Comparison of maternal and newborn outcomes of Tibetan and Han Chinese delivering in Lhasa, TibetSuellen Miller
Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
J Obstet Gynaecol Res 34:986-93. 2008
..To compare maternal and neonatal outcomes of Tibetan and Han Chinese women delivering vaginally at high altitude (3650 meters) in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China...
A comparative study of the non-pneumatic anti-shock garment for the treatment of obstetric hemorrhage in NigeriaSuellen Miller
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California 94105, USA
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 107:121-5. 2009
..To determine whether the non-pneumatic anti-shock garment (NASG) can improve maternal outcome...
- A comparative study of the non-pneumatic anti-shock garment for the treatment of obstetric hemorrhage in Egypt
Suellen Miller
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 109:20-4. 2010
..To assess the impact of the non-pneumatic anti-shock garment (NASG) on maternal outcome following severe obstetric hemorrhage...
- Anti-shock garment in postpartum haemorrhage
Suellen Miller
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, 50 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 22:1057-74. 2008
..Instructions and an algorithm for ASGs in haemorrhage and shock management are included. Much remains unknown about the NASG, a promising intervention for obstetric haemorrhage management...
- Can the Non-pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment (NASG) reduce adverse maternal outcomes from postpartum hemorrhage? Evidence from Egypt and Nigeria
Mohammed Mourad-Youssif
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Reprod Health 7:24. 2010
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- Randomized double masked trial of Zhi Byed 11, a Tibetan traditional medicine, versus misoprostol to prevent postpartum hemorrhage in Lhasa, Tibet
Suellen Miller
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, 50 Beale St, Ste 1200, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
J Midwifery Womens Health 54:133-141.e1. 2009
..03). The rate of combined outcome was significantly lower among women receiving misoprostol. However, other indices of obstetric hemorrhage were not significantly different...
- Maternal and neonatal outcomes of hospital vaginal deliveries in Tibet
S Miller
Women s Global Health Imperative, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 98:217-21. 2007
..To determine the outcomes of vaginal deliveries in three study hospitals in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), People's Republic of China (PRC), at high altitude (3650 m)...
- Obstetric hemorrhage and shock management: using the low technology Non-pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment in Nigerian and Egyptian tertiary care facilities
Suellen Miller
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 10:64. 2010
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Nurses in low resource settings save mothers' lives with non-pneumatic anti-shock garmentFarah Kausar
Safe Motherhood Program, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs 37:308-16. 2012
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- Informed Consent in cross-cultural perspective: clinical research in the Tibetan Autonomous Region, PRC
Vincanne Adams
Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Cult Med Psychiatry 31:445-72. 2007
..The findings suggest greater need for flexibility and cooperation in establishing Informed Consent protocols across cultures and nations...
- Positive effects of the non-pneumatic anti-shock garment on delays in accessing care for postpartum and postabortion hemorrhage in Egypt and Nigeria
Janet Turan
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 20:91-8. 2011
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- Cross-sectional analysis of factors associated with prior contraceptive use among hospitalized obstetric patients in Kabul, Afghanistan
Catherine S Todd
Division of International Health and Cross Cultural Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Contraception 78:249-56. 2008
..This study was conducted to assess prevalence and correlates of prior contraceptive use among hospitalized obstetric patients in Kabul, Afghanistan...
- How to make consent informed: possible lessons from Tibet
Suellen Miller
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, USA
IRB 29:7-14. 2007
- HIV/AIDS stigma and refusal of HIV testing among pregnant women in rural Kenya: results from the MAMAS Study
Janet M Turan
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California San Francisco, 50 Beale St, Suite 1200, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
AIDS Behav 15:1111-20. 2011
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- The challenge of cross-cultural clinical trials research: case report from the Tibetan Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China
Vincanne Adams
Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine University of California, San Francisco, USA
Med Anthropol Q 19:267-89. 2005
..It explores strategies of negotiation and translation in and around notions of the scientific method, informed consent procedures, randomization, blinding, placebo, and concepts of medical standardization...
