Archana Patel
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View article: Opportunity Screening for Early Detection of Gestational Diabetes: Results from the MERGD Study
Opportunity Screening for Early Detection of Gestational Diabetes: Results from the MERGD Study Open
Background: The definitions and approaches used to diagnose gestational diabetes (GD) are varied. The two-step approach recommended by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) combines the sensitivity of a glucose cha…
View article: B-156 Enhancing Diagnostic Quality in a Pathology Laboratory Using Six Sigma Methodology: A Case Study from India
B-156 Enhancing Diagnostic Quality in a Pathology Laboratory Using Six Sigma Methodology: A Case Study from India Open
Background Ensuring high diagnostic accuracy in pathology laboratories is critical for effective patient care and informed clinical decision-making. The Six Sigma methodology provides a structured approach to evaluate and improve laborator…
View article: Longitudinal changes in bone mineral density among patients with hyperthyroidism: A prospective cohort study
Longitudinal changes in bone mineral density among patients with hyperthyroidism: A prospective cohort study Open
Bone mineral density (BMD) changes over one year in 124 newly diagnosed hyperthyroid patients were analysed. Hence, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans was performed at baseline and after 12 months of treatment. Significant reduc…
View article: Diagnostic performance of red cell indices in detecting iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia among rural adolescent girls aged 14–19 years in Nagpur District
Diagnostic performance of red cell indices in detecting iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia among rural adolescent girls aged 14–19 years in Nagpur District Open
Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) remains a major public health concern among adolescent girls in rural areas. This study assessed the diagnostic performance of red cell distribution width (RDW) and hemoglobin (Hb) in detecting IDA. A cross-sec…
View article: Opportunity Screening for Early Detection of Gestational Diabetes: Results from the MERGD Study
Opportunity Screening for Early Detection of Gestational Diabetes: Results from the MERGD Study Open
Background: The definitions and approaches used to diagnose gestational diabetes (GD) are varied. The two-step approach recommended by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) combines the sensitivity of a glucose cha…
View article: PRAYAS: Cohort profile for Pooled Research and Analysis for Yielding Anemia-free Solutions in India
PRAYAS: Cohort profile for Pooled Research and Analysis for Yielding Anemia-free Solutions in India Open
Purpose This cohort would aim to estimate the prevalence of anemia among children under 18 years, non-pregnant and non-lactating (NPNL) women, and pregnant women (by trimester), with further stratification by age group, year, and region of…
View article: Intimate partner violence related to disclosure of sickle cell disease during pregnancy: evidence from the sickle cell belt of central India
Intimate partner violence related to disclosure of sickle cell disease during pregnancy: evidence from the sickle cell belt of central India Open
Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) negatively impacts pregnant women and their unborn children. Globally, an estimated 19%, 9%, and 6% of women experience psychological, physical, and sexual IPV, respectively, during pregnancy. The…
View article: Health care in pregnancy during the COVID‐19 pandemic and pregnancy outcomes in six low‐ and‐middle‐income countries: Evidence from a prospective, observational registry of the Global Network for Women’s and Children’s Health
Health care in pregnancy during the COVID‐19 pandemic and pregnancy outcomes in six low‐ and‐middle‐income countries: Evidence from a prospective, observational registry of the Global Network for Women’s and Children’s Health Open
OBJECTIVE: To assess, on a population basis, the medical care for pregnant women in specific geographic regions of six countries before and during the first year of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in relationship to pregna…
View article: Knowledge, attitude and practices of pregnant women related to COVID‐19 infection: A cross‐sectional survey in seven countries from the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health
Knowledge, attitude and practices of pregnant women related to COVID‐19 infection: A cross‐sectional survey in seven countries from the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Open
Objective: We sought to understand knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding COVID-19 in pregnant women in seven low and middle-income countries (LMIC). Design: Population-based prospective, observational study. Settings: Study si…
View article: Cost-effectiveness of intrapartum azithromycin to prevent maternal infection, sepsis, or death in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling analysis of data from a randomised, multicentre, placebo-controlled trial
Cost-effectiveness of intrapartum azithromycin to prevent maternal infection, sepsis, or death in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling analysis of data from a randomised, multicentre, placebo-controlled trial Open
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health through the Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Discovery and Tools Initiative of the Bill & Melinda G…
View article: Effectiveness of intrapartum azithromycin to prevent infections in planned vaginal births in low-income and middle-income countries: a post-hoc analysis of data from a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Effectiveness of intrapartum azithromycin to prevent infections in planned vaginal births in low-income and middle-income countries: a post-hoc analysis of data from a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial Open
For the French and Spanish translations of the abstract see Supplementary Materials section.
