Prenatal Care
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Incidence of pregnancy after expectant, medical, or surgical management of spontaneous first trimester miscarriage: long term follow-up of miscarriage treatment (MIST) randomised controlled trial.

6 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVES: To compare fertility rates after the three methods of managing early miscarriage in women recruited to the MIST (miscarriage treatment) randomised controlled trial. SETTING: Early pregnancy clinics of acute hospitals in the south west ... Read more...

Hypertension in pregnancy and women of childbearing age.

29 Sep 2009 Hypertension in women of childbearing age is a challenging medical problem with increasing prevalence. Essential hypertension remains the most common diagnosis in young women. Reproductive goals and possible teratogenic effects must be considered ... Read more...

The prenatal visit.

26 Sep 2009 As advocates for children and their families, pediatricians can support and guide expectant parents in the prenatal period. Prenatal visits allow the pediatrician to gather basic information from expectant parents, offer them information and advice, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Prenatal Care'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Incidence of pregnancy after expectant, medical, or surgical management of spontaneous first trimester miscarriage: long term follow-up of miscarriage treatment (MIST) randomised controlled trial. 6 Oct 2009
• Abstracts of the 9th World Congress of Perinatal Medicine. October 24-28, 2009. Berlin, Germany. 29 Sep 2009
• Hypertension in pregnancy and women of childbearing age. 29 Sep 2009
• The prenatal visit. 26 Sep 2009
• Antenatal and postnatal iron supplementation and childhood mortality in rural Nepal: a prospective follow-up in a randomized, controlled community trial. 22 Sep 2009
• Carrier screening for cystic fibrosis. 17 Sep 2009
• Pregnancy as a window of opportunity for HIV prevention: effects of an HIV intervention delivered within prenatal care. 15 Sep 2009
• Screening for illicit drug use. 13 Sep 2009
• Antenatal education programmes: do they work? 10 Sep 2009
• Receipt of influenza vaccine during pregnancy among women with live births--Georgia and Rhode Island, 2004-2007. 9 Sep 2009
• Assessing the onset of pre-eclampsia in the hospital day unit: summary of the pre-eclampsia guideline (PRECOG II). 7 Sep 2009
• Maternal and neonatal factors associated with mode of delivery under a universal newborn hearing screening programme in Lagos, Nigeria. 2 Sep 2009
• Prenatal care disparities and the migrant farm worker community. 30 Aug 2009
• Does acupuncture have a place as an adjunct treatment during pregnancy? A review of randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews. 30 Aug 2009
• Women's use of complementary and alternative medicine during pregnancy: a critical review of the literature. 30 Aug 2009
• Exercise during pregnancy and cesarean delivery: North Carolina PRAMS, 2004-2005. 30 Aug 2009
• Eating disorders and obstetric-gynecologic care. 30 Aug 2009
• Caffeine's implications for women's health and survey of obstetrician-gynecologists' caffeine knowledge and assessment practices. 30 Aug 2009
• Information-seeking and its predictors in low-income pregnant women. 30 Aug 2009
• Meeting the family planning needs of postpartum women. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Prenatal Care'

Definition: Care provided the pregnant woman in order to prevent complications, and decrease the incidence of maternal and prenatal mortality.

Descriptor UI: D011295

Alternative terms: Prenatal Care; Care, Prenatal;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: E02.760.786; N02.421.143.620.704; N02.421.585.786;

Technical Notes: check tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY