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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yembu Ngwengi, Guy Pascal Ngaba, Martine Nida, Dominique Enyama
BACKGROUND: C reactive protein (CRP), a marker for the presence of inflammation, has been extensively studied for distinguishing bacterial from non-bacterial infection in febrile patients, but its role in excluding malaria in the febrile child has not been thoroughly evaluated. METHOD: This was a cross-sectional study at the Douala Gyneco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital which included all patients between the ages of one month and 16 years presenting with fever...
2023: PloS One
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Adam Morton
Hypoglycaemia in non-diabetic pregnancy is rare, the majority of reported cases being due to insulinoma, acute fatty liver of pregnancy, malaria and inborn errors of metabolism. A case of hypoglycaemia in a woman with previous laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis insufficiency in the setting of opioid dependence is presented. The timing of low interstitial glucose levels was atypical for late dumping syndrome following bariatric surgery, and a change in the woman's glucocorticoid replacement resulted in resolution of hypoglycaemic symptoms...
June 2023: Obstetric Medicine
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REVIEW
Eliana Amaral, Deborah Money, Denise Jamieson, Dharmintra Pasupathy, David Aronoff, Bo Jacobsson, Edgar Ivan Ortiz Lizcano
Immunization strategies are part of routine pregnancy care to prevent infectious diseases in the mother, the fetus, and the newborn. Maternal immunization recommendations followed the recognition of the consequences of infectious diseases in pregnancy, including vertical transmission and perinatal consequences. The recent COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the issue of vaccination among pregnant individuals. Recommendations vary globally; however, Tdap, influenza, and, recently, COVID-19 vaccines are routinely recommended during pregnancy...
November 2023: International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Loïc Epelboin, Philippe Abboud, Karim Abdelmoumen, Frédégonde About, Antoine Adenis, Théo Blaise, Romain Blaizot, Timothée Bonifay, Morgane Bourne-Watrin, Mathilde Boutrou, Gabriel Carles, Pierre-Yves Carlier, Jean-François Carod, Luisiane Carvalho, Pierre Couppié, Bertrand De Toffol, François Delon, Magalie Demar, Justin Destoop, Maylis Douine, Jean-Pierre Droz, Narcisse Elenga, Antoine Enfissi, Yves-Kénol Franck, Alexis Fremery, Mélanie Gaillet, Hatem Kallel, Arsène Amadouhé Kpangon, Anne Lavergne, Paul Le Turnier, Lucas Maisonobe, Céline Michaud, Rémi Mutricy, Mathieu Nacher, Richard Naldjinan-Kodbaye, Margot Oberlis, Guillaume Odonne, Lindsay Osei, Jean Pujo, Sébastien Rabier, Brigitte Roman-Laverdure, Cyril Rousseau, Dominique Rousset, Nadia Sabbah, Vincent Sainte-Rose, Roxane Schaub, Karamba Sylla, Marc-Alexandre Tareau, Victor Tertre, Camille Thorey, Véronique Vialette, Gaëlle Walter, Magaly Zappa, Félix Djossou, Nicolas Vignier
Source of many myths, French Guiana represents an exceptional territory due to the richness of its biodiversity and the variety of its communities. The only European territory in Amazonia, surrounded by the Brazilian giant and the little-known Suriname, Ariane 6 rockets are launched from Kourou while 50% of the population lives below the poverty line. This paradoxical situation is a source of health problems specific to this territory, whether they be infectious diseases with unknown germs, intoxications or chronic pathologies...
March 31, 2023: Med Trop Sante Int
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Gizachew A Tessema, Tezera Moshago Berheto, Gavin Pereira, Awoke Misganaw, Yohannes Kinfu
The under-5 mortality rate is a commonly used indicator of population health and socioeconomic status worldwide. However, as in most low- and middle-income countries settings, deaths among children under-5 and in any age group in Ethiopia remain underreported and fragmented. We aimed to systematically estimate neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality trends, identify underlying causes, and make subnational (regional and chartered cities) comparisons between 1990 and 2019. We used the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD 2019) to estimate three key under-5 mortality indicators-the probability of death between the date of birth and 28 days (neonatal mortality rate, NMR), the date of birth and 1 year (infant mortality rate, IMR), and the date of birth and 5 years (under-5 mortality rate, U5MR)...
2023: PLOS Glob Public Health
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Joseph Kawuki, Elorm Donkor, Ghislaine Gatasi, Lilian Nuwabaine
BACKGROUND: In malaria-endemic countries such as Rwanda, the appropriate use of mosquito bed nets is an effective intervention for malaria prevention. Despite being one of the demographics most impacted by malaria, there is a dearth of literature on the usage of mosquito bed nets by pregnant women in Rwanda. The study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors for mosquito bed net use among pregnant women in Rwanda. METHODS: We used weighted data from the 2020 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey of 870 pregnant women, and multistage stratified sampling was used to select participants...
