Historical notes on immaturity. Part 1: measures of viability.

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：:The aim of the study was to compare gradients of skin surface temperature on the arm and hand and to evaluate differences in the skin microcirculation reactivity between pregnant and non-pregnant women. We used the prototype of a highly sensitive thermograph system for the measurements. Eight healthy, non-pregnant wom...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Beinder E,Huch A,Huch R

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentration of bupivacaine in organs of non-viable human fetuses after obstetrical epidural analgesia in customary doses was investigated. The concentrations were determined with a gas chromatograph. The material consisted of a fetus who died following termination in the 24th week of pregnancy three minutes afte...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Müller-Holve W,von Meyer L,Nagler P

更新日期：1986-01-01 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：:In preterm infants, feeding with human milk (HM) is a very effective intervention for the prevention of infections and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), and for potentially improved neurocognitive and cardiovascular outcomes in the long-term. Hospitals and physicians are advised to recommend HM for preterm and other hi...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Arslanoglu S,Ziegler EE,Moro GE,World Association of Perinatal Medicine Working Group On Nutrition.

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring of spontaneous brain electrical activity (EEG) has three purposes: Detecting sudden loss of background activity as an early sign of brain hypoxia/ischaemia, detection of silent seizures, and helping to diagnose brain damage. Tape-recording allows storage of upto 8 channels of standard EEG for prolonged peri...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Greisen G

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gross fetal movement was detected using a lower frequency ultrasonic Doppler shift than that used in the study of fetal heart action. The movement signal was changed into deflection which was recorded on CTG chart simultaneously with the fetal heart rate (FHR), and was called the fetal actocardiogram. Visual analysis ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Maeda K,Tatsumura M,Nakajima K,Ida T,Nagata N,Minagawa Y

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) is the most common liver disorder of pregnancy. Diagnosis is based on the clinical picture, particularly the presence of pruritus with a deterioration of liver function tests, and typically elevated serum levels of total bile acids. ICP manifests in the second half of pregna...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Šimják P,Pařízek A,Vítek L,Černý A,Adamcová K,Koucký M,Hill M,Dušková M,Stárka L

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical value of Kurjak’s Antenatal Neurodevelopmental Test (KANET), a new test for fetal neurodevelopment. METHODS:One hundred seventeen prenatal neurological tests were performed by the KANET scoring system between 28 and 38 weeks of gestation in 24 low-risk (24 ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Honemeyer U,Talic A,Therwat A,Paulose L,Patidar R

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Up to 50% of the infants delivered after radical vaginal trachelectomy (RVT) are born prematurely. An effective strategy to reduce this number could be the closure of the cervical os (CCO). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Fifteen pregnant patients who had a RVT due to early cervical cancer were included in this pros...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Mangler M,Lanowska M,Bartens A,Schindler A,Blohmer JU,Speiser D

更新日期：2017-11-27 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：:Anencephaly in triplets and pergonal induced pregnancies is a very rare incident. Associated cleft lip and palate has never been reported in these case. In this paper we report the first case of an anencephalic infant with cleft lip and palate in a set of pergonal-induced discordant triplet pregnancy. ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Rejjal AR,Abu-Osba YK

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the incidence of severe fetal-to-maternal transfusion after delivery and to identify risk factors. MATERIAL AND METHODS:In a prospective study at the Department of Obstetrics, Charité, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany, we analyzed the incidence of severe fetal-to-maternal transfusion (>10 m...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： David M,Smidt J,Chen FC,Stein U,Dudenhausen JW

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether an amnioreduction via bulging membranes (AVBM) and cerclage could be useful in 17 women with singleton gestations demonstrating hourglass membranes bulging out of the cervix or vaginal orifice. METHODS:We used the following selection criteria for AVBM under ultrasonographic guidance usin...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Makino Y,Makino I,Tsujioka H,Kawarabayashi T

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Thrombocytopoiesis was investigated in term newborns determining thrombopoietin (TPO), reticulated platelets (PLRET) and blood platelets (PLT) in relation to gender. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The study was undertaken on 72 healthy term newborns, 33 girls and 39 boys. They fitted all criteria for healthy term newborns....

