Prenatal Care

"Prenatal 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.

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Care provided the pregnant woman in order to prevent complications, and decrease the incidence of maternal and prenatal mortality.

Descriptor ID	D011295
MeSH Number(s)	E02.760.786 N02.421.143.620.704 N02.421.585.786
Concept/Terms	Prenatal Care Prenatal Care Care, Prenatal Antenatal Care Care, Antenatal

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Prenatal Care".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Patient Care [E02.760]
Prenatal Care [E02.760.786]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Community Health Services [N02.421.143]
Maternal Health Services [N02.421.143.620]
Prenatal Care [N02.421.143.620.704]
Patient Care [N02.421.585]
Prenatal Care [N02.421.585.786]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Prenatal Care".

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Bar chart showing 73 publications over 22 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2003	1	1	2
2004	4	0	4
2005	0	1	1
2006	3	1	4
2007	1	1	2
2008	1	0	1
2009	1	2	3
2011	1	2	3
2012	0	1	1
2013	1	1	2
2014	1	2	3
2015	1	1	2
2016	3	1	4
2017	3	0	3
2018	5	2	7
2019	1	2	3
2020	6	5	11
2021	0	5	5
2022	2	1	3
2023	0	2	2
2024	1	3	4
2025	2	1	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Prenatal Care" by people in Profiles.

Mittal P, Raina N, Gaikwad H, Suneja A, Nagpal K, Mandal A, Gupta M. Epidemiology of stillbirths in india: findings of a multisite hospital-based sentinel surveillance from 2016 to 2020 in North India. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2025 Aug 28; 25(1):895.

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Enns JE, Brownell M, Nickel NC, Chartier M, Chateau D, Sarkar J, Casidsid HJM, Quddus F, Burland E, Katz A, Santos RG, Phillips-Beck W, Sanguins J, Owczar H. Birth and Early Childhood Outcomes in Families Receiving an Unconditional Prenatal Cash Benefit. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Aug 01; 8(8):e2526996.

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Chawla S, Wyckoff MH, Lakshminrusimha S, Rysavy MA, Patel RM, Chowdhury D, Das A, Greenberg RG, Natarajan G, Shankaran S, Bell EF, Ambalavanan N, Younge NE, Laptook AR, Pavlek LR, Backes CH, Van Meurs KP, Werner EF, Carlo WA. Short Duration of Antenatal Corticosteroid Exposure and Outcomes in Extremely Preterm Infants. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 02 03; 8(2):e2461312.

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Sridhar SB, Ferrara A, Brown SD, Quesenberry CP, Xu F, Liu E, Sedgwick T, Kissel P, Serrato Bandera HD, Albright C, Hedderson MM. Protocol of an adaptive mobile health intervention for the management of gestational weight gain: The LEAP cluster randomized controlled trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2025 Feb; 149:107781.

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Solomon E, McPhail A, Bursac Z, Little MA, Talcott GW, Krukowski RA. Provider advice, pregnant persons' expectations, and actual gestational weight gain among United States military health care beneficiaries: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2024 Nov 25; 24(1):785.

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Delafield R, Lim E, Chang A, VangTung C, Howard J, Dillard A, Chen S, Ebbay PL, Kaholokula JK. The cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Mothers on Respect Index for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2024 Oct 25; 24(1):702.

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Hackett C, Frank L, Heldt-Werle L, Loosier PS. Provider-Reported Barriers in Sexual Health Care Services for Women With Upstream Barriers: The Case of Syphilis and Congenital Syphilis in Southern Colorado, 2022. Sex Transm Dis. 2024 05 01; 51(5):337-341.

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Guglielminotti J, Daw JR, Friedman AM, Landau R, Li G. Medicaid expansion and risk of eclampsia. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2023 08; 5(8):101054.

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Blauvelt CA, Sobhani NC, Andrikopoulou M, Friedman AM, Gonzalez-Velez JM, Wen T. Trends in attempted vaginal delivery among pregnancies complicated by fetal myelomeningocele in the United States. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2023 04; 5(4):100902.

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Michel A, Fontenot H. Adequate Prenatal Care: An Integrative Review. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2023 03; 68(2):233-247.

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