Complications of pregnancy are pathological conditions that arise during gestation, labor, or the puerperium and that threaten the health of the pregnant person, the fetus, or both. They encompass hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, including gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes, anemia,…
Complications of pregnancy are pathological conditions that arise during gestation, labor, or the puerperium and that threaten the health of the pregnant person, the fetus, or both. They encompass hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, including gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes, anemia, hemorrhage, infection, thromboembolic events, and fetal complications such as growth restriction and intrauterine death. Risk is shaped by maternal age and parity, pre-existing medical conditions, hematological disorders such as sickle cell disease, nutritional status and micronutrient deficiencies, and access to and quality of antenatal care. Because many complications are preventable or modifiable, antenatal surveillance, hemoglobin and blood-pressure monitoring, nutritional support, infection control, and timely obstetric intervention are central to reducing maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality; preconception care further allows risk factors to be addressed before conception. The peer-reviewed research compiled here engages several of these themes, including intrauterine deaths and their comparative epidemiology, anemia and hemoglobin thresholds associated with maternal and fetal adverse effects, sickle cell crisis presenting in pregnancy, gestational hypertension and optimal age for obstetric debut, nutritional deficiencies following bariatric surgery in pregnancy, knowledge and practice of preconception care, and infection-prevention behavior among pregnant women, reflecting a preventive and clinical focus on safe pregnancy.
12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
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