June 6, 2023: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Itedal Ahmed, Abdelmageed Elmugabil, Ishag Adam, Amani Almohaimeed
INTRODUCTION: There are few published data on the influence of the sex of the fetus or the newborn on the rate of malaria infection. Moreover, the results of these studies are not conclusive. This study was conducted to investigate the association between sex of the newborn and placental malaria infection. METHODS: A case-control study was conducted at Al Jabalian maternity hospital in central Sudan during the rainy and post rainy seasons from May to December 2020...
May 5, 2023: Placenta
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Bola Lukman Solanke, Rasheed Adebayo Yinusa, Olaoye James Oyeleye, Omolayo Bukola Oluwatope, Benjamin Bukky Ilesanmi, Tosin Olajide Oni
BACKGROUND: Studies in Nigeria and elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa (sSA) have explored factors influencing usage of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp). Most studies, however, are not model or theory-based, which provides less satisfactory guidance to malaria control programming. This study fills the knowledge gap by adapting Andersen's behavioral model of health care use to IPTp usage in Nigeria. METHODS: This study adopted a cross-sectional design that utilized secondary data extracted from the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS)...
May 4, 2023: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Meredith Mathieu, Véronique Lambert, Gabriel Carles, Olivier Picone, Jean-François Carod, Léo Pomar, Mathieu Nacher, Najeh Hcini
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to describe the epidemiology of intrauterine fetal deaths in multiethnic western French Guiana and to assess its main causes and risk factors. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective descriptive study was conducted based on data from January 2016 to December 2021. All information on stillbirth with a gestational age ≥20 weeks in the Western French Guiana Hospital Center was extracted. Terminations of pregnancy were excluded. We focused on medical history, clinical investigation, biological findings, placental histology, and autopsy examination to elucidate the cause of death...
June 2023: European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology: X
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Caleb Mangusho, Edson Mwebesa, Jonathan Izudi, Mary Aleni, Ratib Dricile, Richard M Ayiasi, Ismail D Legason
BACKGROUND: Malaria in pregnancy contributes to substantial morbidity and mortality among women in Uganda. However, there is limited information on the prevalence and factors associated with malaria in pregnancy among women in Arua district, northwestern Uganda. We, therefore, assessed the prevalence and factors associated with malaria in pregnancy among women attending routine antenatal care (ANC) clinics at Arua regional referral hospital in north-western Uganda. METHODS: We conducted an analytic cross-sectional study between October and December 2021...
2023: PloS One
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REVIEW
Sonja Y Hess, Aatekah Owais, Maria Elena D Jefferds, Melissa F Young, Andrew Cahill, Lisa M Rogers
Anemia is a major public health concern. Young children, menstruating adolescent girls and women, and pregnant women are among the most vulnerable. Anemia is the consequence of a wide range of causes, including biological, socioeconomic, and ecological risk factors. Primary causes include: iron deficiency; inherited red blood cell disorders; infections, such as soil-transmitted helminthiasis, schistosomiasis, and malaria; gynecological and obstetric conditions; and other chronic diseases that lead to blood loss, decreased erythropoiesis, or destruction of erythrocytes...
March 29, 2023: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Belarmina Reis-Muleva, Ana Luiza Vilela Borges, Luciane Simões Duarte, Carolina Cavalcante da Silva Dos Santos, Natália de Castro Nascimento
OBJECTIVE: To assess the quality of antenatal care and its covariates among postpartum women in Mozambique. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: The study was undertaken either at the maternity hospital or at home, in Mozambique, in 2019. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 393 women aged 18 to 49 years were interviewed immediately after giving birth. MEASUREMENTS: The quality of antenatal care was analysed based on the guidelines of the Ministry of Health of Mozambique: antenatal appointment in the first 16 weeks of gestation, 4 or more antenatal appointments, at least one laboratory test, at least 4 or more clinical-obstetric procedures, 3 doses of the prophylactic intermittent treatment for malaria, 2 doses of the tetanus vaccine, and counselling related to general health care...
January 9, 2023: Midwifery
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Nieves Jaén-Sánchez, Gloria González-Azpeitia, Cristina Carranza-Rodriguez, Anselmo Joaquim Muianganisso, Laura Vallejo Torres, José Luis Pérez-Arellano
OBJECTIVE: HIV infection and malaria have been associated with different complications during pregnancy and delivery. HIV-positive pregnant women are at increased risk for all adverse outcomes of malaria during pregnancy. The main objective was to analyze the obstetric and perinatal consequences of malaria, HIV infection and HIV/malaria coinfection in pregnant women and newborns, which has been less well evaluated. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out in the Maternity Service of the Provincial Hospital of Tete Mozambique, involving completion of a structured questionnaire that included demographic data, and information on the current pregnancy, delivery and the newborn...
