Timing of indicated late preterm and early-term birth in chronic medical complications: diabetes.

abstract：:Prostaglandins are currently used to maintain patency of the ductus arteriosus and to elicit uterine contractions. Prostaglandin synthesis inhibitors are used to promote closure of the ductus and their administration in pregnant animals has produced fetal pulmonary hypertension. Exposure of the human fetus to inhibito...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Wendelberger KJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacotherapy, or medication-assisted treatment (MAT), is a critical component of a comprehensive treatment plan for the pregnant woman with opioid use disorder (OUD). Methadone and buprenorphine are two types of opioid-agonist therapy which prevent withdrawal symptoms and control opioid cravings. Methadone is a lon...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Rodriguez CE,Klie KA

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For nearly 30 years the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units (MFMU) Network has been conducting randomized trials in pregnant women, many of which have changed clinical practice. Since 1986, the MFMU Network has conducted 29 randomized tr...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Thom EA,Rice MM,Saade GR,Reddy UM,Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal–Fetal Medicine Units Network.

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutrition plays a critical role in the prevention and management of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Growth failure in infants with BPD is predominantly due to malnutrition. Malnutrition can worsen BPD by compromising lung growth. Feeding difficulties in these infants can further affect nutrition. Dexamethasone, used...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Biniwale MA,Ehrenkranz RA

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surviving extremely low-birth-weight infants are at risk of severe neurodevelopmental disability. Transfusion with packed red cells is almost universal in the care of these infants, but the hemoglobin threshold at which these transfusions should be given is unclear. Different clinical trials of restrictive (low hemogl...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Whyte RK

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Use of immunosuppressants during pregnancy is indicated for anti-rejection therapy in transplantation patients and treatment of autoimmune diseases. Maternal side effects include nephrotoxocity and hepatotoxicity. All immunosuppressant drugs cross the placenta. Immunosuppressant use during the first trimester is not s...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Little BB

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroblastoma is the most common malignant neoplasm occurring in the neonate and arguably the most variable in its presentation. This review examines differences in the tumor's clinical course in the context of known biologic determinants of behavior. Tumors that would go undetected except for prenatal ultrasonography...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Lukens JN

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The safety of cesarean section has improved dramatically over the past 50 years. During the past 20 years a greater awareness of and discussion about the symptomatic morbidity that can result for women following vaginal delivery has occurred and women's expectations for the outcome of pregnancy for them and their babi...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Morrison J,MacKenzie IZ

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a chronic lung disease which develops as a result of neonatal/perinatal lung injury. It is the commonest cause of chronic lung disease in infancy and the most frequent morbidity associated with prematurity. The incidence of BPD has continued to rise despite many advances in neonatal...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Bhandari A,Panitch H

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid rise of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases led the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) to recommend immediate cessation of all new fertility treatment cycles on March 17, 2020. Controversial from the start, providers and patients expressed their opposition through online petitions,...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Gemmell LC,Williams Z,Forman EJ

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The placenta was classically considered a barrier, but in 1957 this notion was shattered. This organ is only a selective filter and metabolic site. In this review, the placental transfer of the top 17 substances of abuse are analyzed. In the National Library of Medicine only 41 papers that documented placental transfe...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Little BB,VanBeveren TT

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection is a serious complication among very low birth weight (VLBW) preterm infants hospitalized in neonatal intensive care units. This article reviews studies from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Neonatal Research Network including infection data from observational studies and ...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Stoll BJ,Hansen N

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically silent upper genital tract microbial infections have been strongly associated with spontaneous preterm delivery, especially prior to 32 weeks gestational age. This condition represents a potentially preventable or reversible cause of preterm birth using safe, readily available, and inexpensive antibiotics. ...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Andrews WW,Goldenberg RL,National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network.

