INTRODUCTION Fertility counselling for young women newly diagnosed with cancer is an important field of preconceptional counselling. This qualitative, small-scale study explored how young women newly diagnosed with cancer experienced specialized fertility preservation counselling and treatment in the public Danish health care system. METHODS Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted...

PURPOSE Compliance with the Danish preconceptional folic acid (FA) recommendation - a daily supplement of 400 μg - is reported to be poor. Uncertainty remains, however, about the prevalence of compliers and health-related predictors of compliance in the preconceptional period. METHODS We used self-reported baseline data from 5383 women, aged 18-40 years, enrolled in an Internet-based prospect...

We previously reported that foetal valproate exposure impairs intelligence quotient. In this follow-up investigation, we examined dose-related effects of foetal antiepileptic drug exposure on verbal and non-verbal cognitive measures. This investigation is an ongoing prospective observational multi-centre study in the USA and UK, which has enrolled pregnant females with epilepsy on monotherapy f...

INTRODUCTION Most cases of caudal regression are sporadic or associated with gestational/maternal diabetes. The condition is thought to be part of a spectrum including imperforate anus, sacral agenesis and sirenomelia. Infants of diabetic mothers have two to three times the average incidence of congenital anomalies. CASE PRESENTATION We report on a 7-year-old boy from non-consanguineous famil...

Arrhythmia is the main cause of pregnancy-related hospitalizations. Potential risk arrhythmias during pregnancy associated with hypercoagulation and increased thromboembolism.
 The aim. To increase patients’ safety to improve maternal perinatal outcomes by choosing optimal medical strategy.
 Methods. We present experience multidisciplinary care for 54 pregnant parturient women (32 tac...

BACKGROUND Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months and continued breastfeeding for at least 1 year is recommended by all major health organizations. Whereas 74.6 percent of mothers initiate breastfeeding at birth, exclusivity and duration remain significantly lower than national goals. Empirical evidence suggests that exposure to infant formula marketing contributes to supplementation and prematur...

BACKGROUND Diabetes during pregnancy can lead to severe risks for both mother and fetus when it is not managed properly. The use of rigorously developed guidelines with a robust implementation process can have a positive influence on the management of diabetes during pregnancy. This study aims to compare recommendations and assess the quality of clinical guidelines on gestational diabetes melli...