December 29, 2022: Tropical Medicine & International Health
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Peter M Macharia, Noel K Joseph, Gorrette Kayondo Nalwadda, Beatrice Mwilike, Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, Lenka Benova, Olatunji Johnson
BACKGROUND: Pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) experience the highest levels of maternal mortality and stillbirths due to predominantly avoidable causes. Antenatal care (ANC) can prevent, detect, alleviate, or manage these causes. While eight ANC contacts are now recommended, coverage of the previous minimum of four visits (ANC4+) remains low and inequitable in SSA. METHODS: We modelled ANC4+ coverage and likelihood of attaining district-level target coverage of 70% across three equity stratifiers (household wealth, maternal education, and travel time to the nearest health facility) based on data from malaria indicator surveys in Kenya (2020), Uganda (2018/19) and Tanzania (2017)...
December 6, 2022: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Fhabián S Carrión-Nessi, Mercedes P Castro, Diana C Freitas-De Nobrega, Augusto Moncada-Ortega, Óscar D Omaña-Ávila, Daniela L Mendoza-Millán, María V Marcano-Rojas, Nayren J Trejo, Isabella V Virriel, Melynar Chavero, Natasha A Camejo-Ávila, Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales, David A Forero-Peña
BACKGROUND: In low- and middle-income countries, pregnant women and newborns are more vulnerable to adverse outcomes from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, in Venezuela, there are no integrated data in a national surveillance system to identify the clinical-epidemiological characteristics and maternal-foetal outcomes of pregnant women hospitalised with COVID-19. METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted among Venezuelan pregnant women hospitalised with COVID-19 seen at the "Ruiz y Páez" University Hospital Complex and the San Cristobal Central Hospital between June 2020 and September 2021...
December 5, 2022: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Stephen Kalu, Laurent Cleenewerck, Kabiru AbuBakar Gulma, Devender Bhalla
OBJECTIVE: We assessed knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding two malaria prevention measures (long-lasting impregnated mosquito nets, LLINs, and intermittent preventative therapy with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP)) among pregnant women in Nigeria. METHODS: Pregnant women selected from among the four communities of Nnewi were interviewed by using a semistructured, interviewer-administered questionnaire on the respondents' demography, knowledge of the cause, consequences, and malaria prevention methods...
2022: Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jean Claude Biteghe-Bi-Essone, Roméo Karl Imboumy-Limoukou, Jean Jordan Ekogha-Ovono, Sydney Maghendji-Nzondo, Pater Noster Sir-Ondo-Enguier, Lydie Sandrine Oyegue, Jean Bernard Lekana-Douki
BACKGROUND: Evaluating malaria control strategies for pregnant women is essential. The objective of this study was to determine the factors influencing antenatal care (ANC) visit attendance, complete intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) and its impact on the health of pregnant women and their newborn babies living in semi-urban and rural areas of southeastern Gabon. METHODS: This transversal study was performed at the Centre Hospitalier Régional Paul Moukambi de Koula-Moutou (CHRPMK)...
November 4, 2022: Malaria Journal
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tatsuhiko Kubo, Odgerel Chimed-Ochir, Matchecane Cossa, Isse Ussene, Yoshiki Toyokuni, Yui Yumiya, Ryoma Kayano, Flavio Salio
INTRODUCTION: During a disaster, comprehensive, accurate, timely, and standardized health data collection is needed to improve patient care and support effective responses. In 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) developed the Emergency Medical Team (EMT) Minimum Data Set (MDS) as an international standard for data collection in the context of disasters and public health emergencies. The EMT MDS was formally activated for the first time in 2019 during the response to Cyclone Idai in Mozambique...
November 3, 2022: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Elizabeth Ayebare, Claudia Hanson, Jolly Nankunda, Anna Hjelmstedt, Rebecca Nantanda, Wibke Jonas, James K Tumwine, Grace Ndeezi
BACKGROUND: Birth asphyxia is one of the leading causes of neonatal mortality worldwide. In Uganda, it accounts for 28.9% of all neonatal deaths. With a view to inform policy and practice interventions to reduce adverse neonatal outcomes, we aimed to determine the prevalence and factors associated with birth asphyxia at two referral hospitals in Northern Uganda. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study, involving women who gave birth at two referral hospitals. Women in labour were consecutively enrolled by the research assistants, who also attended the births and determined Apgar scores...
October 12, 2022: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Nigel Rossiter
Trauma has been described as "The forgotten pandemic" (Rossiter in Int Orthop 46:3-11, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-021055213-z ) or "The hidden pandemic" (Graham SM, Laubscher M, Lalloo DG, Harrison WJ, Maqungo S in The Surg, 20, 231-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2021.04.005 , 2022). If you add all deaths and disability from all contagious disease including: HIV, TB, malaria and COVID-19 these do not come close to the numbers affected annually from trauma/injury (Rossiter in Int Orthop 46:3-11, 2022; Annual deaths from the WHO Global Health Observatory (25); in: Preventing Injuries and Violence: A Guide for Ministries of Health, WHO, Geneva, 26)...
April 2023: European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology: Orthopédie Traumatologie
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