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Home birth attendants in low income countries: who are they and what do they do?Ana Garces
IMSALUD, Guatemala City, Guatemala
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 12:34. 2012..Nearly half the world's babies are born at home. We sought to evaluate the training, knowledge, skills, and access to medical equipment and testing for home birth attendants across 7 international sites...- Classifying perinatal mortality using verbal autopsy: is there a role for nonphysicians?Cyril Engmann
Departments of Pediatrics and Maternal Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Popul Health Metr 9:42. 2011..abstract:.. - Complementary feeding: a Global Network cluster randomized controlled trialNancy F Krebs
University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, USA
BMC Pediatr 11:4. 2011..Animal source foods in particular are cited as essential to achieve micronutrient requirements. The efficacy of the recommendation for regular meat consumption, however, has not been systematically evaluated... 
The Alabama Preterm Birth Study: diffuse decidual leukocytoclastic necrosis of the decidua basalis, a placental lesion associated with preeclampsia, indicated preterm birth and decreased fetal growthRobert L Goldenberg
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, USA
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 20:391-5. 2007....
Lessons for low-income regions following the reduction in hypertension-related maternal mortality in high-income countriesRobert L Goldenberg
Drexel University College of Medicine, PA19102, USA
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 113:91-5. 2011..To evaluate pre-eclampsia/eclampsia-associated maternal mortality in high-income countries to understand better the potential improvements in pre-eclampsia/eclampsia-related mortality in low-income countries...- Stillbirths: the vision for 2020Robert L Goldenberg
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
Lancet 377:1798-805. 2011.... - Low birth weight in the United StatesRobert L Goldenberg
Drexel University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 85:584S-590S. 2007..The substantial improvement in newborn survival in the United States over the past several decades is mostly due to better access to improved neonatal care for low-birth-weight infants... - Epidemiology and causes of preterm birthRobert L Goldenberg
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
Lancet 371:75-84. 2008..A short cervical length and a raised cervical-vaginal fetal fibronectin concentration are the strongest predictors of spontaneous preterm birth... - Infection-related stillbirthsRobert L Goldenberg
Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
Lancet 375:1482-90. 2010..Research that better defines the relation between these infections and stillbirths, and develops strategies to reduce associated adverse outcomes, should play an important part in reduction of stillbirths in low-income countries... - Women's perceptions regarding the safety of births at various gestational agesRobert L Goldenberg
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, USA
Obstet Gynecol 114:1254-8. 2009..To estimate women's understanding of the definition of full term and the gestational age at which it is safe to deliver an otherwise healthy pregnancy... - The Alabama Preterm Birth Study: umbilical cord blood Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis cultures in very preterm newborn infantsRobert L Goldenberg
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 198:43.e1-5. 2008.... - The Alabama Preterm Birth study: polymorphonuclear and mononuclear cell placental infiltrations, other markers of inflammation, and outcomes in 23- to 32-week preterm newborn infantsWilliam W Andrews
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35233 1602, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 195:803-8. 2006..The purpose of this study was to better understand the relationship between placental polymorphonuclear and mononuclear cell infiltrations with bacterial cultures, markers of inflammation, and preterm outcomes... - Fetal fibronectin and adverse infant outcomes in a predominantly human immunodeficiency virus-infected African population: a randomized controlled trialRobert L Goldenberg
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1500 6th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
Obstet Gynecol 109:392-401. 2007..To evaluate the relationship between fetal fibronectin and preterm birth and maternal-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in an African population of predominantly HIV-infected women... - A prospective masked observational study of uterine contraction frequency in twinsRoger B Newman
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 195:1564-70. 2006..Neither maximum am or pm contraction frequency predicted spontaneous preterm birth less than 35 weeks' gestation in twin pregnancies... - The Alabama Preterm Birth Study: intrauterine infection and placental histologic findings in preterm births of males and females less than 32 weeksRobert L Goldenberg
