 Preconception Care
"Preconception Care" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An organized and comprehensive program of health care that identifies and reduces a woman's reproductive risks before conception through risk assessment, health promotion, and interventions. Preconception care programs may be designed to include the male partner in providing counseling and educational information in preparation for fatherhood, such as genetic counseling and testing, financial and family planning, etc. This concept is different from PRENATAL CARE, which occurs during pregnancy.
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D016742
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E02.760.775 N02.421.143.620.620 N02.421.585.775 N02.421.920.660
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Preconception Care" by people in Profiles.
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Borengasser SJ, Baker PR, Kerns ME, Miller LV, Palacios AP, Kemp JF, Westcott JE, Morrison SD, Hernandez TL, Garces A, Figueroa L, Friedman JE, Hambidge KM, Krebs NF. Preconception Micronutrient Supplementation Reduced Circulating Branched Chain Amino Acids at 12 Weeks Gestation in an Open Trial of Guatemalan Women Who Are Overweight or Obese. Nutrients. 2018 Sep 11; 10(9).
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Nguyen PH, DiGirolamo AM, Gonzalez-Casanova I, Pham H, Hao W, Nguyen H, Truong TV, Nguyen S, Harding KB, Reinhart GA, Martorell R, Ramakrishnan U. Impact of preconceptional micronutrient supplementation on maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum: results from a randomized controlled trial in Vietnam. BMC Womens Health. 2017 06 17; 17(1):44.
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Nguyen PH, Gonzalez-Casanova I, Young MF, Truong TV, Hoang H, Nguyen H, Nguyen S, DiGirolamo AM, Martorell R, Ramakrishnan U. Preconception Micronutrient Supplementation with Iron and Folic Acid Compared with Folic Acid Alone Affects Linear Growth and Fine Motor Development at 2 Years of Age: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Vietnam. J Nutr. 2017 08; 147(8):1593-1601.
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Pearce BD, Nguyen PH, Gonzalez-Casanova I, Qian Y, Omer SB, Martorell R, Ramakrishnan U. Pre-pregnancy maternal plasma cytokine levels and risks of small-for-gestational-age at birth. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016 Dec; 29(24):4065-9.
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Young MF, Nguyen PH, Addo OY, Hao W, Nguyen H, Pham H, Martorell R, Ramakrishnan U. The relative influence of maternal nutritional status before and during pregnancy on birth outcomes in Vietnam. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2015 Nov; 194:223-7.
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Balachova T, Sobell LC, Agrawal S, Isurina G, Tsvetkova L, Volkova E, Bohora S. Using a single binge drinking question to identify Russian women at risk for an alcohol-exposed pregnancy. Addict Behav. 2015 Jul; 46:53-7.
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Williams M, Chakravarty EF. Rheumatoid arthritis and pregnancy: impediments to optimal management of both biologic use before, during and after pregnancy. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2014 May; 26(3):341-6.
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Nguyen PH, Lowe AE, Martorell R, Nguyen H, Pham H, Nguyen S, Harding KB, Neufeld LM, Reinhart GA, Ramakrishnan U. Rationale, design, methodology and sample characteristics for the Vietnam pre-conceptual micronutrient supplementation trial (PRECONCEPT): a randomized controlled study. BMC Public Health. 2012 Oct 24; 12:898.
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Elliott AB, Chakravarty EF. Management of rheumatic diseases during pregnancy. Postgrad Med. 2010 May; 122(3):213-21.
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