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  1. Preventing infection in primary sutured perineal tears after childbirth is crucial to avoid systemic antibiotic use and potential complications from poor healing. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy o...

    Authors: K. Sonnichsen, P-E. Isberg, J. Elers, M. Zaigham and Nana Wiberg
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2025 11:13
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  2. The global neonatal mortality rate is due to miss the third Sustainable Development Goal of 12 deaths per 100 live births by 2030. However, medical devices can play a crucial role in improving the quality of c...

    Authors: Oliver Norton, Prashant Jha, Seke Kazuma, Mumbi Lupupa and Esther Mmwamba
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2025 11:12
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  3. Umbilical vein catheterization is relatively straightforward procedure because the vein is easily recognized as a single, large, thin-walled vessel. However, anomalies of the umbilical vessels, such as the mul...

    Authors: Paola Papoff, Benedetto D’Agostino, Antonella Bitti, Valentina Pennetta, Valeria Avarino and Elena Caresta
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2025 11:11
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  4. Stillbirth is one of the biggest adverse pregnancy outcomes in countries with low and middle incomes. If current trends continue, 15.9 million babies will be stillborn; nearly half of these (7.7 million, or 48...

    Authors: Alebachew Ferede Zegeye, Enyew Getaneh Mekonen, Tadesse Tarik Tamir, Berhan Tekeba, Tewodros Getaneh Alemu, Mohammed Seid Ali, Almaz Tefera Gonete, Alemneh Tadesse Kassie, Mulugeta Wassie and Belayneh Shetie Workneh
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2025 11:10
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  5. Thyroid disorders rank as the second most common endocrine abnormalities during pregnancy, posing significant challenges for clinical diagnosis due to overlapping symptoms with normal pregnancy. Thyroid hormon...

    Authors: Mohammed Ashraf Puthiyachirakal, Maeve Hopkins, Tala AlNatsheh and Anirudha Das
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2025 11:9
    Content type: Review Published on:

  6. Stillbirth is still a major public health problem in middle- and low-income countries. However, there has been limited research conducted to identify determinants of stillbirth in Ethiopia. Therefore, this stu...

    Authors: Ayal Gizachew Melaku, Mengistu Abebe Messelu, Mulunesh Alemayehu, Tadesse Yirga Akalu, Gashaw Kerebeh, Roza Belayneh Dessalegn and Moges Agazhe
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2025 11:7
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  7. Mevalonate kinase deficiency is an inherited autoinflammatory disorder that can present with a wide clinical spectrum, ranging from mild forms with recurrent episodes of fever, lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly an...

    Authors: Henrike Hoermann, Julia Franzel, Juliane Tautz, Prasad T. Oommen, Elke Lainka, Ertan Mayatepek and Thomas Hoehn
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2025 11:8
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  9. Preterm infants experience excessive insensible water loss in postnatal period. Established practices like cling film might not be sufficient alone in reducing this loss. Being expensive, humidified incubators...

    Authors: Sreetama Das, Somnath Pal and Syamal Sardar
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2025 11:5
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  10. Telemedicine interventions, while promising for enhancing healthcare access, require an evaluation of feasibility and acceptability to inform field implementation. This qualitative study explored the acceptabi...

    Authors: Laban Bikorimana, Eve Hiyori Estrada, Anne Niyigena, Robert Riviello, Fredrick Kateera, Bethany Hedt-Gauthier and Vincent K. Cubaka
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2025 11:3
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  12. Mother’s own milk (MOM) is important as the first nutrition for preterm infants, but mothers often struggle to initiate milk production right after preterm birth. If antenatal breastmilk expression (aBME) does...

    Authors: Marie Bendix Simonsen, Sarah Bjerrum Bentzen, Sören Möller, Kristina Garne Holm, Christina Anne Vinter and Gitte Zachariassen
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2025 11:2
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  13. Perinatal mental health conditions and substance use are leading causes, often co-occurring, of pregnancy-related and pregnancy-associated deaths in the United States. This study compares odds of hospitalizati...

    Authors: Carrie L Wolfson, Jessica Tsipe Angelson and Andreea A Creanga
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2025 11:1
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  14. This study investigates correlates of maternal leukocyte telomere length (LTL) in the immediate postpartum period using a cross-sectional study design from an existing prospective longitudinal birth cohort of ...