View article: COVID‐19 antibody positivity over time and pregnancy outcomes in seven low‐and‐middle‐income countries: A prospective, observational study of the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research
COVID‐19 antibody positivity over time and pregnancy outcomes in seven low‐and‐middle‐income countries: A prospective, observational study of the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research Open
OBJECTIVES: To determine COVID-19 antibody positivity rates over time and relationships to pregnancy outcomes in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). DESIGN: With COVID-19 antibody positivity at delivery as the exposure, we performed …
View article: Neurodevelopment of Children Whose Mothers Were Randomized to Low-Dose Aspirin During Pregnancy
Neurodevelopment of Children Whose Mothers Were Randomized to Low-Dose Aspirin During Pregnancy Open
OBJECTIVE: Because low-dose aspirin is now commonly prescribed in pregnancy, we sought to assess the association between early antenatal exposure and child neurodevelopment. METHODS: We performed a noninferiority, masked, neurodevelopmenta…
View article: Maternal Anemia during Pregnancy and Infant Birth Outcomes: A Prospective Cohort Study in Eastern Maharashtra, India
Maternal Anemia during Pregnancy and Infant Birth Outcomes: A Prospective Cohort Study in Eastern Maharashtra, India Open
Associations between maternal anemia during pregnancy and infant outcomes were mixed indicating further studies are needed to better understand these relationships.
View article: Trends and determinants of the use of episiotomy in a prospective population-based registry from central India
Trends and determinants of the use of episiotomy in a prospective population-based registry from central India Open
The study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov under reference number NCT01073475.
View article: Development and validation of a novel clinical risk score to predict hypoxemia in children with pneumonia using the WHO PREPARE dataset
Development and validation of a novel clinical risk score to predict hypoxemia in children with pneumonia using the WHO PREPARE dataset Open
Background Hypoxemia predicts mortality at all levels of care, and appropriate management can reduce preventable deaths. However, pulse oximetry and oxygen therapy remain inaccessible in many primary care health facilities. We aimed to dev…
View article: Intrapartum and postpartum antibiotic use in seven low‐ and middle‐income countries: Findings from the A‐PLUS trial
Intrapartum and postpartum antibiotic use in seven low‐ and middle‐income countries: Findings from the A‐PLUS trial Open
Objective To describe the intrapartum and postpartum use of non‐study antibiotics in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) during the double‐blinded NICHD Global Network Azithromycin in Labor (A‐PLUS) trial. Design The antibiotic use su…
View article: The prevalence of anemia during pregnancy and its correlates vary by trimester and hemoglobin assessment method in Eastern Maharashtra, India
The prevalence of anemia during pregnancy and its correlates vary by trimester and hemoglobin assessment method in Eastern Maharashtra, India Open
Approximately half of pregnant women in India are anemic, representing over 7.5 million women. Few studies have assessed the relationship between multiple micronutrient deficiencies and anemia during pregnancy or the trajectory of hemoglob…
View article: Providing optimal care in the neonatal care units in India: How Covid-19 exacerbated existing barriers
Providing optimal care in the neonatal care units in India: How Covid-19 exacerbated existing barriers Open
Nearly one quarter (600,000) of all neonatal deaths worldwide per year occur in India. To reduce neonatal mortality, the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare established neonatal care units, including neonatal intensive care units …
View article: Neurodevelopment of Children Whose Mothers Were Randomized to Low-Dose Aspirin During Pregnancy
Neurodevelopment of Children Whose Mothers Were Randomized to Low-Dose Aspirin During Pregnancy Open
OBJECTIVE: Because low-dose aspirin is now commonly prescribed in pregnancy, we sought to assess the association between early antenatal exposure and child neurodevelopment. METHODS: We performed a noninferiority, masked, neurodevelopmenta…
View article: Anaemia prevalence, its determinants and profile of micronutrient status among rural school adolescent girls aged 14–19 years: a cross-sectional study in Nagpur district, Maharashtra, India
Anaemia prevalence, its determinants and profile of micronutrient status among rural school adolescent girls aged 14–19 years: a cross-sectional study in Nagpur district, Maharashtra, India Open
