Obstetrical factors for death and brain injury among extremely-low-birth-weight infants.

abstract：:In order to determine the risk factors and outcomes of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), a retrospective cohort study was conducted on 259 patients who were ventilated >48 h. Clinical characteristics and risk factors were compared and non-conditional logistic regression ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Yuan TM,Chen LH,Yu HM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to evaluate the literature on survival and major disability rate in preterm infants born at 22- 25 weeks of gestational age (GA). Thirty-three studies were identified and reviewed. Survival was lower in population-based studies (2% at 22, 13% at 23, 35% at 24, and 56% at 25 weeks) than in center-based stud...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Dani C,Poggi C,Romagnoli C,Bertini G

更新日期：2009-01-01 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 aim of this experimental ultrasound study on six fetal lambs was to evaluate how blood flow variables and vessel diameters of the descending aorta and the common carotid artery change during fetal asphyxia in the acute preparation. When acute asphyxia was induced by obstructing the maternal aortic blood flow all f...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Malcus P,Kjellmer I,Lingman G,Marsál K,Thiringer K,Rosén KG

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine pregnancy outcome in patients with short cervix on transvaginal ultrasound between 16 and 24 weeks' gestation treated with McDonald cerclage compared to weekly intramuscular injections of 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17OHP-C). METHODS:From November 2003 through December 2006, asymptoma...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Keeler SM,Kiefer D,Rochon M,Quinones JN,Novetsky AP,Rust O

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the effect of bilateral pelvic neurectomy (BPN) on cervical ripening in pregnant rats by measuring cervical extensibility and changes in collagen cross-linkages. METHODS:Timed-pregnant rats were randomly laparotomized on days 9 or 10 of gestation and the pelvic nerves were exposed and either bilatera...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Mackay LB,Shi L,Maul H,Maner WL,Garfield RE

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the outcome of induction of labor and patient's preferences using a protocol with the first dose of prostaglandin E2 endocervical gel in the evening versus a protocol with the first dose in the morning. DESIGN:We performed a randomized trial comparing administration of prostaglandin E2 endocervica...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Oei SG,Jongmans L,Mol BW

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore whether the Groningen Protocol is clinically necessary, scientific, and ethically justified. RESULTS:The Groningen Protocol is clinically unnecessary because the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from seriously ill infants is already ethically accepted globally without the need for the Protocol an...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Chervenak FA,McCullough LB,Arabin B

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Viability means "the quality or state of being able to live, grow and develop." Limit of viability has been changed along with the advancement of perinatal and neonatal medicine. The viability limit defined in the Japanese Motherhood Protection Act was amended from 24 to 22 completed weeks of gestation in 1991 based o...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Nishida H,Sakuma I

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Congestive heart failure (CHF) may be present in fetuses with hydrops fetalis (HF) and the severity is difficult to quantitate. Differential ventricular dysfunction may be present in the fetus with CHF. A non-geometric measure of ventricular function that is not afterload dependent would be useful to measu...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Falkensammer CB,Paul J,Huhta JC

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1) was determined in three subject groups: 69 non-diabetic mothers who were delivered of normal weight infants at term (Group I), 33 non-diabetic mothers who were delivered of macrosomic infants (greater than 4000 g) at term (Group II), 51 gestational diabetics in the 3rd trimester--before ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Bacigalupo G,Langner K,Saling E

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study was conducted to determine the effects of maternal smoking and alcohol consumption during pregnancy on the birth weight of fetuses in an unselected study population. Several confounding factors were taken into account. The main factors associated with an increase of birth weight of both sexes were ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Kariniemi V,Rosti J

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Monocytes, after neutrophils, are the most abundant white blood cells found in the amniotic cavity of women with intra-amniotic inflammation/infection. However, the origin of such cells has not been fully investigated. Herein, we determined (1) the origin of amniotic fluid monocytes/macrophages from women w...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Gomez-Lopez N,Romero R,Leng Y,Xu Y,Slutsky R,Levenson D,Pacora P,Jung E,Panaitescu B,Hsu CD

