Browsing by Subject "Pregnancy"

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    • Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Associated With Moderate Elevations in Blood Pressure or Blood Glucose in Ugandan Women: A Prospective Cohort Study 

      Milln, Jack; Nakabuye, Betty; Natamba, Barnabas; Sekitoleko, Isaac; Mubiru, Michael; Namara, Arthur; Tumwesigire, Samuel; Tino, Salome; Mirembe, Mandy; Kakanda, Ayoub; Agaba, Brian; Nansubuga, Faridah; Zaake, Daniel; Ayiko, Ben; Kalema, Herbert; Nakubulwa, Sarah; Sekikubo, Musa; Nakimuli, Annette; Webb, L. Emily; Nyirenda, J. Maffat (Elsevier, 2021-05)
      BACKGROUND: The association between overt hypertension and diabetes and adverse pregnancy outcomes is well documented. Recentevidence suggests that even moderate elevations in blood pressure or blood glucose may confer a ...

    • Anthelminthic treatment during pregnancy is associated with increased risk of infantile eczema: randomised-controlled trial results 

      Mpairwe, Harriet; Webb, Emily L; Muhangi, Lawrence; Ndibazza, Juliet; Akishule, Denise; Nampijja, Margaret; Ngom-wegi, Sophy; Tumusime, Josephine; Jones, Frances M; Fitzsimmons, Colin; Dunne, David W.; Muwanga, Moses; Rodrigues, Laura C.; Elliott, Alison M (John Wiley & Sons A/S, 2011)
      Background: Allergy is commoner in developed than in developing countries. Chronic worm infections show inverse associations with allergy, and prenatal exposures may be critical to allergy risk. Objective: To determine ...

    • Associations Between Maternal Helminth and Malaria Infections in Pregnancy and Clinical Malaria in the Offspring: A Birth Cohort in Entebbe, Uganda 

      Ndibazza, Juliet; Webb, Emily L; Lule, Swaib; Mpairwe, Harriet; Akello, Miriam; Oduru, Gloria; Kizza, Moses; Akurut, Helen; Muhangi, Lawrence; Magnussen, Pascal; Vennervald, Birgitte J.; Elliott, Alison M (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2013)
      Helminth and malaria coinfections are common in the tropics. We investigated the hypothesis that prenatal exposure to these parasites might influence susceptibility to malaria in childhood. Methods. In a birth cohort of ...

    • Gestational Diabetes (GDM) Does Not Predict Large Birthweight or Perinatal Death in a Relatively Untreated Population in Uganda: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study. 

      Milln, Jack; Nakabuye, Betty; Natamba, Barnabas; Sekitoleko, Isaac; Mubiru, Michael; Namara, Arthur; Tumwesigire, Samuel; Tino, Salome; Wilja, Mandy; Kakande, Ayoub; Agaba, Brian; Nansubuga, Faridah; Zaake, Daniel; Ayiko, Ben; Nakubulwa, Sarah; Sekikubo, Musa; Nakimuli, Annettee; Webb, Emily; Nyirenda, Moffat (Elsevier, 2021-05)
      BACKGROUND The association between overt hypertension and diabetes and adverse pregnancy outcomes is well documented. Recent evidence suggests that even moderate elevations in blood pressure or blood glucose may confer a ...

    • Maternal hookworm modifies risk factors for childhood eczema: results from a birth cohort in Uganda 

      Mpairwe, Harriet; Ndibazza, Juliet; Webb, Emily L; Nampijja, Margaret; Muhangi, Lawrence; Apule, Barbara; Lule, Swaib; Akurut, Helen; Kizito, Dennison; Kakande, Mohammed; Jones, Frances M; Fitzsimmons, Colin M.; Muwanga, Moses; Rodrigues, Laura C.; Dunne, David W; Elliott, Alison M (Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 2014)
      Background: Worms may protect against allergy. Early-life worm exposure may be critical, but this has not been fully investigated. Objectives: To investigate whether worms in pregnancy and in early childhood are associated ...

    • Prosthetic thrombosis and pregnancy on warfarin: Debate on mechanical mitral valve replacement in sub-Saharan Africa based on a case report 

      Ariol, Francesco; D’Arbela, Paul G.; Aloi, Francesco; Nsubuga, Martin; Grimaidi, Antonio; Ammirati, Enrico (Elsevier - International Journal of Cardiology, 2014)
      Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is the most common cardiovascular disease in children and young adults in the world. Echocardiographic screenings have documented a large prevalence of RHD in sub-Saharan Africa; there is, ...

    • Recurrence of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: An Individual Patient Data Metaanalysis 

      Oostwaard, F.van Miriam; Langenveld, Josje; Schuit, Ewoud; Papatsonis, N.M. Dimitri; Brown, A. Mark; Byaruhanga, Romano; Bhattacharya, Sohinee; Campbell, M. Doris; Chappell, C. Lucy; Chiaffarino, Francesca; Crippa, Isabella; Facchinetti, Fabio; Ferrazzani, Sergio; Ferrazzi, Enrico; Figueiró-Filho, A. Ernesto; Gaugler-Senden, P.M. Ingrid; Haavaldsen, Camilla; Lykke, A. Jacob; Ganzevoort, Wessel (Elsevier, 2015-05-01)
      Objective We performed an individual participant data (IPD) metaanalysis to calculate the recurrence risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and recurrence of individual hypertensive syndromes. Study Design We ...

    • Risk Factors for Helminth, Malaria, and HIV Infection in Pregnancy in Entebbe, Uganda 

      Ndibazza, Juliet; Bazanya, Proscovia Namujju; Kizza, Moses; Ameke, Christine; Omoding, Nicolas Emojong; Booth, Mark; Elliott, Alison Mary; Woodburn, Patrick William; Muhangi, Lawrence; Hillier, Stephen (Uganda Martyrs University, 2009)
      factors for infections informs planning of interventions and analysis of the impact of infections on health outcomes.To describe risk factors for helminths, malaria and HIV in pregnant Ugandan women before intervention in ...

    • Treatment with anthelminthics during pregnancy: what gains and what risks for the mother and child? 

      Elliott, Alison M; Ndibazza, Juliet; Mpairwe, Harriet; Muhangi, Lawrence; Webb, Emily L; Kizito, Dennison; Mawa, Patrice A; Tweyongyere, Robert; Muwanga, Moses (Cambridge University Press, 2011)
      In 1994 and 2002, respectively, theWorld Health Organisation proposed that treatment for hookworm and schistosomiasis could be provided during pregnancy. It was hoped that this might have benefits for maternal anaemia, ...