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Maternal obesity is increasingly relevant to perinatal and neonatal medicine because it can affect pregnancy, labor, operative care, and recovery after birth.…

Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), also called neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS), can occur when a newborn has been exposed to opioids during…

Tuberculosis during pregnancy requires rapid coordination between obstetric, infectious disease, respiratory, neonatal, and public health teams. The central…

Fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT) is an uncommon but potentially severe condition in which maternal antibodies cross the placenta and…

Adolescent pregnancy across Oceania reflects a wide range of social, geographic, and health-system conditions. Outcomes are shaped by the age and health of the…

Neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) develops when an infant exposed to opioids during pregnancy becomes physiologically adapted and then experiences…

Postpartum depression can affect mood, sleep, concentration, bonding, confidence, and daily functioning during a period already shaped by physical recovery and…

Chromosomal conditions are among the most important causes of fetal anomalies, developmental differences, pregnancy loss, and neonatal illness. Modern prenatal…

Neonatal intestinal obstruction is a group of conditions that prevent milk, swallowed fluid, or intestinal contents from moving normally through the…

Alcohol exposure during pregnancy can affect the developing brain at every stage, from early neural formation to the growth and organization of complex brain…