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OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effects of single and repeated courses of antenatal corticosteroids on brain growth in very preterm babies. DESIGN:Retrospective study of 110 very preterm babies delivered at a single University Teaching Hospital between 1992 and 1999 who had a full necropsy including detailed examination of the brain. RESULTS:Mean brain weight did not differ significantly between babies who received corticosteroids and those who did not 160 vs. 157 g, (p=0.82), nor was there a difference between mean brain weight of stillborn or liveborn babies in relation to steroid use 164 vs. 159 g, (p=0.84) and 156 vs. 152g (p=0.81). There was no apparent dose-response relationship between the total number of doses of corticosteroids or timing since the first dose of corticosteroids and brain weight, p=0.95 and p=0.87. CONCLUSIONS:Single and multiple courses of antenatal corticosteroids had no significant effect on brain growth in babies delivered preterm who died but long-term follow-up studies are required to evaluate the functional neurological outcome of surviving children.
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Early Hum Devjournal_title
Early human developmentauthors
Murphy DJdoi
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2001-07-01 00:00:00pages
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杂志文章abstract：:The objectives of this study were (1) to detect vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in fetal blood obtained by cordocentesis (2) to examine possible changes in growth retarded fetuses and to establish relationships between its levels and fetal blood acid-base status as well as fetal haemodynamics as assessed by Doppler ...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0378-3782(94)01610-2
更新日期：1995-03-17 00:00:00
abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) were measured in amniotic fluid, extraembryonic coelomic fluid and maternal serum from 23 women with apparently normal first trimester pregnancies prior to termination. The levels of IGF-1 and IGFBP-1 were significantly hig...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0378-3782(92)90105-p
更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Birthweight is an important predictor of various fundamental aspects of childhood health and development. AIM:To examine the impact of birthweight on childhood balance performance classification and verify if this is replicable and consistent in different populations. STUDY DESIGN:Prospective birth cohort ...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2018.01.010
更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The fatty acid content of fetal tissues was utilized to estimate essential fatty acid accretion during intrauterine growth. These rates of essential fatty acid accretion were used to predict that 400 mg/kg of body weight for omega-6 fatty acids and 50 mg/kg of body weight for omega-3 fatty acids per day would be used ...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0378-3782(81)90016-5
更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the newborn transient evoked otoacoustic emission (TEOAE) hearing screening tests of infants later diagnosed with the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). STUDY DESIGN:In a case-controlled study, the newborn TEOAE hearing screens of 31 infants who subsequently died of SIDS were retrospectively co...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2007.06.001
更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The long-term effect of early intervention in infants at risk for developmental disorders is unclear. The VIP project (n=46, originally) evaluated by means of a randomised controlled trial the effect of the family centred early intervention programme COPCA (Coping with and Caring for infants with special nee...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2017.02.002
更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite its prevalence and potential maternal and neonatal implications, the literature on the thickness levels of meconium stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) and its impact on neonatal outcomes is relatively outdated and relies on relatively small sample sizes. AIMS:To study if different thickness levels of MSA...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2020.104953
更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Serum albumin levels decrease during pregnancy while the concentration of most other maternal serum proteins of hepatic origin remain stable or increase. In a study of 289 women, most maternal characteristics such as race, age, smoking, a history of previous low birth-weight, infant sex and gestational age at delivery...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0378-3782(93)90178-w
更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Spectral analysis was performed on ventilation and instantaneous heart rate data recorded in 15 term infants during quiet sleep in the first week after delivery, and in 11 of these infants during active sleep. There was a close relation between the main peaks of the ventilation spectra and the corresponding histograms...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0378-3782(89)90050-9
更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the preschool neurodevelopmental outcome in CDH survivors between 2 and 5 years of age and to identify perinatal and postnatal factors that may be predictive of persistent neurological deficits. METHODS:The study cohort consists of 60 CDH survivors that were enrolled in our prospective, follow-up...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2012.12.009
更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The potential use of a piglet as a model for investigation of brain blood flow was evaluated by assessing the presence of autoregulation in 11 spontaneously breathing newborn piglets. Blood pressure was altered by phlebotomy. When the mean arterial blood pressure was greater than 50 mm Hg, no significant change in bra...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0378-3782(82)90063-9
更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We measured plasma and erythrocyte vitamin E (VE) and plasma vitamin A (VA) profiles in 48 full-term and 8 preterm pairs of neonates and their mothers at birth and we determined whether there is any relationship between maternal and umbilical cord for the nutrients measured. At the same time, we assessed the influence...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0378-3782(98)00070-x
更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The premature birth of a child and admission to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is a distressing experience for parents, and has been associated with symptoms of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress. Supporting parents in the NICU after preterm birth is critical not only for their own mental health, b...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2019.104838
更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Interest in determining the quality of life of children and adults is now considered a priority. This is a result of a shift in thinking with greater transparency in finding out not only the health outcomes, but also the personal burden of illness and life satisfaction for the individual. However, there is still no co...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2013.01.012
