The American Institute for Ultrasound Medicine, the Society for Materanal Fetal Medicine, and other societies (Wax, et al., 2015) recommended a threshold BMI of greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2 for performing a detailed fetal anatomic ultrasound for pregnancy complicated by obesity. A previous...
24 Statistical Analysis Using ICD-9-CM procedure codes, we divided study patients into 3 groups: those with successful nonoperative management, failed nonoperative management, and immediate operation for complicated appendicitis. Successful nonoperative management was defined as no appendectomy during the ...
We used the same three clinical categories of classification as used by the Brazilian Ministry of Health at the time of the study: “dengue fever” (a self-limiting fever, with a severe headache, pain behind the eyes, muscle and joint pain, and rash), “complicated dengue”, and “dengue...
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is common during gestation and occurs because of compression of the median nerve in the wrist in one or both hands, leading to a tingling sensation, numbness and sometimes pain. Especially hormonal changes [4], and fluid retention [4, 5] have been suggested as ...
Skilled attendance at childbirth is crucial for decreasing maternal and neonatal mortality, yet many women in low- and middle-income countries deliver outside of health facilities, without skilled help. The main conceptual framework in this field implici
Similar to pregnancy, there is hardly any insight into complaints and symptoms that occur during the postpartum recovery period: what are typical complaints and symptoms for this period, how long does it last, when does it end, is it related to feeding sessions at night, or to complicated ...
Pre-pregnancy hypertension with superimposed HDP was defined by birth certificate data and/or from hospitalization/ED visit data (ICD-9/10-CM: 642.7; O11–O12, O14–O15), with the understanding that this refers to preeclampsia. The first pregnancy in the dataset among women with neither ...
nutrients Case Report Pregnancy, Proteinuria, Plant-Based Supplemented Diets and Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis: A Report on Three Cases and Critical Appraisal of the Literature Rossella Attini 1, Filomena Leone 1, Benedetta Montersino 1, Federica Fassio 1, Fosca Minelli 1, Loredana Colla 2, ...
It significantly contributes to pelvic pain and infertility in women. Although the prevalence of endometriosis is reported to range from 6% to 10% in the general female population, it is one of the most representative causes of infertility, with a prevalence of approximately 50% in women with ...
In the general population, ischemic stroke is accountable for approximately 85% of strokes, while 10–15% of cases are associated with hemorrhagic stroke [6]. After prolonged argumentation and advocacy, the newly released International Classification of Disease 11 (ICD-11) has separated stroke from...