Gestational - age - specific reference intervals for blood pressure in normal pregnancy in a Southern Chinese population

Abstract Objective Physiological blood pressure changes in pregnancy are insufficiently defined.This paper describes the blood pressure changes across healthy pregnancies in a Southern Chinese population to present gestational - age - specific blood pressure ranges with smoothed centiles (3rd, 10th, 50th, 90th, and 97th).Methods Antenatal blood pre

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Associations between Traumatic Brain Injury, Drug Abuse, Alcohol Use, Adverse Childhood Events, and Aggression Levels in Individuals with Foster Care History

Nearly 50,000 Canadian children live in foster care.Compared with their peers, foster children experience greater independence and decreased guidance, predisposing them to harmful exposures such as traumatic brain injury (TBI), illicit drugs, and alcohol.Foster children also report a higher level of childhood abuse compared with the general populat

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