This brief presents updated estimates of severe maternal morbidity overall and across demographic and geographic ...

3 National Lead for Clinical Skills and Simulation, Clinical Skills Managed Education Network, NHS Education for Scotland, Dundee, UK 4 College of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, Academic Business ...

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Objectives This study aimed to investigate the association and population-attributable fraction (PAF) of maternal smoking and secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure during pregnancy with placental abruption.

The adverse cardiovascular effects of smoking are well established. We aimed to investigate the less well‐understood effects of pregnancy smoke exposure on offspring cardiovascular health in early ...

Each day, almost 800 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. A maternal death occurs every two minutes. Maternal mortality is defined as the death of a woman from ...

eFaculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Australia fDiscipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Sydney and St John of God Burwood Hospital, Sydney, ...

Objectives To determine the effect of labour epidural on severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and to explore whether this effect might be greater in women with a medical indication for epidural analgesia ...

Objectives Evaluate the experiences and perceptions of patients participating in a simulated clinical trial and identify ways to enhance future patient-centric trial designs. Design International, ...