Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Pregnancy Complications

Pregnancy complications are conditions arising during gestation, labour, or the puerperium that threaten the health of the mother, the fetus, or both, and that may develop from pre-existing maternal disease or emerge specifically as a result of pregnancy. They include hypertensive disorders such as preeclampsia, ges…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 12× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2576-2818 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Pregnancy complications are conditions arising during gestation, labour, or the puerperium that threaten the health of the mother, the fetus, or both, and that may develop from pre-existing maternal disease or emerge specifically as a result of pregnancy. They include hypertensive disorders such as preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, anaemia, infection, haemorrhage and placental disorders, preterm labour, and adverse fetal outcomes including intrauterine death. Their pathophysiology often involves disturbances of maternal-fetal adaptation, vascular and metabolic dysfunction, inflammatory and immune mediators, and nutritional deficiency, and risk is shaped by maternal age, comorbidity, preconception health, and access to antenatal care. Because early recognition and timely intervention substantially reduce harm, research and practice emphasise screening, biomarkers, preconception and antenatal care, nutrition, and the management of labour and delivery, including indications for caesarean section. The study of reproductive and inflammatory biomarkers contributes to understanding and predicting complications. The peer-reviewed research collected under this topic addresses preconception care and immunological factors, gestational diabetes and proinflammatory cytokines, nutrition and preventive practice in pregnant women, anaemia and haemoglobinopathies in pregnancy, factors associated with caesarean delivery, and intrauterine death, reflecting the field's focus on identifying, predicting, and managing the maternal and fetal conditions that complicate pregnancy and on the antenatal and preconception strategies that improve outcomes for mother and child.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2017

Nutritional Deficiencies in Pregnancy after Surgery for Morbid Obesity

Augoulea AretiCorresponding author
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Medical School,, Aretaieio Hospital, 76 Vas. Sofias Ave, GR-11528, Athens, Greece
Digestive Disorders And Diagnosis doi:10.14302/issn.2574-4526.jddd-17-1776

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 12 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Fertility Biomarkers (ISSN 2576-2818).

Journal editorial board
Reshef Tal · United States Weihua Wang · United States

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