Longitudinal examination of cervical volume and vascularization changes during the antepartum and postpartum period using three-dimensional and power Doppler ultrasound.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The receptor for advanced glycation end products, RAGE, plays an important role in the pathogenesis of several diseases. sRAGE, soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products, is an inhibitor of the pathological effect mediated via RAGE. The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of measuring sR...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Hájek Z,Germanová A,Koucký M,Zima T,Kopecký P,Vítkova M,Parízek A,Kalousová M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare epidemiological and obstetric characteristics, etiology and next pregnancy outcomes of women with primary vs. secondary recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective cohort study, including 420 patients with two or more consecutive pregnancy losses followed by a subsequent (index) p...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Shapira E,Ratzon R,Shoham-Vardi I,Serjienko R,Mazor M,Bashiri A

更新日期：2012-02-29 00:00:00

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：:Water births have gradually become more popular in industrialized countries during the last decade. People advocating this form of delivery argue that the buoyancy in water helps the mother to relax and that the warmth helps reduce pain, meaning that the whole labor process and experience is positively influenced and ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Zimmermann R,Huch A,Huch R

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:The purpose of this paper was to describe whether there are some relationships between amikacin serum levels and central conduction time in brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP) within therapeutic range levels in newborns as index of drug toxicity in brainstem auditory centers in neonatally exposed infants. We p...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Poblano A,Belmont A,Sosa J,Ibarra J,Vargas AM,Limón G,Martínez C

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective To identify socio-cultural and clinician determinants in the decision-making process in the choice for trial of labor after cesarean (TOLAC) or elective repeat cesarean section (ERCS) in delivering women. Methods A tailored questionnaire focused on epidemiological, socio-cultural and obstetric data was admin...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Triunfo S,Minciotti C,Burlon B,Giovannangeli F,Danza M,Tateo S,Lanzone A

更新日期：2019-08-27 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether first-trimester measurements of maternal serum PAPP-A and free beta hCG levels were associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. STUDY DESIGN:First trimester maternal serum free beta hCG and PAPP-A were measured in 490 singleton pregnancies. Pregnancies were followed by the fetal-maternal...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Kavak ZN,Basgul A,Elter K,Uygur M,Gokaslan H

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The obesity epidemic is a problem of global importance with a profound impact on maternal-fetal health. Currently, 1 in 5 women, worldwide, are obese at time of conception. Normalizing pregravid weight may significantly reduce obstetrical complications and alter the long-term weight status of mother and child. Bariatr...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Willis K,Sheiner E

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postpartum hemorrhage is a continuing problem occurring in 5-10% of all deliveries. Due to recent problems with blood transfusion, heterologous blood is nowadays restricted to life-threatening indications. As a consequence the clinician is faced with many patients suffering from overt symptoms of anemia. We therefore ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Zimmermann R,Breymann C,Richter C,Huch R,Huch A

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives MR compatible incubators (MRcI) offer the examination of preterm and critically ill infants in controlled environment. The aim of the study was to compare objective and subjective image quality as well as diagnostic value of MRI brain examinations with and without using the MRcI. Thus, predictive value of b...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Müller F,Proquitté H,Herrmann KH,Lehmann T,Mentzel HJ

更新日期：2020-09-25 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：:Objective To assess the feasibility and accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in monitoring peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) location in neonates by non-radiologist physicians. Methods A prospective cohort study compared PICC localization by ultrasound in neonates with a recent radiograph. The ultr...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Motz P,Von Saint Andre Von Arnim A,Iyer RS,Chabra S,Likes M,Dighe M

更新日期：2019-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify risk factors among children with unknown cause intellectual disability (ID) and to estimate the population-attributable risk (PAR) associated with these factors. METHODS:This was a retrospective cohort study of maternal and child pairs born between 2004 and 2010 in South Carolina, and information...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Wang Y,McDermott S,Mann JR,Hardin JW

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present investigation is to study the effect of amniotic fluid myoglobin on prostaglandin synthesis by the fetal membranes. The paper presents results of radioimmunologic studies of myoglobin levels in various biological fluids during pregnancy: amniotic fluid, maternal serum samples obtained from an an...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Orlov VI,Pogorelova TN,Melkonova KY

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The respiratory distress syndrome is more common in the newborns of diabetic mothers. The comparatively high rate of incidence of this syndrome depends neither on gestational age nor delivery route. In view of these facts, the evaluation of fetal lung maturation of diabetic mothers seems to be of the utmost importance...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Peleg D,Goldman JA

