Preterm premature rupture of the membranes and antioxidants: the free radical connection.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Influenza presents with increased morbidity and mortality in children ≤5 months of age. Vaccination of caregivers is indicated, but immunization rates are estimated at only 30%. The 2009 New York State Neonatal Influenza Protection Act (NIPA) mandated offering of influenza vaccine to caregivers during the po...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Shah S,Messina C

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficacy of atosiban with usual management of threatened preterm labor. METHODS:In this prospective, open-label, randomized controlled trial, women admitted to the hospital in threatened preterm labor (between 24 and 34 weeks' gestation) were randomized to receive atosiban or usual care (beta-...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Husslein P,Cabero Roura L,Dudenhausen JW,Helmer H,Frydman R,Rizzo N,Schneider D

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our objective was to evaluate whether using a standardized shoulder dystocia delivery form improved documentation. A standardized delivery form was added to our institution's obstetrical record in August 2003. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study was conducted comparing 100 vaginal deliveries complicated by ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Moragianni VA,Hacker MR,Craparo FJ

更新日期：2011-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate values and variability of T/QRS ratios between 28 and 42 weeks' gestation in term and post-term pregnancies using non-invasive methods with electrodes placed over the maternal abdomen. METHODS:Fetal electrocardiograms were recorded from 657 women with singleton pregnancies. Recorded signals were analyz...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Fuchs T

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective To evaluate fetal behavioral differences between singleton and twin fetuses before 20 weeks of gestation using four-dimensional (4D) ultrasound. Methods 4D ultrasound was used to examine fetal movements in 58 singleton and 48 twin normal fetuses at 12-19 weeks. The frequencies of eight fetal movements were a...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： AboEllail MAM,Kanenishi K,Mori N,Noguchi J,Marumo G,Hata T

更新日期：2018-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:For the higher numbered multifetal gestation, duration of gestational age decreases in spite of different medical activities. On the other hand increasing gestational age often strongly suggests the need for delivery by caesarean section for maternal indications. After the 32nd week of gestation in general no serious ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Knitza R,Ott M,Hasbargen U,Hepp H

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is accepted as the gold standard for the diagnosis of arterial cerebral infarction (ACI), but few studies have reported the incidence of neonatal ACI based on MRI findings. We provide new population-based epidemiologic and diagnostic data on all infants diagnosed between 1997 and 2...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Schulzke S,Weber P,Luetschg J,Fahnenstich H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new design of vacuum extractor cup--'the New Generation cup'--has recently been introduced into clinical practice. Its major modification is a traction cord which passes around the rim of the cup for 180 degrees and is free to slide within the rim. Claims that this design 'enables the operator to pull obliquely with...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Carmody F,Grant A,Somchiwong M

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Our two objectives were to evaluate the feasibility of fetal brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using a fast spin echo sequence at 3.0T field strength with low radio frequency (rf) energy deposition (as measured by specific absorption rate: SAR) and to compare image quality, tissue contrast and conspicui...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Krishnamurthy U,Neelavalli J,Mody S,Yeo L,Jella PK,Saleem S,Korzeniewski SJ,Cabrera MD,Ehterami S,Bahado-Singh RO,Katkuri Y,Haacke EM,Hernandez-Andrade E,Hassan SS,Romero R

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Peripheral cannulas in newborns are commonly used for intravenous treatment. However sustained maintenance of cannula patency is often difficult to achieve in this age group. This study compares the duration for which cannula patency can be maintained in newborns under continuous infusion, or an intermittent flush...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Perez A,Feuz I,Brotschi B,Bernet V

更新日期：2012-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of perinatal asphyxia in the secretion of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) during the first 6 days of life, and its renal consequences are discussed. Comparison between 20 healthy term neonates and 19 with first--or second--degree hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is made. Daily controls were performe...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Carbonell X,Figueras J,Salvia MD,Esque MT,Delgado MP,Jimenez R

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the impact of maternal obesity on completion of fetal anomaly screening. METHODS:A retrospective analysis of 500 anomaly scans (19+0-21+6 weeks) was included. Women were categorised according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) body mass index (BMI) classification: normal weight (18.50-24.99 kg...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Eastwood KA,Daly C,Hunter A,McCance D,Young I,Holmes V

更新日期：2017-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The last few decades have seen an unrelenting rise in caesarean section (CS) rates. In addition to an increase in numbers of CS performed worldwide, there has also been a change in the indications for CS, a reflection of changing times. A new dilemma facing obstetricians is the increasing demand for CS in the absence ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： D'Souza R,Arulkumaran S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous tests have been proposed for the assessment of fetal condition during the antenatal period. This preliminary report suggests the possibility of exposing the fetus-in-utero to alternating light during amnioscopy, with simultaneous registration of the fetal heart rate. This simple, non-invasive, inexpensive tes...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Peleg D,Goldman JA

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence polarization of the amniotic fluid from 39 high risk pregnancies requiring preterm delivery was measured in order to assess the maturity of the fetal lung. The study population included 15 cases of intrauterine growth retardation, ten maternal hypertension, five maternal Hodgkin's disease, three placenta ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Salmona M,Diomede L,Moro G,Minoli I,Bernini S,Agosti S