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233 1602, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 195:1533-7. 2006..The objective of the study was to determine whether there are differences in the placental histology and various markers of infection/inflammation between preterm male and female fetuses... - HPTN 024 study: histologic chorioamnionitis, antibiotics and adverse infant outcomes in a predominantly HIV-1-infected African populationRobert L Goldenberg
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233 1602, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 195:1065-74. 2006..Histologic chorioamnionitis has been associated with preterm birth and low birthweight. Our goal was to evaluate the relationship between polymorphonuclear cell and mononuclear cell placental infiltrations and adverse infant outcomes... - Treatment of trichomoniasis in pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa does not appear to be associated with low birth weight or preterm birthElizabeth Stringer
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
S Afr Med J 100:58-64. 2010..To determine whether treatment of trichomoniasis increases the risk of prematurity... - The Alabama Preterm Birth Project: placental histology in recurrent spontaneous and indicated preterm birthRobert L Goldenberg
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233 1602, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 195:792-6. 2006..For unknown reasons, a previous preterm birth (PTB) is a major risk factor for PTB in the current pregnancy. Our goal is to evaluate placental histology for clues related to the recurrent nature of PTB... - Incident smoking during pregnancy and the postpartum period in a low-income urban populationDavid A Webb
Department of Adolescent Medicine, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, 3535 Market St, Ste 880, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Public Health Rep 126:50-9. 2011..We determined the prevalence of first lifetime use of cigarettes during pregnancy or in the early postpartum period (incident smoking) and identified sociodemographic and health-related characteristics of incident smokers... - Midtrimester amniotic fluid matrix metalloproteinase-8 (MMP-8) levels above the 90th percentile are a marker for subsequent preterm premature rupture of membranesJoseph R Biggio
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 192:109-13. 2005.... - Longitudinal trajectory of bacterial vaginosis during pregnancyThaddeus P Waters
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 199:431.e1-5. 2008..This study was undertaken to characterize the course of bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy and to discern the bacterial morphotypes responsible for infection... - Impact of interconception antibiotics on the endometrial microbial floraAlan T N Tita
Center for Women s Reproductive Health, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 196:226.e1-6. 2007..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of an interconception antibiotic regimen on endometrial microbial flora and histologic type... - Elevated midtrimester α-fetoprotein and delivery markers of inflammation in a preterm populationMonique Ho
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 25:2424-7. 2012..Determine whether elevated second trimester maternal serum α-fetoprotein (AFP) is associated with clinical and histopathologic markers of inflammation at preterm delivery... - Interconceptional antibiotics to prevent spontaneous preterm birth: a randomized clinical trialWilliam W Andrews
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Research in Women's Health, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 194:617-23. 2006.... - What we have learned from an antibiotic trial in fetal fibronectin positive womenWilliam W Andrews
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Research in Womens Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35249 7333, USA
Semin Perinatol 27:231-8. 2003.... - The Alabama preterm birth study: corticosteroids and neonatal outcomes in 23- to 32-week newborns with various markers of intrauterine infectionRobert L Goldenberg
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Brimingham, 35233 1602, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 195:1020-4. 2006..Our goal was to determine if CS given prenatally to enhance fetal maturity were harmful to infants with various indications of intrauterine infection... - Differences in inflammatory cytokine and Toll-like receptor genes and bacterial vaginosis in pregnancyAlice R Goepfert
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 193:1478-85. 2005..This study was undertaken to estimate the frequency of inflammatory cytokine and Toll-like receptor gene polymorphisms in women with and without bacterial vaginosis (BV) in pregnancy... - The International Infections in Pregnancy (IIP) study: variations in the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis and distribution of morphotypes in vaginal smears among pregnant womenJorge E Tolosa
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University for The Global Network for Perinatal and Reproductive Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 195:1198-204. 2006..The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis and the distribution of associated morphotypes among asymptomatic pregnant women in different countries... - Endometrial microbial colonization and plasma cell endometritis after spontaneous or indicated preterm versus term deliveryWilliam W Andrews
