Aim This paper integrates clinical expertise to earlier research about the behaviours of the
healthy, alert, full‐term infant placed skin‐to‐skin with the mother during the first hour after …

Fetal life evolves in a hypoxic environment. Changes in the oxygen content in utero caused
by conditions such as pre-eclampsia or type I diabetes or by oxygen supplementation to the …

Background: Predictions in pregnancy care are complex because of interactions among
multiple factors. Hence, pregnancy outcomes are not easily predicted by a single predictor …

Zinc (Zn), the second-most necessary trace element, is abundant in the human body. The
human body lacks the capacity to store Zn; hence, the dietary intake of Zn is essential for …

Objective: To identify, using a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies,
which risk factors are significantly associated with neonatal mortality in Brazil, and to build a …

Background The topic of congenital heart diseases (CHDs) has attracted more and more
attentions. Accumulating evidence suggests that exposure to air pollutants during pregnancy …

Advanced maternal age (AMA) is a growing trend world-wide and is traditionally defined as
childbearing in women over 35 years of age. The purpose of our study was to determine the …

Preterm microbial colonization is affected by gestational age, antibiotic treatment, type of
birth, but also by type of feeding. Breast milk has been acknowledged as the gold standard …

Perinatal death is the death of a baby that occurs between the 22nd week of pregnancy (or
when the baby weighs more than 500 g) and 7 days after birth. After perinatal death, parents …

Methods Eight databases, PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science, Embase, PsycINFO,
Cochrane Library, Popline, and Maternity and Infant Care, were searched, covering the …