Objective: The objective of our study was to determine the prevalence of anaemia among 14–19 years school going girls, risk factors for it and profile of micronutrient status among rural girls from western state of India. Design: Using a c…
View article: M-SAKHI – Mobile health solutions to help community providers promote maternal and infant nutrition and health: a description of development of the Program Impact Pathway using Theory of Change
M-SAKHI – Mobile health solutions to help community providers promote maternal and infant nutrition and health: a description of development of the Program Impact Pathway using Theory of Change Open
Objective: Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) intervention programmes often lack documentation of successful processes. This manuscript aims to describe the development of Program Impact Pathway (PIP) using Theory of Change (ToC) approac…
View article: Neonatal Respiratory Support Utilization in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Registry-Based Observational Study
Neonatal Respiratory Support Utilization in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Registry-Based Observational Study Open
Background: Newborns with hypoxemia often require life-saving respiratory support. In low-resource settings, it is unknown if respiratory support is delivered more frequently to term infants or preterm infants. We hypothesize…
View article: Maternal age extremes and adverse pregnancy outcomes in low-resourced settings
Maternal age extremes and adverse pregnancy outcomes in low-resourced settings Open
Introduction Adolescent (<20 years) and advanced maternal age (>35 years) pregnancies carry adverse risks and warrant a critical review in low- and middle-income countries where the burden of adverse pregnancy outcomes is highest. Ob…
View article: Maternal and perinatal outcomes of women with vaginal birth after cesarean section compared to repeat cesarean birth in select South Asian and Latin American settings of the global network for women’s and children’s health research
Maternal and perinatal outcomes of women with vaginal birth after cesarean section compared to repeat cesarean birth in select South Asian and Latin American settings of the global network for women’s and children’s health research Open
Objective Our objective was to analyze a prospective population-based registry including five sites in four low- and middle-income countries to observe characteristics associated with vaginal birth after cesarean versus repeat cesarean bir…
View article: The Global Network COVID-19 studies: a review
The Global Network COVID-19 studies: a review Open
With the paucity of data available regarding COVID-19 in pregnancy in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), near the start of the pandemic, the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research, funded by the National Institute…
View article: Trends over time in the knowledge, attitude and practices of pregnant women related to COVID-19: A cross-sectional survey from seven low- and middle-income countries
Trends over time in the knowledge, attitude and practices of pregnant women related to COVID-19: A cross-sectional survey from seven low- and middle-income countries Open
Objective: To understand trends in the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of pregnant women related to COVID-19 in seven low- and middle-income countries. Design: Multi-country population-based prospective observational study. Settin…
View article: Can the date of last menstrual period be trusted in the first trimester? Comparisons of gestational age measures from a prospective cohort study in six low-income to middle-income countries
Can the date of last menstrual period be trusted in the first trimester? Comparisons of gestational age measures from a prospective cohort study in six low-income to middle-income countries Open
Objectives We examined gestational age (GA) estimates for live and still births, and prematurity rates based on last menstrual period (LMP) compared with ultrasonography (USG) among pregnant women at seven sites in six low-resource countri…
View article: Building a predictive model of low birth weight in low- and middle-income countries: a prospective cohort study
Building a predictive model of low birth weight in low- and middle-income countries: a prospective cohort study Open
View article: Trends over time in the knowledge, attitude and practices of pregnant women related to <scp>COVID</scp>‐19: A cross‐sectional survey from seven low‐ and middle‐income countries
Trends over time in the knowledge, attitude and practices of pregnant women related to <span>COVID</span>‐19: A cross‐sectional survey from seven low‐ and middle‐income countries Open
Objective To understand trends in the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of pregnant women related to COVID‐19 in seven low‐ and middle‐income countries. Design Multi‐country population‐based prospective observational study. Setting …