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Research in Women's Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 193:739-45. 2005..Therefore, chronic infection and inflammation of the endometrium (documented at 3 months postpartum) do not appear to be risk factors for subsequent delivery in women with a prior spontaneous delivery less than 34 weeks' gestation... - The HPTN 024 Study: the efficacy of antibiotics to prevent chorioamnionitis and preterm birthRobert L Goldenberg
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 194:650-61. 2006..The use of antibiotics to prevent preterm birth has achieved mixed results. Our goal in this study was to determine if antibiotics given prenatally and during labor reduce the incidence of preterm birth and histologic chorioamnionitis... - Perceptions toward HIV, HIV screening, and the use of antiretroviral medications: a survey of maternity-based health care providers in ZambiaBenjamin H Chi
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Int J STD AIDS 15:685-90. 2004..Among those never prescribing ART, most cited a lack of availability (83%). Our results highlight the need for further provider education, critical appraisal of the current system for HIV testing, and widespread distribution of ART... - Use of vaginal polymorphonuclear to epithelial cell ratios for the prediction of preterm birthPatrick S Ramsey
Center for Research in Women s Health, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35249 7333, USA
Obstet Gynecol 105:139-44. 2005..To compare the use of midtrimester vaginal polymorphonuclear cell (PMN) counts on Gram-stain preparations with PMN to epithelial cell (EPI) ratios for the prediction of subsequent spontaneous preterm birth... - Frequency of uterine contractions in asymptomatic pregnant women with or without a short cervix on transvaginal ultrasound scanVincenzo Berghella
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 191:1253-6. 2004.... - Uterine contraction frequency before and after successful tocolytic therapy for preterm uterine contractionsRoger B Newman
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas Street, Suite 634, P O Box 250619, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Reprod Med 48:843-9. 2003..To examine the association between prelabor uterine contraction frequency (UCF) and the success of tocolytic therapy for preterm labor (PTL)... - Umbilical cord plasma interleukin-6 concentrations in preterm infants and risk of neonatal morbidityAlice R Goepfert
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Research in Women's Health, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 191:1375-81. 2004..Elevated IL-6 levels are associated with an increased risk for SIRS, PVL, and NEC in infants born at less than 32 weeks' gestation... - Primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions to reduce the morbidity and mortality of preterm birthJay D Iams
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
Lancet 371:164-75. 2008..Advances in primary and secondary care, following strategies used for other complex health problems, such as cervical cancer, will be needed to prevent prematurity-related illness in infants and children... - Prevention of preterm birthJeffrey M Denney
University of Utah, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Womens Health (Lond Engl) 4:625-38. 2008..The most pressing need is to better define the populations of pregnant women for whom these and other interventions will effectively reduce preterm birth... - The relationship of intrapartum and antepartum stillbirth rates to measures of obstetric care in developed and developing countriesRobert L Goldenberg
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 86:1303-9. 2007..The objective of this study was to explore the relationship between intrapartum and antepartum stillbirths and various measures of obstetric care in developing and developed countries... - Choriodecidual infection and preterm birthRobert L Goldenberg
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 35249-7333, USA
Nutr Rev 60:S19-25. 2002..Results of treatment trials to eradicate the infection and reduce preterm birth have been mixed... - What we have learned regarding antibiotic therapy for the reduction of infant morbidity after preterm premature rupture of the membranesBrian M Mercer
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
Semin Perinatol 27:217-30. 2003..The use and limitations of ultrasound and vaginally collected amniotic fluid pulmonary maturity assessment are discussed... - Variation in vaginal immune parameters and microbial hydrolytic enzymes in bacterial vaginosis positive pregnant women with and without Mobiluncus speciesJennifer F Culhane
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 195:516-21. 2006.... - Recruitment and retention of women in a large randomized control trial to reduce repeat preterm births: the Philadelphia Collaborative Preterm Prevention ProjectDavid A Webb
Department of Adolescent Medicine, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, 3535 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
BMC Med Res Methodol 10:88. 2010..Data are reported for the Philadelphia Collaborative Preterm Prevention Project (PCPPP), a large RCT targeting risk factors for repeat preterm births among women who previously delivered premature (< 35 weeks gestation) infants... - The preterm birth syndrome: issues to consider in creating a classification systemRobert L Goldenberg
