Special Issue "Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes in High and Low Risk Pregnancies"
A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144). This special issue belongs to the section "Obstetrics and Gynecology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 June 2023 | Viewed by 2915
Special Issue Editors
Interests: maternal-fetal medicine; obstetrics; high risk pregnancy; epidemiology
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Interests: obstetrics; fetal medicine; fetal monitoring; Doppler ultrasound; ultrasound; amniocentesis; chorionic villi sampling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Prenatal care constitutes a major public health issue, both in high and medium/low income countries. Preterm birth, congenital anomalies, hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, fetal growth restriction and postpartum hemorrhage are the most severe complications in pregnancy. As science advances and experience is accumulating, new therapies are emerging and new algorithms are proposed to clasify pregnancies based of the risk of developing complications. At the same time, populations in high-income countries include more and more women that are older, with higher BMI and pre-existing morbidities.
The aim of this special issue was to present recent evidence on the perinatal outcomes in populations considered low risk or high risk. This includes populations with preexisting morbidities, i.e. obesity, diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, congenital heart disease, autoimmune disease, but also advanced maternal age, history of preterm birth or stilbirth.
Studies reporting perinatal outcomes of interest, preterm birth, macrosomia, small for gestational age neonates are of particular interest.
Furthermore, reviews or meta-analyses of studies addressing less common conditions or outcomes help developing new strategies for the antenatal surveillance of these cases.
Dr. Ioannis Tsakiridis
Prof. Dr. Themistoklis Dagklis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- high-risk pregnancy
- obstetric medicine
- pregnancy complications
- perinatal commorbidities