Pregnancy

"Pregnancy" 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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The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.

Descriptor ID	D011247
MeSH Number(s)	G08.686.784.769
Concept/Terms	Pregnancy Pregnancy Pregnancies Gestation

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Biological Sciences [G]
Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena [G08]
Reproductive Physiological Phenomena [G08.686]
Reproduction [G08.686.784]
Pregnancy [G08.686.784.769]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Pregnancy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Pregnancy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 1702 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 109 publications in 2021

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	2	10	12
1997	0	14	14
1998	0	10	10
1999	0	17	17
2000	0	21	21
2001	0	15	15
2002	1	32	33
2003	0	18	18
2004	2	37	39
2005	1	30	31
2006	1	29	30
2007	1	45	46
2008	1	59	60
2009	5	42	47
2010	4	35	39
2011	4	50	54
2012	7	63	70
2013	2	66	68
2014	3	70	73
2015	2	88	90
2016	3	73	76
2017	5	82	87
2018	1	80	81
2019	2	79	81
2020	1	93	94
2021	1	108	109
2022	0	105	105
2023	0	102	102
2024	0	86	86
2025	0	79	79
2026	0	15	15

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

Guertin TM, Sisson C, Gargiulo RM, Macrorie O, Pease EL, Garth HE, Vriens J, De Clercq K, Mager J, Tremblay KD. Onset of embryonic and placental defects coincide in 19 of 22 novel mid-gestation lethal murine knockout lines. Development. 2026 May 15; 153(10).

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Cherouveim P, Jiang VS, Hammer KC, Fitz VW, Sacha CR, James KE, Dimitriadis I, Bormann CL, Roberts DJ, Souter I. Placental pathology and weight following Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) with or without ovarian stimulation (OS). Placenta. 2026 Jun 24; 181:152-159.

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Boudreau DM, Pocobelli G, Bobb JF, Cheetham C, Dublin S, Andrade SE, Albertson-Junkans L, Griffin MR, Li DK, Raebel MA, Hechter RC, Pawloski PA, Toh S, Hua W, Ouellet-Hellstrom R, Horn P, Dinatale M, Ceresa C, Soukup M, Ma Y, Trinidad JP. Neural tube defect risk in relation to opioid analgesic exposure during early pregnancy. Am J Epidemiol. 2026 05 07; 195(5):1242-1251.

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Carlin RF, Parker MG, Kellams AL, Hauck FR, Kerr S, Cornwell BT, Kiviniemi MT, Geller N, Boguszewski KE, Corwin MJ, Colson ER, Moon RY. Delivering safe sleep and breastfeeding education to pregnant and new mothers through private Facebook groups: study protocol for a 4-armed randomized controlled trial. BMC Pediatr. 2026 04 22; 26(1).

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Hibberd PL, Kim JH, Trotta M, Leal SM, Aceituno A, Ward DV, Patel A, Subramaniam A, Carlo WA, Ahmed I, Saleem S, Billah SM, Haque R, Mazariegos M, Esamai F, Somannavar MS, Goudar SS, Chomba E, Mwenchanya M, Lokangaka A, Tshefu A, Goldenberg RL, Bauserman M, Krebs NF, Bucher S, Derman RJ, Petri WA, Koso-Thomas M, Babineau DC, McClure EM, Tita ATN. Impact of prophylactic oral azithromycin during labor on Azithromycin Resistance (AMR) in nasal Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae in women and infants in the multi-country Azithromycin Prevention in Labor Use Study (A-PLUS). PLoS One. 2026; 21(4):e0346174.

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Wilkie G, Takillapati S, Alhuarrat MAD, Whelan A, Rosenthal L, Kovell LC. Cardiac and Perinatal Outcomes Among Pregnancies With Maternal Cardiac Arrhythmias. Am J Cardiol. 2026 Jul 01; 270:17-21.

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Steele K, Zimmermann M, Simas TAM, Byatt N, Koli R, Sherman M, Gaulton J, McNutt C. Clinical Outcomes of a Tech-enabled Perinatal Collaborative Care Program to Treat Depression and Anxiety. Matern Child Health J. 2026 Apr; 30(4):517-526.

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Silvestri K, Gwartney T, Whalen MB. Don't Cut the Cord! Sutureless Repair of Gastroschisis-A Case Report. Neonatal Netw. 2026 Apr 01; 45(2):91-104.

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Miller ES, Hoffman MC, Roussos-Ross K, Byatt N, Moore Simas TA. Preventing Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Through Perinatal Mental Health Care. Obstet Gynecol. 2026 Jun 01; 147(6):785-795.

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Wilkie G. Type 2 Diabetes in Pregnancy: Management and Novel Therapies. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2026 Jun 01; 69(2):203-209.

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