Research Centre CHU de Québec-Université Laval

A recent review of initial causes of maternal death based on hospital data in Canada identified suicide as the most frequent specific direct cause of maternal death up to one year postpartum, with a maternal mortality ratio (MMR) of 0.68 per 100,000 live births. This cause surpasses other specific direct causes such as puerperal sepsis […]

This project has several innovative elements. First, the concept of incidentally discovered asymptomatic VTE, or VTE, is largely unstudied in pediatrics, unlike its adult equivalent.

When a child is born very prematurely, the brain is not fully mature. Several crucial stages of brain development occur in the weeks following birth.

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The mental health of youth and its evolution during the COVID-19 pandemic are concerning on a number of fronts. Unfortunately, the data available at this point do not allow for concluding that the described emotional shifts are a direct result of the pandemic. More specifically, because some studies failed to identify groups at greater risk […]

Fathers are poorly represented in studies of the prenatal origins of illness and health problems. As a result, prenatal paternal factors that increase the risk of mental health problems in children are not well understood. A growing number of studies show that children of fathers with symptoms of depression, anxiety or stress are at higher […]