更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Corrected age is typically applied when assessing the development of children born <32 weeks of gestation. There is no consensus as to whether corrected age should be applied when assessing children born late/moderately preterm (LMPT; 32-36 weeks of gestation). AIMS:This study explored the impact of correct...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2016.01.002
更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：AIM:Depression during pregnancy is a significant cause of adverse birth outcomes, and its prevalence has increased in recent years. This study aimed to give an updated quantification of the risk of preterm birth (PTB), low birth weight (LBW) and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) that is associated with antenatal d...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2020.105243
更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The essential fatty acid (EFA) composition of umbilical vessel walls is increasingly being studied as a longer-term reflection of the fetal EFA status. We evaluated the EFA content of umbilical artery and vein vessel walls in 43 preterm infants and compared it with that of 43 full-term cord vessels. In addition, relat...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0378-3782(95)01656-n
更新日期：1995-08-18 00:00:00
abstract：:In the infant, sucking behaviour is one of the first coordinated muscular activities. It is under the control of the brainstem. In utero sucking is observed from 13 weeks' gestation. The healthy full-term newborn infant has a very stable rhythm of alternating bursts of sucking with pauses in between. The non-nutritive...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0378-3782(00)00091-8
更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Septic complications lead to a high mortality rate in very low birthweight infants (VLBWI). Therefore, prognostic markers for the development of sepsis attach importance to start an efficient therapy as early as possible. AIMS:Functional and phenotypical variables of blood monocytes in the cord and peripher...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0378-3782(01)00245-6
更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:A short course of moderately early dexamethasone therapy with a starting dose of 0.5 mg/kg/day improves lung compliance and shortens the duration of ventilatory support in preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). We conducted a double-blind, randomized study to evaluate whether a moderately e...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1016/s0378-3782(03)00082-3
更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Soluble fibrinogen--fibrin complex levels were found to be significantly higher in plasma samples from pregnant women with babies suffering from intrauterine growth retardation, when compared with levels found in normal pregnancy. As soluble fibrinogen--fibrin complexes are formed following activation of the coagulati...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0378-3782(78)90006-3
更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This study examined the risk factors for respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in preterm infants from pregnancies complicated by placenta previa. Forty preterm infants born to mothers with placenta previa between January 1989 and December 1995 in a medical center were enrolled. Each of these patients was matched in ges...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0378-3782(00)00121-3
更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:ELISA methods were used to determine the concentrations of CAI and CAII in spermatozoa, seminal plasma, ovarian follicular fluid, decidual tissues, chorionic villi and various fetal tissues at 8-11 weeks gestation. Both CAI and CAII were expressed in all subjects except ovarian follicular fluid samples. The possible p...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0378-3782(97)00119-9
更新日期：1998-07-10 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Higher parenting stress in mothers of children born very preterm may be in part a response to poorer neurobehavioral development, reflecting realistic concerns in addition to adaptation to the trauma of preterm delivery. To our knowledge, there are few longitudinal studies of parenting stress that have addre...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.01.030
更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Several guidelines have been created in an attempt to raise the quality of different kinds of studies. These also attempt to ensure that research is reported accurately and transparently. Six such guidelines (CONSORT, MOOSE, PRISMA, SPIRIT, STARD, and STROBE) will be briefly discussed in this paper. The purpose of the...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2019.05.014
更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The relationship between cyclic 3',5'-adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) excretion and creatinine clearance, urinary phosphate excretion, and urinary osmolarity was studied under basal conditions in 29 babies of 28-40 weeks gestation, during the first few days of life. Urinary cAMP excretion was directly related to creati...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0378-3782(84)90112-9
更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Discrepancies between active and passive muscle power are often seen in pre-term infants over the first year. Generally of a transient nature, they are most obvious in the extensor muscles of the trunk where there is a high active muscle power relative to the passive component. While high active muscle power may not b...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0378-3782(95)01661-l
更新日期：1995-08-30 00:00:00
abstract：:Delayed emergence of movement patterns and disturbances in the development of behavioural states are often observed in the fetuses of diabetic women. The developmental course of specific fetal movement patterns was studied in 20 women with type-1 diabetes during the first trimester of pregnancy. The aim was to investi...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0378-3782(91)90190-e
更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Many preterm children show difficulties in attention at (pre)school age. The development of attention capacities of preterm and term toddlers was compared using a longitudinal and multi-method approach at 12, 18 and 24months. METHOD:Attention was measured for 123 preterm (32-36weeks gestation) and 101 term b...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2015.08.015
更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Studies in encephalopathic infants have demonstrated a brief phase of normal cerebral energetics following hypoxia-ischaemia prior to development of delayed energy failure. In experimental models, mild hypothermia has shown a consistent neuroprotective action, although its efficacy is critically dependent on the sever...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2004.10.014
更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00