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Wasiluk A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the efficacy of a single intravenous dose of Cefazolin alone or combined with an antibiotic containing preclosure-irrigation solution in patients undergoing cesarean section. A total of 308 patients were prospectively assigned to two groups by randomization. Group I received two grams of Cefazolin ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Mathelier AC

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Universally 4 million newborns die and another 4 million are stillborn every year. 98% of these neonatal deaths take place in the developing countries. Looking at the state of the world's newborns one can see that neonatal mortality rate is about 4-5 per 1000 in the developed countries and nearly 10 fold this in the d...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Atasay B,Arsan S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effects of Betamethasone injections on maternal white blood cell counts. STUDY DESIGN:Thirteen pregnant women without fever or clinical infection and with premature rupture of the membranes at less than 34 weeks gestation were studied. No subject had labor during the week of study. Daily com...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Diebel ND,Parsons MT,Spellacy WN

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Congenital cystic adenomatoid lung malformation (CCAM) is a rare disorder characterized by replacement of normal pulmonary tissue with cysts of variable size and distribution. Only sporadic cases of CCAM type III have been described that were stillborn or died in the early neonatal period. To our best knowle...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Banerjea MC,Wirbelauer J,Adam P,Trusen A,Marx A,Speer C

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The present longitudinal study sought to explore the relationship between parental grief following perinatal bereavement and subsequent pregnancy, according to the particular facets of grief and pregnancy state being considered. METHOD:The study participants were 63 couples who had been bereaved by stillbirth (n ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Barr P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Infection has been implicated in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia, yet the association between microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity (MIAC) and preeclampsia has not been determined. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence, and microbial diversity associated with MIAC, as well as the nature o...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： DiGiulio DB,Gervasi M,Romero R,Mazaki-Tovi S,Vaisbuch E,Kusanovic JP,Seok KS,Gómez R,Mittal P,Gotsch F,Chaiworapongsa T,Oyarzún E,Kim CJ,Relman DA

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study maternal lipoprotein(a) levels in normal pregnancy and in pregnancy with evidence of vascular disease in the maternal uteroplacental circulation defined by Doppler ultrasound study. SAMPLES:Maternal venous blood was collected from 75 normal pregnant women and 68 pregnant women with evidence of poten...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Mori M,Mori A,Saburi Y,Sida M,Ohta H

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：: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：:Results of continuous fetal tissue pH monitoring were compared to neonatal APGAR scores one minute after delivery in 81 successful tissue pH recordings. The sensitivity of the method (i.e. the ability of the method to find the low APGAR neonates) was 67 per cent using an APGAR score limit between 8 and 9 and a pH limi...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Weber T

更新日期：1980-01-01 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：:Objectives This study aimed to establish reference ranges for fetal mitral, tricuspid, and interventricular septum annular plane systolic excursions (MAPSE, TAPSE, and SAPSE) in normal pregnant women between 20 and 36 + 6 weeks of gestation. Methods This prospective and cross-sectional study included 360 low-risk sing...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Peixoto AB,Bravo-Valenzuela NJ,Martins WP,Tonni G,Mattar R,Moron AF,Pares DB,Araujo Júnior E

更新日期：2020-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Histologic examination of the skeletal muscles in 8 fetuses and newborn patients with the Pena-Shokeir sequence revealed only minor nonspecific changes which could not be ascribed to any of the well defined myopathies. Muscle fiber diameters were increased in 2 out of 5 patients examined. No significant malformations ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Reiser P,Briner J,Schinzel A

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuraxial labor analgesia can be initiated via combined spinal-epidural (CSE) or stand-alone epidural. Pros and cons of these techniques are outlined in this review. In recent years computer-integrated patient-controlled epidural analgesia (CI-PCEA) and programed intermittent epidural boluses (PIEB) have been develope...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Heesen M,Klimek M

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00