更新日期：2019-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We investigated the combined effects of intra-amniotic lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and maternal betamethasone (BMZ) on alveolarization using a newborn rat model. METHODS:LPS (1.0 μg/sac) or vehicle was injected into the amniotic sacs of pregnant rats and BMZ (170 μg/kg) or vehicle was injected intramuscularly into th...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Lee HJ,Lee YJ,Jo HS,Choi CW,Kim EK,Kim HS,Kim BI,Choi JH

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：:A 26 year old previously healthy woman who was treated with fenoterol for premature labor at 30 gestational weeks developed pulmonary edema requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation. Vaginal delivery was accomplished with forceps after tocolytic therapy had been stopped. Right heart catheterization with measurem...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Russi EW,Spaetling L,Gmür J,Schneider H

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze data from a registry of Japanese neonates with hypoxic respiratory failure associated with pulmonary hypertension (PH) to compare the effectiveness of inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) in neonates born <34 weeks vs. ≥34 weeks gestational age (GA). MATERIALS AND METHODS:iNO was administered according to a...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Suzuki S,Togari H,Potenziano JL,Schreiber MD

更新日期：2018-08-28 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：OBJECTIVES:to assess the relationship between maternal and umbilical serum concentrations of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP)-2,8,9, the soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products (sRAGE) and IL-10 and premature delivery and fetal inflammation. METHODS:maternal serum levels of MMPs, sRAGE, IL-10 and C-reactiv...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Koucký M,Germanová A,Kalousová M,Hill M,Cindrová-Davies T,Pařízek A,Svarcová J,Zima T,Hájek Z

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this paper is to establish the exact incidence of risk in delivery as related to perinatal mortality rate. The entire 1976 Italian population was statistically sampled (latest data available), specifically enucleating the sanitary data reported in 1976 by ISTAT (National Institute of Statistics) for the var...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Selvaggi L,di Vagno G

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the neonatal outcome in women with well-characterized antiphospholipid syndrome treated during pregnancy with low-dose aspirin. We compared 38 babies born after 36 pregnancies of 33 women diagnosed as having antiphospholipid syndrome with a group of 38 control infants matched for...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Botet F,Romera G,Montagut P,Figueras J,Carmona F,Balasch J

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to search for any difference in riboflavin and pyridoxine nutrition between term appropriate for gestational age (TAGA), term small for gestational age (TSGA) and preterm appropriate for gestational age (PTAGA) newborns, cord blood from 23, 19 and 20 infants, respectively, were studied, and red cell glutathio...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Ramos JL,Barretto OC,Nonoyama K

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify factors associated with compliance of scheduled outpatient developmental follow-up appointments in an effort to better ensure future care. METHODS:This retrospective observational cohort study looked at patients born between January 7(th) 2006 and June 30(th) 2007 and discharged from a regional neonata...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Nehra V,Pici M,Visintainer P,Kase JS

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the combination of amniotic fluid (AF) tests with the best diagnostic accuracy for predicting intrauterine infection/inflammation (IUI) in patients with clinical suspicion of chorioamnionitis. STUDY DESIGN:This is a retrospective study of 34 pregnant women who presented with uterine tenderness, ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Ford C,Genç MR

更新日期：2011-09-21 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 determine acceptance of pregnant women to undergo fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination in research and clinical setting. METHODS:A prospective study included a research group [part of a study comparing brain ultrasound (US) to MRI in fetuses at risk for acquired brain damage] and a clinical group ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： van der Knoop BJ,Vermeulen RJ,Verbeke JIML,Pistorius LR,de Vries JIP

更新日期：2018-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-eclampsia--edema, proteinuria, hypertension (EPH-gestosis) is one of the more common complications observed during pregnancy. The umbilical cord vein walls were taken from newborns delivered by healthy mothers (control material) and by mothers with polysymptomatic pre-eclampsia (investigated material). Normal saph...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Romanowicz L,Sobolewski K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether uterotrophic agents increase the risk of fatal hemorrhagic brain stroke. METHODS:Between 1991 and 1992, there were 230 maternal deaths among 2,420,000 pregnant women in Japan and the causes of these deaths was investigated in 1994. Using information provided in this report, we identified ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Yamada T,Yamada T,Morikawa M,Takeda M,Akaishi R,Nishida R,Araki N,Koyama T,Minakami H

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00