Search for dissertations about: "small for gestational age"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 105 swedish dissertations containing the words small for gestational age.

2. 21. Monitoring pregnancy for improved perinatal outcome in Mozambique

   Author : Kenneth Challis; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Preterm birth; small for gestational age; low birth weight; anthropometry; socioeconomical factors; birth weight; genital infections; intrauterine fetal death; symphysis-fundus height; fetal growth; gestational diabetes; HbA1c; syphilis; intervention; malaria; sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine; Mozambique;

   Abstract : The general aim was to monitor pregnancy for improved perinatal outcome in Mozambique. A cohort of 817 Mozambican pregnant women were followed from their first antenatal clinic visit to the end of the perinatal period in two suburban/semirural antenatal clinics in Maputo. Nine percent were lost to follow-up. READ MORE

4. 22. Pre- and perinatal factors in long-term development : behavioral and intellectual performance for boys and girls at school age as related to birth weight and gestational age, with special regard to maternal hormone levels and smoking during pregnancy

   Author : Monica Lagerström; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : The aim of the present work was to investigate long-term intellectual and behavioral development in relation to pre- and perinatal factors, with emphasis on birth weight and gestational age, for boys and girls at school age. The first part of the work consists of a short-term longitudinal clinical study of pregnant women in risk pregnancies. READ MORE

5. 23. Prenatal risk factors for severe cardiovascular diseases up to middle-age : a Nordic collaborative study

   Author : Fen Yang; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Background and objectives: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are major causes of death and disability. However, the established traditional risk factors cannot explain a substantial proportion of CVD cases, prompting investigations into novel risk factors. READ MORE

6. 24. Prenatal metabolic risks for offspring neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders

   Author : Linghua Kong; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Prenatal metabolic disturbances have been reported to increase the risk for offspring adverse outcomes. However, the joint (i.e. READ MORE

7. 25. Chronic Hypertension and Pregnancy : Epidemiological Aspects on Maternal and Perinatal Complications

   Author : Karin Zetterström; Solveig Lindeberg; Ulf Hanson; Bengt Haglund; Henry Nisell; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Obstetrics and gynaecology; chronic hypertension; preeclampsia; gestational diabetes; abruptio placenta; SGA; perinatal death; stillbirth; neonatal death; gender; generation; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar;

   Abstract : These studies were undertaken to investigate risks of maternal and perinatal complications in pregnant women with chronic hypertensive disease, and to investigate future risk of preeclampsia in women born small for gestational age (SGA). Population based cohort studies using the Swedish Medical Birth Register from different years were performed. READ MORE