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 206:113-8. 2012.... - Clinical algorithms for the identification of sick newborns in community-based settingsBeena D Kamath-Rayne
Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
Acta Paediatr 101:344-51. 2012.... - Racial disparities in preterm birthJennifer F Culhane
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Semin Perinatol 35:234-9. 2011.... - Two decades of the safe motherhood initiative: time for another wooden spoon award?Alan T N Tita
Center for Women s Reproductive Health and Maternal Fetal Medicine Division, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA
Obstet Gynecol 110:972-6. 2007.... - Poverty, maternal health, and adverse pregnancy outcomesN Tanya Nagahawatte
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University College of Medicine, 245 N 15th St, 17th Floor, Rm 17113, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1136:80-5. 2008..We present some of the potential mechanisms that explain the association between these characteristics and adverse pregnancy outcomes--focusing on preterm birth... - Maternal infection and adverse fetal and neonatal outcomesRobert L Goldenberg
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1500 6th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
Clin Perinatol 32:523-59. 2005..Bacterial vaginosis and its associated intrauterine infections likely contribute far more to the overall burden of adverse pregnancy outcomes than the more classical perinatal infections such as rubella and syphilis... - Variation in Nugent score and leukocyte count in fluid collected from different vaginal sitesJennifer F Culhane
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, USA
Obstet Gynecol 105:120-3. 2005..To assess the variability in Nugent score and leukocyte count measured in vaginal secretions collected from 3 vaginal sites... - Randomized clinical trial of extended spectrum antibiotic prophylaxis with coverage for Ureaplasma urealyticum to reduce post-cesarean delivery endometritisWilliam W Andrews
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Research in Women s Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35249 7333, USA
Obstet Gynecol 101:1183-9. 2003..To determine if extended spectrum prophylactic antibiotic treatment (with efficacy against Ureaplasma urealyticum) reduces post-cesarean delivery clinical endometritis... - Comparison of two strategies for administering nevirapine to prevent perinatal HIV transmission in high-prevalence, resource-poor settingsJeffrey S A Stringer
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 32:506-13. 2003.... - Smoking cessation in pregnancy: why, how, and what nextJulie T Crawford
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
Clin Obstet Gynecol 51:419-35. 2008..The risks and benefits of nicotine replacement therapy in heavy smokers and bupropion are discussed. Data on fetal risk are not yet available for Varenicline... - The infectious origins of stillbirthRobert L Goldenberg
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 189:861-73. 2003..However, in certain developing countries, the stillbirth rate is so high and the infection-related component so great that achieving a substantial reduction in stillbirth should be possible simply by reducing maternal infections... - What we have learned about the predictors of preterm birthRobert L Goldenberg
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Birmingham, AL 35233 1602, USA
Semin Perinatol 27:185-93. 2003.... - The plausibility of micronutrient deficiency in relationship to perinatal infectionRobert L Goldenberg
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
J Nutr 133:1645S-1648S. 2003..There is therefore no question that a plausible relationship exists between micronutrient deficiency and infection-mediated adverse pregnancy outcomes. However, proof of this relationship is generally not available... - Periodontal disease and upper genital tract inflammation in early spontaneous preterm birthAlice R Goepfert
The Center for Research in Women s Health and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 619 19th Street, Birmingham, AL 35249 7333, USA
Obstet Gynecol 104:777-83. 2004..To estimate the relationship between maternal periodontal disease and both early spontaneous preterm birth and selected markers of upper genital tract inflammation... - Racial disparities in the association of foetal growth retardation to childhood blood pressureStephen G Rostand
Division of Nephrology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
Nephrol Dial Transplant 20:1592-7. 2005..For this reason we re-examined the role of FGR in childhood blood pressure... - Infection as a cause of preterm birthRobert L Goldenberg
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1500 6th Avenue S, CRWH 379, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
Clin Perinatol 30:677-700. 2003..Research must also address the question of individual susceptibility to infections and the influence of other exposures that may moderate the association between infection and preterm birth... - Serum homocysteine levels after preterm premature rupture of the membranesEric J Knudtson