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythrocyte deformability is an important determinant of microcirculation, of oxygen transport and release to the tissue. In an attempt to clarify the rheological peculiarity during pregnancy, erythrocyte deformability was measured in 10 nonpregnant controls and 10 pairs of mothers and newborns. When the hematocrit of...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Eguchi K,Sawai T,Mizutani Y

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Idiopathic vaginal bleeding, a common complication of pregnancy, increases the risk of small-for-gestational age (SGA) neonate, preeclampsia and preterm delivery and can be the only clinical manifestation of intra-amniotic infection and/or inflammation (IAI). Placenta previa is thought to be protective agains...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Madan I,Romero R,Kusanovic JP,Mittal P,Chaiworapongsa T,Dong Z,Mazaki-Tovi S,Vaisbuch E,Alpay Savasan Z,Yeo L,Kim CJ,Hassan SS

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 29 cases of vaginal delivery with normal outcome and 4 cases of cesarean section, the concentrations of beta-endorphin, ACTH and cortisol were determined in maternal venous and umbilical venous plasma immediately postpartum. According to duration of labor and mode of delivery the cases examined were classified into...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Bacigalupo G,Langner K,Schmidt S,Saling E

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There are few population-based studies of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) in sub-Saharan Africa, and the published criteria that are used to define and grade HIE are too variable for meaningful comparisons between studies and populations. Our objectives were (1) to investigate how the incidence of HIE ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Horn AR,Swingler GH,Myer L,Harrison MC,Linley LL,Nelson C,Tooke L,Rhoda NR,Robertson NJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the association of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection with preterm birth (PTB). METHODS:A cohort of 20,498 pregnant women (497 HBV carriers with 20,001 non-HBV controls) with normal alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels was selected from the Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital of Nantong Unive...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Cui AM,Shao JG,Li HB,Shen Y,Chen ZX,Zhang S,Bian ZL,Qin G,Cheng XY

更新日期：2017-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcutaneous PO2 (tcPO2) response to blood interruption (BIS test) was measured in 6 healthy adults and 28 infants, including premature infants. The response was similar in both infants and adults with a time lag at the beginning of blood interruption, a subsequent linear decrease, a time lag at the end of blood...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Horio H,Ohminato S,Hasegawa T

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of fetal movements by the pregnant woman is a useful screening test in high and low risk pregnancies. Decreased fetal movements to less than 10 during 12 hours is an expression of fetal distress, and may be the first alert of impending fetal death. Pregnancies with decreased fetal activity comprise a very h...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Navot D,Yaffe H,Sadovsky E

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate uterine cervical consistency using a vaginal ultrasound gray-level histogram. METHODS:Vaginal ultrasound and digital examination were performed for 214 women with low-risk singleton pregnancy during 27-30(th) pregnancy week. The mean gray-level (MGL) of an ultrasound gray-level histogram, representing...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Kuwata T,Matsubara S,Taniguchi N,Ohkuchi A,Ohkusa T,Suzuki M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An infant is reported who was identified antenatally to have an extralobar sequestration and a pleural effusion. Chronic drainage of the effusion was achieved by placement of a pleuroamniotic shunt. After delivery the infant underwent several thoracocenteses and then definitive surgery to remove an extralobar sequestr...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Chan V,Greenough A,Nicolaides KN

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the optimal time of delivery, in terms of lowest risk of peripartum complications, the relative incidences of the parameters. Abnormal cardiotocogram (CTG), operative vaginal delivery, Apgar < 7 at 1 and 5 min, artery cord blood pH < 7.20, blood loss > 500 ml, epidural anesthesia, and Cesarean section, we...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Unger C,Zimmermann R,Huch A,Huch R

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives This study aimed to assess pregnancy and delivery outcomes in women with a history of stillbirth in a large tertiary referral hospital. Methods This was a retrospective study from Helsinki University Hospital, Finland. The cohort comprised 214 antepartum singleton stillbirths in the period 2003-2015 (case g...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Pekkola M,Tikkanen M,Gissler M,Paavonen J,Stefanovic V

更新日期：2020-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To analyze short-term neonatal outcome and the sampling to delivery interval in cases with severe intrapartum acidemia diagnosed with fetal scalp blood sampling (FBS). METHODS:This is a secondary analysis of data from a trial of 2992 women, who were, when indicated, randomized to either lactate or pH analyses by F...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Holzmann M,Cnattingius S,Nordstrom L

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In present-day obstetrics, cesarean delivery occurs in one in three women in the United States, and in up to four of five women in some regions of the world. The history of cesarean section extends well over four centuries. Up until the end of the nineteenth century, the operation was avoided because of its high morta...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Antoine C,Young BK

更新日期：2020-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The absence of one umbilical artery of single umbilical artery (SUA) is one of the most common congenital malformations in man. This vascular anomaly of the umbilical cord is frequently associated with other congenital malformations as well as some adverse perinatal events such as intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Sepúlveda WH

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Group-B Streptococcus has been associated with preterm labor and other pregnancy related complications. This study was performed to evaluate the effect of peptidoglycan polysaccharide (PGPS) derived from a beta hemolytic Streptococcal cell wall on amniochorion cytokine production and to compare PGPS effects w...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Fortunato SJ,Lombardi SJ,Menon R

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00