- Having a "safe delivery": conflicting views from Tibet
Vincanne Adams
Department of Anthropology, History, and Social Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Health Care Women Int 26:821-51. 2005
..Our work also provides an example of the benefits and challenges that arise when ethnographic research methods are used to design and implement health care interventions...
- How perceptions of HIV-related stigma affect decision-making regarding childbirth in rural Kenya
José S Medema-Wijnveen
University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
PLoS ONE 7:e51492. 2012
..We explored relationships between women's perceptions of HIV-related stigma and their attitudes and intentions regarding facility-based childbirth...
- Barriers to adolescents' getting emergency contraception through pharmacy access in California: differences by language and region
Olivia Sampson
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco, CA, USA
Perspect Sex Reprod Health 41:110-8. 2009
..Timely access to the method is critical to reduce the rate of unintended pregnancy among adolescents, particularly Latinas...
- Abortion and postabortion care: ethical, legal, and policy issues in developing countries
Suellen Miller
Women s Global Health Imperative, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
J Midwifery Womens Health 50:341-3. 2005
..The policy has an adverse impact on women's access to safe care. The provision of comprehensive postabortion care, not restricted by the Mexico City Policy, is the key to preventing abortion-related morbidity and mortality...
- Prevention and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage: new advances for low-resource settings
Suellen Miller
Women s Global Health Imperative, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
J Midwifery Womens Health 49:283-92. 2004
..New directions for clinical and operations research are suggested...
- Effects of HIV/AIDS on maternity care providers in Kenya
Janet M Turan
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 37:588-95. 2008
..To explore the impact of HIV/AIDS on maternity care providers in labor and delivery in a high HIV-prevalence setting in sub-Saharan Africa...
- Perineal injury in nulliparous women giving birth at a community hospital: reduced risk in births attended by certified nurse-midwives
Maureen Browne
Department of Genetics, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, 280 West MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94611, USA
J Midwifery Womens Health 55:243-9. 2010
..Our objective was to determine if there is a difference in rates of perineal injury sustained by nulliparous women attended by obstetricians compared with certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) at a US community hospital...
- Acceptance of a new technology for management of obstetric hemorrhage: a qualitative study from rural Mexico
Karla Berdichevsky
The Population Council, Mexico Office, Morelos 21, Del Carmen Coyoacan, Mexico City, Mexico
Health Care Women Int 31:444-57. 2010
..Overall, there were positive reactions to the garment as a relevant technology for saving women's lives. Findings will be used for future implementation of the garment and other new technologies...
- Obstetric fistula: a preventable tragedy
Suellen Miller
Women s Global Health Imperative, University of California San Francisco, 74 New Montgomery Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94105 3444, USA
J Midwifery Womens Health 50:286-94. 2005
..Moreover, effective surgical techniques for fistula repair are available in some settings and should be expanded to reach those in need. Midwives can play a key role in the prevention and treatment of this tragic obstetric complication...
- The tibetan uterotonic zhi byed 11: mechanisms of action, efficacy, and historical use for postpartum hemorrhage
Rebecca Lynn Coelius
School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 50 Beale Street, Suite 1200, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 2012:794164. 2012
..Discussion. ZB11 and its ingredients are candidates for potentially effective uterotonics, especially in low-resource settings. Further research is warranted to understand the mechanisms of action and synergy between ingredients...
- Misoprostol and declining abortion-related morbidity in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: a temporal association
Suellen Miller
Women's Global Health Imperative, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94105-3444, USA
BJOG 112:1291-6. 2005
..It remains plausible that the use of misoprostol contributed to the reduction...
- Seroprevalence and correlates of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B and C virus among intrapartum patients in Kabul, Afghanistan
Catherine S Todd
Division of International Health and Cross Cultural Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
BMC Infect Dis 8:119. 2008
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- Advanced practice clinicians' interest in providing medical abortion: results of a California survey
Ann C Hwang
Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Perspect Sex Reprod Health 37:92-7. 2005
..Perceived barriers to providing medical abortion are amenable to change. Policies and programs are needed to ensure that interested, committed clinicians can overcome barriers to providing medical abortion for their patients...
