Author information: (1)Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.doi:10.1136/bmj.e3467Srividya SeshadriPippa OakeshottCatherine Nelson-PiercyLucy C ChappellPubMedBmjSeshadri S, Oakeshott P, Nelson-Piercy C, Chappell LC (2012) Prepregnancy care. BMJ. : 10.1136/bmj.e3...
BMI was obtained from weight and height measurements recorded in the primary care data. We required these to be from a maximum of 12 months pre-pregnancy up to a maximum of 15 weeks gestation and, where recorded more than once during this period, took measurements from closest to the time ...
BMI was obtained from weight and height measurements recorded in the primary care data. We required these to be from a maximum of 12 months pre-pregnancy up to a maximum of 15 weeks gestation and, where recorded more than once during this period, took measurements from closest to the time ...
Pre-eclampsia affects 2–8 % of pregnancies worldwide. It is a syndrome of new onset hypertension and proteinuria in the second half of pregnancy, typically characterized by endothelial dysfunction and systemic activation of an inflammatory response. Both maternal and fetal complications of pre-eclamps...
Baseline renal and liver function test results should be normal, pregnancy test result should be negative, and patients should be tested and treated for other sexually transmitted infections because the presence of a sexually transmitted infection can increase HIV transmission by up to 5 times per ...
Have a basic understanding of how TDM can be used during preconception, pregnancy and postpartum phases to achieve better maternal and child outcomes. Description: Optimal treatment of women with epilepsy during the child bearing years requires an understanding of the complex bidirectional interactions ...
Counselling of women with cardiac disease and their families, before and during pregnancy. Results The study cohort included 282 pregnancies from 244 women (Fig.1). Supplementary TableS1describes the spread of participants from different sites. Results were derived from the 282 pregnancies but were ...
The Cambridge Ultrasound and Pregnancy (CUSP) cohort recruited mothers before or during their routine 20-week ultrasound scan, between 2016 and 2018 at the Rosie Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Participating mothers gave informed consent for access to all their pregnancy-...
Monitoring during pregnancy for IAb+women Evidence on the progression of type 1 diabetes in IAb+pregnant women is limited and research data on this aspect of managing risk in early-stage type 1 diabetes is a significant unmet need (Table6). With that said, a high risk for postpartum type ...
PrEP is not known to affect your chances of pregnancy. It can be safely used by pregnant and/or breastfeeding women. Can PrEP be used as PEP? No, PrEP can not be used as PEP. While the same medication can be used for both treatments, they are taken in different ways and require ...