    Authors: Dhanya Sumesh, Jue Lin and Janet M Wojcicki
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2024 10:25
    Content type: Brief Report Published on:

  15. Multiple placental cysts are a common finding in obstetric ultrasound imaging. Although they have benign differential diagnoses, such as hydropic degeneration of the placenta or placental mesenchymal dysplasia...

    Authors: Behrokh Sahebdel, Zahra Moghimi, Ehsan Sobhanian, Elham Shirali, Fariba Yarandi, Fatemeh Golshahi, Mahboobeh Shirazi, Nafiseh Saedi and Ali Rashidi-Nezhad
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2024 10:24
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  16. Macrosomia is a forgotten health problem that directly or indirectly affects maternal and neonatal health outcomes. There is a lack of evidence on the factors that affect macrosomia in eastern Ethiopia. This s...

    Authors: Abdisalan Elmi Farah, Dureti Abdurahman, Kassiye Shiferaw, Ahmedin Aliyi Usso, Mohammed Abdurke Kure, Beker Feto, Hassen Abdi Adem and Saba Hailu
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2024 10:23
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  17. Birth asphyxia remains one of the leading causes of neonatal deaths worldwide with a higher incidence in resource limited countries such as Malawi. At Balaka district hospital, Birth asphyxia is the primary ca...

    Authors: Chank Mwalweni, Ellen Mbweza Chirwa, Eveles Banda Chimala, Mirriam Window Shaba, Leone Lowole, Lucia Kasawala and Christina Kalawa Mwakhundi
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2024 10:21
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  19. Parental peer support is part of the Family Integrated Care model in NICUs. However, little attention has been devoted to the specific content and organization of parental peer support programs. This scoping r...

    Authors: A. Pascual, J. M. Wielenga, K. Ruhe, A. H. van Kaam, N. P. Denswil and J. M. Maaskant
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2024 10:19
    Content type: Review Published on:

  20. To describe the impact on maternal and perinatal outcomes of the Delta variant of COVID-19 compared to the pre-Delta period in pregnant women with COVID-19 infections in one large public, non-profit hospital s...

    Authors: Cherrie Morris, Harshit Doshi and William Frank Liu
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2024 10:20
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  21. The incidence of chronic diseases, which are significant contributors to maternal deaths and adverse new-born outcomes, is increasing among women of reproductive age in northern Ghana. This emerging health iss...

    Authors: Ruth Nimota Nukpezah, Emmanuel Akolgo Abanga, Martin Nyaaba Adokiya, Gifty Apiung Aninanya, Lovett Olaedo Odiakpa, Nura Shehu, Ngozi Mabel Chukwu, Abraham Bangamsi Mahama and Michael Boah
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2024 10:18
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  23. Maternal hypothyroidism in pregnancy has been proposed to increase the risk of preeclampsia, but uncertainties persist regarding the underlying causal mechanisms. Thus, it remains unclear if an increased risk ...

    Authors: Maja Hjelm Lundgaard, Marianne Munk Sinding, Anne Nødgaard Sørensen, Aase Handberg, Stig Andersen and Stine Linding Andersen
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2024 10:16
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  24. To characterize the demographics of a modern hospitalized antepartum population, compare the morbidities of this subset to national morbidity trends, and identify predictors of satisfaction during hospitalizat...

    Authors: Ashley M. Hesson, Kavya Davuluri, C. Kenzie Corbin, Anna M. Rujan and Deborah R. Berman
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2024 10:15
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  25. Globally, perinatal mortality rates have decreased considerably in the last 30 years. However, in sub-Saharan African countries perinatal mortality remains a public health burden. Therefore, this study aimed t...

    Authors: Mathe Julien Kahiririaa, Josephine Namyalo, Nasur Mubarak and Emmanuel Otieno
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2024 10:14
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  26. The constellation of pre and perinatal predictors are introduced as predictor for autism spectrum disorders (ASD), however, the information about the direction and strength of these predictors are lacking in W...

    Authors: Ensiyeh Jenabi, Amir Mohammad Salehi, Erfan Ayubi, Mahdieh Seyedi, Salman Khazaei and Hanieh Jourmand
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2024 10:13
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  27. Preventable newborn deaths are a global tragedy with many of these deaths concentrated in the first week and day of life. A simple low-cost intervention, chlorhexidine cleansing of the umbilical cord, can prev...

