Organization of neonatal care services and its importance.

abstract：:The aim of the study was to compare a variety of neonatal outcome variables of growth concordant twin gestations (CT) to that of growth discordant twins (DT). Maternal and neonatal charts of live, non-anomalous twins > 25 weeks' gestation from 1984-2000 with no evidence of twin-twin transfusion syndrome were reviewed ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Nassar AH,Usta IM,Khalil AM,Aswad NA,Seoud MA

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A known side effect of labour epidural analgesia (EDA) is maternal fever. It is unclear whether this has effects on the anti-infectious management of the neonate. METHODS:A systematic literature search and a hand search of abstract publications were conducted. Studies reporting sepsis evaluation or antibiot...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Heesen M,Klöhr S,Rossaint R,Straube S,Van de Velde M

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：:A prospective controlled study was designed to compare automated 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring with intermittent blood pressure recordings obtained using a sphymomanometer. Blood pressure was measured in 20 hospitalized preeclamptic women in the third trimester. Data obtained using the Spacelabs automat...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Montan S,Choolani M,Arulkumaran S,Ratnam SS

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:The fetal electrocardiogram (FECG) has been recorded from 155 women in labor using a fetal scalp electrode and a minicomputerized enhanced averaging technique. Fetal hypoxia, acidosis, and stress have been diagnosed by analysis of blood from the fetal scalp, and post delivery from full gas analysis from blood taken fr...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Murray HG

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the proportion of iatrogenic births among all preterm births over a 26-year period. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A registry-based survey of preterm deliveries between 1987 and 2012 analyzed by the onset of labor: spontaneous with intact membranes, preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) or iatrogen...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Lucovnik M,Bregar AT,Steblovnik L,Verdenik I,Gersak K,Blickstein I,Tul N

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This prospective observational study evaluated maternal symptoms and characteristics that predict successful labor induction with oral misoprostol. METHODS:A total of 244 consecutive women undergoing labor induction voluntarily completed a questionnaire about subjective sensations and pain scores during the ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Palomäki O,Eerikäinen H,Huhtala H,Kirkinen P

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The number of fetuses with an abnormal increased first trimester nuchal translucency (NT), but confirmed normal karyotype and anatomy is relatively small and therefore a challenge for prenatal counseling. Universal guidelines are still needed for a systematic work-up, how to decide on the rewarding cut-off for thi...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Maymon R,Weinraub Z,Herman A

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:This paper reviews data that support the effectiveness of the French approach of using risk scoring for evaluating the risk of preterm delivery. This approach, which was developed in 1969 and spread to obstetricians and midwives throughout France in the early 1970s, includes systematic information about the recognitio...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Papiernik E,Grangé G

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fatality from a tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) in two extremely low birth weight infants is presented. The sudden onset of intractable respiratory failure accompanied by the absence of chest movement and breathing sounds was observed. The typical clinical symptoms were concealed because the infants required mechani...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Hosono S,Fuyama Y,Ohno T,Kishimoto H,Ogawa Y

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dextrostix is now widely used as a method of screening for hypoglycemia of the newborn. There has always been some anxiety about its accuracy for estimating very low blood sugars; this is important, since symptomatic hypoglycemia of the newborn does not usually occur until the blood glucose falls below 20 mg/dl. In 19...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Harvey DR,Cooper LV,Fancourt RF,Levene M,Schoberg T

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives Preeclampsia is a hypertensive disorder associated with pregnancy and is the leading cause of both maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. Recent reports suggest that free radical-induced endothelial cell injury might be an etiologic factor in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia. The aim of this study w...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Lorzadeh N,Kazemirad Y,Kazemirad N

更新日期：2020-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Dilatation of the fetal cerebral ventricles (ventriculomegaly) is a generic sonographic sign common to several pathological entities carrying different prognoses. The main causes of fetal ventriculomegaly are aqueductal stenosis, Chiari II malformation, Dandy-Walker complex and agenesis of the corpus callosum. Ventric...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： D'Addario V

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate cisterna magna size of the fetuses between 16 and 24 weeks of gestation, and to establish a normogram for cisterna magna measurements during gestation. METHODS:A prospective study of normal singleton pregnancies was established. Measurement of the fetal cisterna magn...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Koktener A,Dilmen G,Kurt A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The renin-angiotensin system and dietary sodium have been repeatedly implicated in the pathogenesis of pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH). Mechanisms responsible for increased vascular responsiveness to angiotensin II (A-II) observed in PIH are not completely understood. Plasma A-II levels and blood pressure are fun...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Lee MI,Sokol RJ,Todd H

