Zinc supplementation for improving pregnancy and infant outcome

It has been suggested that low serum zinc levels may be associated with suboptimal outcomes of pregnancy such as prolonged labour, atonic postpartum haemorrhage, pregnancy-induced hypertension, preterm labour and post-term pregnancies, although many of these associations have not yet been established.To assess the effects of zinc supplementation in pregnancy on maternal, fetal, neonatal and infant outcomes.We searched the Cochrane Pregnancy and...