    Authors: Kavita Singh, Elizabeth Simmons, Bliss Garriga, Grace Hoover, Rashida E. Ijdi and Ashish KC
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2024 10:12
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  28. The risk of recurrent adverse birth outcomes has been reported worldwide, but there are limited estimates of these risks by social subgroups such as race and ethnicity in the United States. We assessed racial ...

    Authors: Alka Dev, Justice Nagovich, Srinija Maganti, Elaina Vitale, Heather Blunt and Sophia E. Allen
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2024 10:11
    Content type: Review Published on:

  29. Imperforate hymen is the most common congenital defect of the female urogenital tract. The spectrum of clinical manifestations is broad, ranging from mild cases undiagnosed until adolescence to severe cases of...

    Authors: Martin Jouza, Ingrid Rejdova, Lukas Cintula, Anna Jouzova and Petr Jabandziev
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2024 10:10
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  30. Blood pressure is a vital hemodynamic marker during the neonatal period. However, normative values are often derived from small observational studies. Understanding the normative range would help to identify i...

    Authors: Rhys Dore, Katy Barnes, Stephen Bremner, Hiroko Ishii Iwami, Dina Apele-Freimane, Beau Batton, Eugene Dempsey, Ebru Ergenekon, Agnes Klein, Luana Pesco-Koplowitz, Janis M. Dionne and Heike Rabe
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2024 10:9
    Content type: Research Published on:

  31. Chronic lung disease of prematurity (CLD) is the most prevalent complication of preterm birth and indicates an increased likelihood of long-term pulmonary complications. The accurate diagnosis of this conditio...

    Authors: Joseph Matthew Rich, Lydia Jing Lin, Jonathan Luan Le, Justin Ryan Ching Abe and Amit Sura
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2024 10:8
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  32. Despite maternal flavivirus infections’ linkage to severe maternal and fetal outcomes, surveillance during pregnancy remains limited globally. Further complicating maternal screening for these potentially tera...

    Authors: Mary K. Lynn, Marvin Stanley Rodriguez Aquino, Pamela Michelle Cornejo Rivas, Xiomara Miranda, David F. Torres-Romero, Hanson Cowan, Madeleine M. Meyer, Willber David Castro Godoy, Mufaro Kanyangarara, Stella C.W. Self, Berry A. Campbell and Melissa S. Nolan
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2024 10:7
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  33. Perinatal mental health, such as postpartum depression, is an important issue that can threaten the lives of women and children. It is essential to understand the risk factors in advance and intervene before t...

    Authors: Tomomi Shiga, Tatsuro Furui and Ken-ichirou Morishige
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2024 10:6
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  34. Platelets are pivotal players in the pathophysiology of pre-eclampsia, with observed lower counts in affected individuals compared to normotensive counterparts. Despite advancements, the elusive cause of pre-e...

    Authors: Patience Ijeoma Udeh, Ayokunle Moses Olumodeji, Taiwo Olufunmilayo Kuye-Kuku, Oluwaseun Olubowale Orekoya, Olufemi Ayanbode and Adetokunbo Olusegun Fabamwo
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2024 10:5
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  35. First-time motherhood is characterized by high psychosocial distress, which untreated, has serious consequences. Informal social support provided by specially trained mentors may be protective against postpart...

    Authors: Malgorzata Gasperowicz and Karen M. Benzies
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2024 10:4
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  36. Breastfeeding is important for the healthy growth and development of newborns, and the nutrient composition of human milk can be affected by maternal nutrition and supplementation. In Germany, iodine supplemen...

    Authors: Franziska Delgas, Lisa Bitsch, Laura Maria König, Damaris Elisabeth Beitze, Veronika Scherbaum and Maren C. Podszun
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2024 10:3
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  37. To address socioeconomic disparities in the health outcomes of preterm infants, we must move beyond describing these disparities and focus on the development and implementation of interventions that disrupt th...

    Authors: Zoe Bouchelle, Timothy D. Nelin, Elizabeth Salazar, Andrea F. Duncan and Margaret G. Parker
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2024 10:2
    Content type: Comment Published on:

  39. To examine the association between maternal education and adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes in women who conceived using medically assisted reproduction, which included fertility medications, intrauterine...