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We compared a non-invasive fetal electrocardiogram (fECG) to Doppler cardiotocogram (CTG) during the 1(st) stage of labor. STUDY DESIGN:This was a prospective observational study of non-invasive fECG using five abdominal electrodes and one Doppler ultrasound probe in 27 patients. Data were analyzed for relia...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Reinhard J,Hayes-Gill BR,Yi Q,Hatzmann H,Schiermeier S

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective To examine the utility of the Healthy Start Screen (HSS), which is an assessment of health, environment, and behavioral risk factors offered to all pregnant women in the state of Florida, in identifying women at risk for developing postpartum depression (PPD). Methods The sample for this Institutional Review...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Padilla MM,Roussos-Ross D,Goodin AJ

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had become a worldwide pandemic, however, information is limited on the asymptomatic proportion and thromboembolism risk of pregnant women with infection. Methods:All 32 pregnant women with COVID-19 who were admitted to the hospital in Wuhan during the outbreak from J...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Wang Y,Liang X,Wang H,Li L,Xiong G,Mi L

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchial reactivity was compared among mothers of neonates with unexplained premature delivery and mothers of preterm neonates with known etiology of prematurity as well as mothers who delivered their children at term. Bronchial reactivity was measured by unspecific bronchial provocation testing with histamine. A sig...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Riedel F,Achenbach U,Rieger CH

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal perception of fetal movement in response to vibro-acoustic stimulation was compared with antenatal fetal heart rate monitoring as a test of fetal well-being in a population of gravidae with high-risk pregnancies (n = 517), admitted to the high-risk ward at Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institutet; a total of ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Nyman M,Arulkumaran S,Jakobsson J,Westgren M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meconium peritonitis is a sterile chemical peritonitis caused by peritoneal seeding of meconium from an antenatal gastrointestinal perforation. We report a 32-week preterm female neonate who developed meconium peritonitis due to bowel perforation, secondary to a twisted left fallopian tube mass, which was excised and ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Manikoth P,Vaishnav A,Zachariah N,Sajwani MJ,Nair AK,Pai MG

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of the study was to investigate the most frequent causes of perinatal mortality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. METHODS:We analyzed in a retrospective study over a one year period (1999) the following cantons: Sarajevo, Mostar, Tuzla, Bihać, Gorazde, Travnik, Zenica, which represent about one half of the popula...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Fatusić Z

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective To assess the characteristics of twin fetal facial expressions at 30-33 + 6 weeks of gestation using four-dimensional (4D) ultrasound to clarify twin fetal brain development and maturation. Methods Frequencies of seven fetal facial expressions were studied using 4D ultrasound for 15 minutes in 30 singleton p...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Nitta E,Kanenishi K,Mori N,AboEllail MAM,Hata T

更新日期：2019-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the population-based trend for cesarean births in twin pregnancies for the last 13 years in Slovenia, and to find correlates for this trend. METHODS:We evaluated data from the Slovenian national perinatal information system (NPIS) of all twin pairs born at ≥24 weeks during the period 1997-2009 (n=...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Tul N,Verdenik I,Trojner-Bregar A,Novak Ž,Blickstein I

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Apgar score is used worldwide to assess the newborn infant shortly after birth. Apgar scores, including mean scores and those with high cut-off scores, have been used to support claims that planned home birth is as safe as hospital birth. The purpose of this study was to determine the distribution of 5 m...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Grünebaum A,McCullough LB,Brent RL,Arabin B,Levene MI,Chervenak FA

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：:During pregnancy the role of the cervix shifts between two opposing functions. Throughout most of gestation, the cervix is rigid and resists tension in order to maintain the products of conception inside the uterus. At term, however, cervical function changes drastically in order to accommodate stretch and delivery. T...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Shi L,Shi SQ,Saade GR,Chwalisz K,Garfield RE

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The objective of the study was to examine the effect of ranitidine on the incidence of late onset sepsis. METHODS:This study was based on information extracted from charts of 569 infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) from July 2003 to July 2005. All infants admitted for seven or more days we...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Bianconi S,Gudavalli M,Sutija VG,Lopez AL,Barillas-Arias L,Ron N

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00