Am J Obstet Gynecol 191:537-41. 2004..0 (.9-1.1); P =.99. CONCLUSION: Women presenting with PPROM did not have significantly increased serum homocysteine levels when compared with control women... - Personal risk perception, HIV knowledge and risk avoidance behavior, and their relationships to actual HIV serostatus in an urban African obstetric populationElizabeth M Stringer
Schools of Medicine and Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 35:60-6. 2004..Before significant inroads can be made in decreasing the incidence of HIV infection among pregnant women, population-based strategies that involve men must be implemented... - Obstetrician-gynecologists' knowledge of preterm birth frequency and risk factorsMaria A Morgan
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Washington, DC 20024, USA
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 20:895-901. 2007..To assess obstetrician-gynecologists' knowledge of preterm birth, including prevalence, risk factors, and utility of various tests in predicting increased risk... - Anemia prevalence and risk factors in pregnant women in an urban area of PakistanNaila Baig-Ansari
Program in International and Community Nutrition, Room 3252, Myer Hall, One Shields Ave, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Food Nutr Bull 29:132-9. 2008..Anemia affects almost two-thirds of pregnant women in developing countries and contributes to maternal morbidity and mortality and to low birthweight... - Periodontal disease and preterm birth: results of a pilot intervention studyMarjorie K Jeffcoat
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry, Birmingham, AL, USA
J Periodontol 74:1214-8. 2003..The goal of this pilot trial was to determine the feasibility of conducting a trial to determine whether treatment of periodontitis reduces the risk of spontaneous preterm birth (SPTB)... - Timing of the maternal drug dose and risk of perinatal HIV transmission in the setting of intrapartum and neonatal single-dose nevirapineJeffrey S A Stringer
Schools of Medicine and Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
AIDS 17:1659-65. 2003..Single-dose intrapartum and neonatal nevirapine (NVP) reduces perinatal HIV transmission and is in increasingly common use throughout the developing world... - Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Africa: successes and challenges in scaling-up a nevirapine-based program in Lusaka, ZambiaElizabeth M Stringer
School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
AIDS 17:1377-82. 2003..Patient attrition and non-adherence represented a major source of program inefficiency, which requires to be systematically addressed... - Effect of zinc supplementation of pregnant women on the mental and psychomotor development of their children at 5 y of ageTsunenobu Tamura
Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 77:1512-6. 2003..A negative effect of prenatal zinc deficiency on brain function has been well established in experimental animals, but this association in humans is controversial... - Some thoughts on body mass index, micronutrient intakes and pregnancy outcomeYasmin Neggers
University of Alabama, Department of Human Nutrition, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA
J Nutr 133:1737S-1740S. 2003..Maternal micronutrient status may partially mediate plasma volume expansion in pregnancy. Therefore, improving maternal micronutrient status may reduce adverse outcomes through this mechanism... - Maternal prepregnancy body mass index and psychomotor development in childrenYasmin H Neggers
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 82:235-40. 2003..We hypothesized that low maternal body mass index (BMI) would predict worse neurodevelopmental status in children, while higher maternal BMIs would be associated with better neurodevelopmental outcomes... - The Preterm Prediction Study: the value of serum alkaline phosphatase, alpha-fetoprotein, plasma corticotropin-releasing hormone, and other serum markers for the prediction of spontaneous preterm birthAtef H Moawad
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Unit Network, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 186:990-6. 2002..Elevated corticotropin-releasing hormone levels at 28 weeks are associated with spontaneous preterm birth at <35 weeks... - Morbidity and mortality among a cohort of human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected and uninfected pregnant women and their infants from Malawi, Zambia, and TanzaniaDavid Chilongozi
University of North Carolina Project, Lilongwe, Malawi
Pediatr Infect Dis J 27:808-14. 2008..Morbidity and mortality patterns among pregnant women and their infants (before antiretroviral therapy was widely available) determines HIV-1 diagnostic, monitoring, and care interventions... - Obstetrician-gynecologists' screening and management of preterm birthMaria A Morgan
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Washington, DC 20024, USA
Obstet Gynecol 112:35-41. 2008..To define obstetrician-gynecologists' screening for potential preterm birth risk factors and interventions they use when indicators suggest the patient may be at increased risk... - Employment of off-duty staff: a strategy to meet the human resource needs for a large PMTCT program in ZambiaBenjamin H Chi