    Authors: Cassie L. Hobbs, Christina Raker, Gabrielle Jude, Jennifer L. Eaton and Stephen Wagner
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2023 9:16
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  40. In this study, we assessed the communication strategies used by neonatologists in antenatal consultations which may influence decision-making when determining whether to provide resuscitation or comfort measur...

    Authors: Megan J. Thorvilson, Katherine Carroll, Bethany D. Kaemingk, Karen S. Schaepe and Christopher A. Collura
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2023 9:15
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  41. To assess in utero exposures associated with leukocyte telomere length (LTL) at birth and maternal LTL in a primarily Latinx birth cohort.

    Authors: Apurva Prasad, Jue Lin, Laura Jelliffe-Pawlowski, Kimberley Coleman-Phox, Larry Rand and Janet M Wojcicki
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2023 9:14
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. Our objective was to analyze a prospective population-based registry including five sites in four low- and middle-income countries to observe characteristics associated with vaginal birth after cesarean versus...

    Authors: Lester Figueroa, Margo Harrison, Manolo Mazariegos, Shivaprasad Goudar, Avinash Kavi, Richard Derman, Archana Patel, Prabir Das, Patricia L. Hibberd, Sarah Saleem, Farnaz Naqvi, Robert L. Goldenberg, Rashidul Haque, Sk Masum Billah, William A. Petri Jr., Elizabeth M. McClure…
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2023 9:13
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  43. Worldwide, many guidelines recommend the use of expressed breast milk (EBM) and maternal expression of breast milk for the prevention and treatment of neonatal hypoglycemia. However, the impact of both practic...

    Authors: Oluwatoyin Ibukun Oladimeji, Jane E Harding, Caroline A Crowther and Luling Lin
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2023 9:12
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. Women with disabilities face a number of barriers when accessing reproductive health services, including maternal healthcare. These include physical inaccessibility, high costs, transportation that is not acce...

    Authors: M. Tara Casebolt, Kavita Singh, Ilene S. Speizer and Carolyn T. Halpern
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2023 9:11
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  45. Parvovirus is a common childhood infection that could be very dangerous to the fetus, if pregnant women become infected. The spectrum of effects range from pure red blood cell aplasia with hydrops fetalis to m...

    Authors: Stephanie T. Aronson, Mahmut Y. Celiker, Ludovico Guarini and Rabia Agha
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2023 9:10
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  46. Dutch obstetrics guideline suggest an initial maternal benzylpenicillin dose of 2,000,000 IU followed by 1,000,000 IU every 4 h for group-B-streptococci (GBS) prophylaxis. The objective of this study was to ev...

    Authors: Amadou Samb, Thomas H. Dierikx, Yuma A. Bijleveld, Timo R. de Haan, Caspar J. Hodiamont, Elisabeth van Leeuwen, Anton H. L. C. van Kaam, Ron A. A. Mathôt and Douwe H. Visser
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2023 9:9
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. Over 25 years ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledged the importance of effective prevention, detection and treatment of neonatal hypoglycaemia, and declared it to be a global priority. Neonatal ...

    Authors: Lauren M Irvine and Deborah L Harris
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2023 9:8
    Content type: Review Published on:

  48. Authors: Allison N. J. Lyle, Timothy J. D. Ohlsen, Danny E. Miller, Gabrielle Brown, Natalie Waligorski, Rebecca Stark, Mallory R. Taylor and Mihai Puia‑Dumitrescu
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2023 9:7
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2023 9:4

  49. Infant massage (IM) is a well-studied, safe intervention known to benefit infants born preterm. Less is known about the benefits of maternally-administrated infant massage for mothers of preterm infants who of...

    Authors: Dana B. McCarty, Sandra Willett, Mary Kimmel and Stacey C. Dusing
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2023 9:6
    Content type: Review Published on:

  50. The ultimate goal of preventing intestinal parasites among pregnant women is to reduce maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality. Numerous primary studies were conducted in East Africa presented intestinal ...

    Authors: Getu Mosisa, Dereje Chala Diriba, Reta Tsegaye, Gemechu Kejela, Diriba Bayisa, Adugna Oluma, Bizuneh Wakuma, Muktar Abadiga, Ebisa Turi, Tesfaye Abera, Lami Bayisa and Girma Tufa
    Citation: Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2023 9:5
    Content type: Review Published on:
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