Sep 2009
• Maternal and neonatal factors associated with mode of delivery under a universal newborn hearing screening programme in Lagos, Nigeria. 2 Sep 2009
• Burden of malaria in pregnancy in Jharkhand State, India. Sep 2009
• Detection of herpes simplex virus in first trimester pregnancy loss using molecular techniques. 30 Aug 2009
• Oral herpes simplex virus infection in pregnancy: what are the concerns? 30 Aug 2009
• The Key Events Dose-Response Framework: its potential for application to foodborne pathogenic microorganisms. 30 Aug 2009
• Lack of evidence for perinatal transmission of canine granulocytic anaplasmosis from a bitch to her offspring. 30 Aug 2009
• Register data suggest lower intelligence in men born the year after flu pandemic. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Pregnancy Complications, Infectious'

Definition: The co-occurrence of pregnancy and an INFECTION. The infection may precede or follow FERTILIZATION.

Descriptor UI: D011251

Alternative terms: Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; Pregnancy, Infectious Complications; Pregnancies, Infectious Complications; Complications, Infectious Pregnancy; Complication, Infectious Pregnancy; Infectious Pregnancy Complication; Pregnancy Complication, Infectious; Infectious Pregnancy Complications;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C01.539.674; C13.703.700;

History Note: 64

Technical Notes: bacterial, fungal or viral infections: PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC is also available; coordinate IM with specific infectious disease (IM); check the tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY; Manual 18.4.7; DF: PREGN COMPL INFECT