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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of pregnancy and childbirth.
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (ISSN 1471-2393) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE and Google Scholar.
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008, 8 :54
Misperceived pre-pregnancy weight is associated with excessive gestational weight gain in normal and overweight women, raising the possibility that correcting these misperceptions might lead to healthier pregnancies.
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008, 8 :49
Pregnant women screened for non-RhesusD red blood cell antibodies, particularly those who screen positive, desire more supportive information, but despite some anxiety are generally highly acceptant of the procedure independent of test results or background characteristics.
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008, 8 :40
Misoprostol, a synthetic drug similar to prostaglandin E1, shows promise for reduction of postpartum blood loss when administered in addition to standard oxytocics, suggesting that it may play an important role in treating this life-threatening obstetric complication.
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Postnatal quality of life in women after normal vaginal delivery and caesarean section Behnaz Torkan, Sousan Parsay, Minoor Lamyian, Anoshirvan Kazemnejad, Ali Montazeri BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2009, 9 :4 (30 January 2009) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Development and evaluation of a Chinese-Language
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Patricia A Janssen, Verity H Livingstone, Bruce Chang, Michael C Klein BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2009, 9 :3 (29 January 2009) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Systematic review of effect of community-level interventions to reduce maternal mortality Elaine Kidney, Heather R. Winter, Khalid S. Khan, A. M. Gulmezoglu, Catherine A. Meads, Jonathan J. Deeks, Christine MacArthur BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2009, 9 :2 (20 January 2009) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Misperceived pre-pregnancy body weight status predicts excessive gestational weight gain: findings from a US cohort study Sharon J Herring, Emily Oken, Jess Haines, Janet W Rich-Edwards, Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman, Ken P Kleinman, Matthew W Gillman BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008, 8 :54 (22 December 2008) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The INIS Study. International Neonatal Immunotherapy Study: non-specific intravenous immunoglobulin therapy for suspected or proven neonatal sepsis: an international, placebo controlled, multicentre randomised trial The INIS Study Collaborative Group BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008, 8 :52 (8 December 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Study protocol. A prospective cohort study of unselected primiparous women: the pregnancy outcome prediction study Dharmintra Pasupathy, Alison Dacey, Emma Cook, D Stephen Charnock-Jones, Ian R White, Gordon CS Smith BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008, 8 :51 (19 November 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Nomograms of Iranian fetal middle cerebral artery Doppler waveforms and uniformity of their pattern with other populations' nomograms Mohammad Kazem Tarzamni, Nariman Nezami, Narges Sobhani, Nazanin Eshraghi, Maryam Tarzamni, Yashar Talebi BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008, 8 :50 (12 November 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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