Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Pregnancy Complications

Pregnancy complications are conditions that compromise the health of the mother, the fetus, or both during gestation, labor, or the postpartum period, and they range from common manageable disorders to life-threatening emergencies. They encompass hypertensive disorders of pregnancy including preeclampsia, gestationa…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 22× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2381-862X 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Pregnancy complications are conditions that compromise the health of the mother, the fetus, or both during gestation, labor, or the postpartum period, and they range from common manageable disorders to life-threatening emergencies. They encompass hypertensive disorders of pregnancy including preeclampsia, gestational diabetes mellitus, anemia, infection, hemorrhage, abnormal placentation such as placenta previa, preterm labor, and disorders of fetal growth and well-being, with risk modified by maternal age, parity, comorbidity, nutritional status, prior cesarean delivery, and access to antenatal care. Their pathophysiology often involves placental dysfunction, maternal vascular and metabolic adaptation, inflammation, and infection, and their prevention and management depend on timely antenatal surveillance, risk identification, and obstetric intervention. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research relevant to maternal and obstetric risk, including maternal hemoglobin thresholds associated with adverse outcomes, sickle cell crisis presenting in pregnancy, preconception care knowledge and practice, the utilization and level of antenatal care services, gestational diabetes and proinflammatory cytokines, determinants of cesarean delivery, placenta previa with prior cesarean delivery, knowledge and preventive practice toward COVID-19 among pregnant women, and antenatal nutrition service utilization. This work reflects the maternal, placental, infectious, and metabolic determinants of pregnancy complications and the role of antenatal care and obstetric management in safeguarding maternal and perinatal health.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 22 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Women's Reproductive Health (ISSN 2381-862X).

Journal editorial board
Paolo Ivo Cavoretto · Italy Loc Nguyen · Hong Kong Matteo Schimberni · Italy

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