Esophageal atresia (T-E fistula): an index for neonatal surgery.

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

authors： Hamer EG,Hielkema T,Bos AF,Dirks T,Hooijsma SJ,Reinders-Messelink HA,Toonen RF,Hadders-Algra M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies suggest that RhD positive heterozygotes express better health status than RhD positive homozygotes and especially RhD negative subjects. This also applies to pregnant women. According to the Trivers-Willard hypothesis, women in better physical condition should have more sons. AIM:To test th...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Kaňková Š,Flegr J,Toman J,Calda P

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The osmotic fragility of red blood cells reflects their membrane ability to maintain structural integrity. The osmolality at which the cells lyse is related to their shape, deformability, surface area/volume ratio and intrinsic membrane properties. In cord blood, there may be differences between premature an...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Bautista ML,Altaf W,Lall R,Wapnir RA

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cohort study was carried out to assess the association between glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency, diagnosed by quantitative enzyme assay, and neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, defined as serum total bilirubin >/=15 mg/dl, in the well-baby nursery of Chang Gung Children's Hospital. Among 42,110 inborn in...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Weng YH,Chou YH,Lien RI

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the assessments before discharge from the intensive care unit, that will predict outcome most accurately, a prospective longitudinal study in a cohort of 79 high risk VLBW children was conducted from birth to 3.6 years of age. Birthweight, gestational age, obstetrical and neonatal optimality, neonatal neu...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Weisglas-Kuperus N,Baerts W,Fetter WP,Sauer PJ

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence that sleep plays a major role in the development of neural pathways in the neonatal brain. Several studies have suggested evidence-based approaches to improve sleep for infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU); however, in many neonatal centers very few of these strategi...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： van den Hoogen A,Teunis CJ,Shellhaas RA,Pillen S,Benders M,Dudink J

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infants whose mothers had low serum pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) in the first trimester were observed to have intrauterine growth retardation. AIM:Suggesting that PAPP-A plays an important role in the availability and activity of insulin-like growth factors (IGFs), which affect growth, we ...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Senses DA,Coskun A,Kiseli M,Berberoglu M,Kandemir O,Yalvac S,Duran S

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antenatal depression is associated with adverse social-emotional and behavioural outcomes during childhood but there has been little investigation of the impact on infant neurodevelopment during the first postnatal year. AIMS:The aim of this study was to assess the impact of depression during pregnancy on i...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： O'Leary N,Jairaj C,Molloy EJ,McAuliffe FM,Nixon E,O'Keane V

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant improvement has been achieved in perinatal mortality figures during the last decade in Japan with a neonatal mortality rate of 2.6 and a stillbirth rate of 4.1 for 1989. With its unique obstetric and neonatal services, there are advantages and also disadvantages in respect of clinical and basic research....

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Fujimura M

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-five pregnant Rhesus isoimmunized women were subjected to fetal blood sampling or fetal blood transfusion on 135 occasions. Glucose and C-peptide concentrations were measured in fetal blood, in addition to the routine investigations for complete blood count, blood gases and lactate concentration, in order to inv...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Stangenberg M,Sasidharan P

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modern successes of reproductive medicine are based on the achievements in the fields of artificial fertilization and cryobiology over the last 50years. Cryopreservation of oocytes makes it possible to preserve their reproductive potential after surgical interventions, treatment of cancer, for delayed pregnancy an...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Yurchuk T,Petrushko M,Fuller B

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing public awareness of the prone sleeping position, maternal smoking and overheating as potentially avoidable risk factors for the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has been accompanied by a dramatic reduction in mortality. The results of two population based studies of SIDS in Avon are compared; the first o...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Wigfield R,Gilbert R,Fleming PJ

更新日期：1994-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Data on the postnatal growth patterns of 238 small-for-gestational age (SGA) and 241 large-for-gestational age (LGA) babies are presented. Three proportionality ratios were selected; and their changes in shape, by these indices, during the first 7 years are compared with a random sample of 284 children drawn from the ...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Ounsted M,Moar VA,Scott A

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parent perception of child vulnerability (PPCV) and parent overprotection (POP) are believed to have serious implications for age appropriate cognitive and psychosocial development in very low birth weight preterm children. AIM:With recent concerns about suboptimal developmental outcomes in late-preterm chi...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Samra HA,McGrath JM,Wey H

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doctors are frequently depicted as important protagonists in science fiction, including in the science fiction franchise Star Trek. This paper will profile Drs. Philip Boyce and Mark Piper from the first two Star Trek pilot episodes. These doctors are interdisciplinarians with a variety of skills that permit them to c...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Grech V

