Pregnancy Outcome
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Saturday, November 07, 2009

Maternal licorice consumption and detrimental cognitive and psychiatric outcomes in children.

2 Oct 2009 Overexposure to glucocorticoids may link prenatal adversity with detrimental outcomes in later life. Glycyrrhiza, a natural constituent of licorice, inhibits placental 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2, the feto-placental "barrier" to ... 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...

Acute myocardial infarction due to vasospasm induced by prostaglandin.

29 Sep 2009 Prostaglandin E (PGE) is the preferred agent for second-trimester pregnancy termination. Hypotension, bradycardia, ventricular arrhythmias, myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest and death associated with PGE have been reported. A case of acute ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Pregnancy Outcome'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Chest radiographs in pregnancy. 7 Oct 2009
• Maternal licorice consumption and detrimental cognitive and psychiatric outcomes in children. 2 Oct 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
• Acute myocardial infarction due to vasospasm induced by prostaglandin. 29 Sep 2009
• Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor exposure in utero and pregnancy outcomes. 29 Sep 2009
• Reproductive outcomes in male childhood cancer survivors: a linked cancer-birth registry analysis. 29 Sep 2009
• Pregnancy outcomes in female childhood and adolescent cancer survivors: a linked cancer-birth registry analysis. 29 Sep 2009
• Preterm premature rupture of membranes: does the duration of latency influence perinatal outcomes? 29 Sep 2009
• Multicenter randomized trial of cerclage for preterm birth prevention in high-risk women with shortened midtrimester cervical length. 29 Sep 2009
• Laparoscopic cervico-isthmic cerclage: surgical technique and obstetric outcomes. 29 Sep 2009
• When to stop pushing: effects of duration of second-stage expulsion efforts on maternal and neonatal outcomes in nulliparous women with epidural analgesia. 29 Sep 2009
• Second-stage labor duration in nulliparous women: relationship to maternal and perinatal outcomes. 29 Sep 2009
• A systematic review of outcomes of maternal weight gain according to the Institute of Medicine recommendations: birthweight, fetal growth, and postpartum weight retention. 29 Sep 2009
• Is there an upper time limit for the management of the second stage of labor? 29 Sep 2009
• Bubble-wrapped. 29 Sep 2009
• Hypertension in pregnancy and women of childbearing age. 29 Sep 2009
• Pharmacotherapy for depressed pregnant women: overcoming obstacles to gathering essential data. 29 Sep 2009
• Gestational diabetes--whom do we treat? 29 Sep 2009
• A multicenter, randomized trial of treatment for mild gestational diabetes. 29 Sep 2009
• Prediction of birth weight by cotinine levels during pregnancy in a population of black smokers. 26 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Pregnancy Outcome'

Definition: Results of conception and ensuing pregnancy, including LIVE BIRTH; STILLBIRTH; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; INDUCED ABORTION. The outcome may follow natural or artificial insemination or any of the various ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, such as EMBRYO TRANSFER or FERTILIZATION IN VITRO.

Descriptor UI: D011256

Alternative terms: Pregnancy Outcome; Pregnancy Outcomes; Outcome, Pregnancy; Outcomes, Pregnancy;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; epidemiology; ethnology; genetics; psychology; veterinary;

Tree Number: E01.789.700; G08.686.785.760.769.530;

History Note: 88

Technical Notes: general or unspecified: prefer specific outcome; DF: PREGN OUTCOME