Month: <span>August 2025</span>
Month: August 2025

Delivery of care in high mortality hospital settings: a direct observational study examining 1848 h of neonatal nursing in Kenya

EClinicalMedicine. 2025 Aug 14;87:103434. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103434. eCollection 2025 Sep. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: In resource-constrained countries, deploying better technologies is expected to improve neonatal care but little …

The Thermoregulatory Effect of Immediate Skin-to-Skin Contact for Preterm Infants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis With Trial Sequential Analysis

Cureus. 2025 Aug 19;17(8):e90454. doi: 10.7759/cureus.90454. eCollection 2025 Aug. ABSTRACT Neonatal thermoregulation poses a considerable challenge, particularly in premature or low-birth-weight infants. Skin-to-skin contact (SSC) …

Antihypertensive therapy for pregnancy hypertension and implications for fetal and neonatal heart rate monitoring: A systematic review of randomized trials and observational studies

Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2025 Aug 20. doi: 10.1111/aogs.70019. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Our objective was to evaluate whether antihypertensives affect fetal (FHR) …

Pregnancy Outcomes Among Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Adolescents in Gadarif, Eastern Sudan: A Case-Control Study

SAGE Open Nurs. 2025 Aug 17;11:23779608251364596. doi: 10.1177/23779608251364596. eCollection 2025 Jan-Dec. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Adolescent pregnancy is considered a global public health problem that affects both …

The Efficacy of Zinc Supplementation Alone or in Combination for Improving Pregnancy and Infant Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

J Evid Based Med. 2025 Aug 20:e70061. doi: 10.1111/jebm.70061. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To evaluate zinc supplementation’s efficacy in pregnancy, addressing gaps in …

Trajectories of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Use in Pregnancy and Perinatal Outcomes: A Longitudinal Register Study

BJOG. 2025 Aug 20. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.18337. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: We examined the possible impact of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)-trajectories describing the …