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 40:381-2. 2005 - Preterm birth and periodontal diseaseRobert L Goldenberg
N Engl J Med 355:1925-7. 2006 - Cost and enrollment implications of targeting different source population for an HIV treatment programBenjamin H Chi
Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 40:350-5. 2005..Rapid scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a worldwide priority, and ambitious targets for numbers on ART have been set. Antenatal clinics (ANCs) and tuberculosis (TB) clinics have been targeted as entry points into HIV care... - Arrested preterm labor: do the data support home or hospital care?Robert L Goldenberg
Obstet Gynecol 106:3-5. 2005 - Influence of body mass index on pregnancy outcomes among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected Zambian womenYolan Banda
School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
Trop Med Int Health 12:856-61. 2007..To determine the influence of body mass index (BMI) on pregnancy outcomes of HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected Zambian women and to assess the possible role of BMI on mother-to-child transmission rate of HIV... - Individual-level predictors for HIV testing among antenatal attendees in Lusaka, ZambiaSara Thierman
University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA
Am J Med Sci 332:13-7. 2006..Because individual-level characteristics were only weakly predictive of HIV testing, future work should concentrate on community-level factors... - Stillbirths in an urban community in PakistanImtiaz Jehan
Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Am J Obstet Gynecol 197:257.e1-8. 2007..The purpose of this study was to determine stillbirth risk factors and gestational age at delivery in a prospective developing country birth cohort... - Clinical trial of interconceptional antibiotics to prevent preterm birth: subgroup analyses and possible adverse antibiotic-microbial interactionAlan T N Tita
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Maternal Fetal Medicine Division and Center for Women s Reproductive Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 197:367.e1-6. 2007.... - Biochemical markers for the prediction of preterm birthRobert L Goldenberg
The Center for Research in Women's Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 192:S36-46. 2005..We emphasize that a test for any of these substances should not be introduced into clinical practice until the use of the test, which is followed by an appropriate intervention, leads to a reduction in preterm birth... - The Preterm Prediction Study: association between maternal body mass index and spontaneous and indicated preterm birthIsrael Hendler
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 192:882-6. 2005..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between prepregnancy maternal body mass index and spontaneous preterm birth and indicated preterm birth... - Predictors of stillbirth in sub-saharan AfricaBenjamin H Chi
Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
Obstet Gynecol 110:989-97. 2007..To describe the incidence and predictors of stillbirth in a predominantly human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected African cohort... - Prepregnancy health status and the risk of preterm deliveryRobert L Goldenberg
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159:89-90. 2005 - Frequency of uterine contractions and the risk of spontaneous preterm deliveryJay D Iams
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Ohio State University, Columbus 43210-1228, USA
N Engl J Med 346:250-5. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: Although the likelihood of preterm delivery increases with an increased frequency of uterine contractions, measurement of this frequency is not clinically useful for predicting preterm delivery... - Obstetrician-gynecologists' practices regarding preterm birth at the limit of viabilityMaria A Morgan
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Washington, DC 20024, USA
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 21:115-21. 2008..To assess obstetrician-gynecologists' judgments of gestational age of viability and earliest age of medical intervention for preterm delivery, and to associate these practice decisions with physician characteristics... - Effectiveness of a city-wide program to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in Lusaka, ZambiaJeffrey Sa Stringer
Schools of Medicine and Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
AIDS 19:1309-15. 2005..To determine the population effectiveness of a city-wide perinatal HIV prevention program... - Nutritional indicators of adverse pregnancy outcomes and mother-to-child transmission of HIV among HIV-infected womenSaurabh Mehta
Department of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 87:1639-49. 2008..Poor nutrition may be associated with mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV and other adverse pregnancy outcomes... - Correlates of syphilis seroreactivity among pregnant women: the HIVNET 024 Trial in Malawi, Tanzania, and ZambiaDara Potter
School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Sex Transm Dis 33:604-9. 2006..Younger HIV-infected women were at highest risk. Universal integrated antenatal HIV and syphilis screening and treatment is essential in sub-Saharan African settings...