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of the study was to determine EKG and 2-D echocardiographic criteria of ventricular dominance in preterm infants and select those by which ventricular dominance could be established by EKG alone. METHODS:A database was constructed from EKG and 2-D echocardiographic measurements on preterm infants...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Schmer V,Mogos C,Gudavalli M,Sutija VG,Tugertimur A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the influence of fetal growth restriction (FGR) on neonatal morbidity and mortality among premature discordant twin neonates. STUDY DESIGN:Our medical records (2002-2007) of preterm twins born at 24-37 weeks' gestation were reviewed. Significant discordance was defined as >15% difference in birth...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Haimovich Y,Ascher-Landsberg J,Azem F,Mandel D,Mimouni FB,Many A

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The validity of the assessment of the fetal age and pulmonary maturity was evaluated on 369 patients at various stages of normal pregnancy and complicated by diabetes, toxemia and fetal anencephaly. Gestational maturity was assessed by ultrasonic measurement of the fetal biparietal diameter and by analysing constituen...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Ianniruberto A,Destro F,Capozzi A,Zisa F,Cubesi G,Parisi S

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intussusception is an extremely rare disorder in preterm infants and it is often misdiagnosed as necrotizing enterocolitis. We report a case of intussusception in a 30-day-old preterm infant of 26 weeks of gestational age and a birthweight of 610 g who was diagnosed via abdominal ultra sonography. A systematic review ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Martínez Biarge M,García-Alix A,Luisa del Hoyo M,Alarcón A,Sáenz de Pipaón M,Hernández F,Pérez J,Quero J

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The excretion of ketobemidone into human breast milk was investigated in three women who obtained ketobemidone as postoperative pain relief after Cesarean section and two women premedicated with 5 mg of ketobemidone before currettage after delivery. The highest observed concentration of ketobemidone in breast milk was...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Gerdin E,Bondesson U,Hartvig P

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was to assess, in a population of dichorionic twin pregnancies with selective growth restriction, the effect of inter-twin differences by use of Doppler velocimetry and fetal growth discordancy on perinatal outcomes. METHODS:This was a retrospective study including dichorionic tw...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Algeri P,Frigerio M,Lamanna M,Petrova PV,Cozzolino S,Incerti M,Mastrolia SA,Roncaglia N,Vergani P

更新日期：2018-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess pre-labor attitudes and post-labor experiences of the use of vacuum extraction during delivery. To seek associations between traumatic labor experience and personal preparation, physiology of labor and treatment during labor. METHODS:A total of 205 women filled in a questionnaire within five days o...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Uotila JT,Taurio K,Salmelin R,Kirkinen P

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Psychosocial stress during pregnancy (PSP) is a risk factor of growing interest in the etiology of preterm birth (PTB). This literature review assesses the published evidence concerning the association between PSP and PTB, highlighting established and hypothesized physiological pathways mediating this association....

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Shapiro GD,Fraser WD,Frasch MG,Séguin JR

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pregravid maternal weight and appropriate weight gain during pregnancy might be associated with increased cesarean section rate. STUDY DESIGN:We used data from the Slovenian National Perinatal Information System to select singleton pregnancies born at ≥38 weeks, during the period between 2003 and 2012. We ca...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Trojner-Bregar A,Blickstein I,Lucovnik M,Steblovnik L,Verdenik I,Tul N

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

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：:We assayed inorganic sulfate by ion chromatography in 49 amniotic fluid samples from pregnancies of 14 to 38 weeks gestation. In second trimester samples (14 to 26 weeks gestation), amniotic fluid sulfate concentrations (317 +/- 22 mumol/L, mean +/- SE; n = 32) were not different from previously reported maternal seru...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Cole DE,Oulton M,Stirk LJ,Magor B

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the short-term effects of blood transfusion on iron status [hemoglobin, ferritin, soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR), and reticulocyte count], hepcidin, and erythropoietin in stable preterm infants. METHOD:Sixty-three preterm infants treated with red blood cell transfusions (RBCTs) were included. Veno...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Herzlich J,Litmanovitz I,Regev R,Bauer S,Sirota G,Steiner Z,Arnon S

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Placement of a cervical cerclage at mid-trimester in women at risk for preterm labor is a common procedure with apparent benefits for some women. However, the changes that occur in the cervix following this procedure remain incompletely identified. METHODS:We evaluated the endocervical concentrations of medi...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Kanninen TT,Herway C,Skupski DW,Eglinton GS,Witkin SS

更新日期：2011-11-25 00:00:00