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Newborn infants in critical conditions require a permanent intra-venous line to allow for the administration of fluids, parenteral nutrition and drugs. The use of central venous catheters, however, is associated with an increased risk of infections, leading to prolongation of length of stay and higher hospitalization ...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Dioni E,Franceschini R,Marzollo R,Oprandi D,Chirico G

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Little is known about sex differences in human fetal heart and behaviour. PATIENTS AND METHODS:One hundred twenty-three nulliparous healthy women carrying a male (n=56) or female (n=67) fetus participated in this study. All pregnancies remained uncomplicated and delivery was uneventful. Ultrasound observa...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Robles de Medina PG,Visser GH,Huizink AC,Buitelaar JK,Mulder EJ

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-müllerian hormone (AMH) is a glycoprotein produced by immature Sertoli cells and responsible for the regression of müllerian ducts in male fetuses. The ontogeny of the hormone in early human development was investigated. While no detectable AMH could be found in female fetal serum, in males, the mean +/- S.E.M. A...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Josso N,Lamarre I,Picard JY,Berta P,Davies N,Morichon N,Peschanski M,Jeny R

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of lung function and reflex activity on the success of patient-triggered ventilation (PTV) has been determined. Lung function was assessed by measurement of compliance using a single breath technique. Reflex activity was assessed by measurement of the strength of Hering Breuer reflex indicated by the deg...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Chan V,Greenough A,Muramatsu K

更新日期：1994-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Interfacility transport to tertiary care for high-risk neonates has become an integral part of equitable access to optimal perinatal healthcare. Excellence in clinical care requires expertise in transport medicine and the coordination of safe transport processes. However, concerns remain regarding environmental stress...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Goswami I,Redpath S,Langlois RG,Green JR,Lee KS,Whyte HEA

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the influence of prematurity and postnatal age on the maturation of the autonomic nervous system function, we analysed heart-rate and heart-rate variability in twelve prematurely born infants (< 37 weeks gestational age) reaching the conceptional age of 37-41 weeks. These neonates were compared with six...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Eiselt M,Curzi-Dascalova L,Clairambault J,Kauffmann F,Médigue C,Peirano P

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The kidney is one organ which presents distinct morphology depending on GA; the classic references for kidney measurements were established several years ago and it is not certain if they are still accurate. AIM:To evaluate the renal maturity using a computer-assisted morphometry in autopsied fetuses within...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： dos Santos AM,Fonseca Ferraz ML,Pinto Rodriguez ML,Dos Reis MA,Miranda Corrêa RR,de Paula Antunes Teixeira V,da Cunha Castro EC

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study investigated the effect of aminophylline on behaviour and autonomic function in the preterm period. METHOD:Subjects were preterm infants cared for in the Oita University hospital from August 2012 to October 2014. The group that was administered aminophylline (Am+) and the group that received no aminophy...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Maeda T,Inoue M,Sekiguchi K,Ihara K

更新日期：2016-08-01 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

authors： McKillop CA,Howie PW,Forbes CD,Prentice CR

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Angiogenesis, a critical process for growth and development is altered in intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors VEGFR-1, soluble (s) VEGFR-1 and VEGFR-2 represent a regulatory system, essential for both physiological and pathological angiogenesis....

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Boutsikou T,Malamitsi-Puchner A,Economou E,Boutsikou M,Puchner KP,Hassiakos D

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Zinc and copper are essential for preterm infants, but recommended requirements from different groups vary widely. Recommended zinc intakes have steadily increased over the years. Although this would be expected to impair copper absorption, recommended copper intakes have not risen in parallel. OBJECTIVES:T...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Griffin IJ,Domellöf M,Bhatia J,Anderson DM,Kler N

更新日期：2013-10-01 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

authors： Ghimire U,Papabathini SS,Kawuki J,Obore N,Musa TH

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypoxic-ischemic brain injury (HIBI) is a common cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity. The use of levetiracetam (LEV), as a potential neuroprotective in brain ischemia, receives an increasingly high attention, and it could have a crucial role in the regulation of epileptogenesis and neuroprotection. Pot...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Kilicdag H,Daglıoglu K,Erdogan S,Guzel A,Sencar L,Polat S,Zorludemir S

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To study longitudinal growth pattern of head circumference of full-term symmetric and asymmetric small for gestational age (SGA) infants of the two sexes during first year of life. STUDY DESIGN:Mixed-longitudinal growth research design. SUBJECTS:Head circumference amongst full-term 100 symmetric, 100 asymmetric ...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Kaur H,Bhalla AK,Kumar P

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal sepsis is frequently accompanied by significant and sometimes life-threatening coagulopathy. More complete understanding is needed of the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the interaction of the inflammatory and hemostatic systems. Such information may help focus future studies toward novel ways to...

journal_title：Early human development

authors： Del Vecchio A,Stronati M,Franco C,Christensen RD

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00