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The process of parturition is poorly understood, but the cervix clearly plays a key role. Because of this, recent research efforts have been directed at objective quantification of cervical remodeling. Investigation has focused on two basic areas: (1) quantification of tissue deformability and (2) presence, orientatio...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Feltovich H,Carlson L

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following dramatic reductions between the early 1900s and the early 1980s, the maternal mortality ratio began to rise, reaching a peak of almost 17 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. Although this number pales in comparison with that found in sub-Saharan Africa and India, the troubling rise in the United States ...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： King JC

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumors are a rare but important cause of mortality and morbidity in the neonate. There is a wide spectrum of benign and malignant tumors that can occur, some of which have a unique presentation and behavior in this age group. It is important to recognize that tumors such as stage IVS neuroblastoma, which have a good p...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Weitzman S,Grant R

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ductus arteriosus is a vital fetal structure designed to close shortly after birth. Although many physiologic and pharmacologic investigations have characterized the closure of this structure, genetic studies of persistent patency of the ductus arteriosus (patent ductus arteriosus, PDA) are relatively recent. Prog...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Hajj H,Dagle JM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poorly controlled maternal diabetes in pregnancy may delay fetal pulmonary maturation. However, diabetic women with good glycemic control have fetal lung maturation at the same gestational age as nondiabetic women. With modern ultrasound technology, gestational dates can be accurately assessed in the first or early se...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Piper JM

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With 50-90% of pregnant women experiencing nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP), the burden of illness can become quite significant if symptoms are under-treated and/or under-diagnosed, thus allowing for progression of the disease. The majority of these women will necessitate at least one visit with a provider to sp...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Clark SM,Dutta E,Hankins GD

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peri-viable birth raises an array of complex moral and legal concerns. This article discusses the problem with defining viability, touches on its relationship to abortion jurisprudence, and analyzes a few interesting normative implications of current medical practice at the time of peri-viable birth. ...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Sayeed SA

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of ultrafast magnetic resonance imaging scanners and sequences provides a new tool for the diagnosis of fetal anomalies. Magnetic resonance imaging is a valuable adjunct to prenatal ultrasound especially for the evaluation of suspected fetal brain anomalies, chest masses, abdominal masses, and renal di...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Hubbard AM,Harty MP,States LJ

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determining approach to delivery after a previous cesarean is among the most contentious areas of obstetrics. We present a framework for ethically responsible guidelines and practice regarding vaginal birth after cesarean. We describe ethical complexities of 3 key issues that mark the debate: the cesarean delivery rat...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Lyerly AD,Little MO

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twin birth rates have increased dramatically over the past three decades, and twins currently account for 3% of all pregnancies. Twin pregnancies of any type are at risk for prematurity. In addition, monochorionic twin pregnancies (25-30% of all twin pregnancies) are predisposed to a specific set of complications, inc...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Paepe ME

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the literature on infectious diseases as a cause of stillbirth. Identifying a specific infection as a cause of stillbirth is limited by many obstacles. Nevertheless, "good faith" efforts estimate that approximately 9% to 15% of stillbirths are caused by infections. Infection may be especially impo...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Gibbs RS

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene therapy carries the potential to treat more than 10,000 human monogenic diseases and benefit an even greater number of complex polygenic conditions. The repurposing of CRISPR/Cas9, an ancient bacterial immune defense system, into a gene-editing technology has armed researchers with a revolutionary tool for gene t...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Memi F,Ntokou A,Papangeli I

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstetric hemorrhage is often a sudden, life-threatening event. Successful management hinges on both preoperative preparation if hemorrhage is anticipated as well as knowledge of interventions. Uterine-sparing techniques, such as aggressive and early use of uterotonics, balloon tamponade, uterine compression sutures, ...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Shah M,Wright JD

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mothers' genetics as well as their environment, behaviors, and social determinants of health are all important factors influencing short and long term childhood outcomes. There is an emerging body of literature investigating the extent to which fathers also contribute to their offspring's future health. We review fath...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Brumberg HL,Shah SI

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary methods currently in use for imaging the infant brain are cranial ultrasound (CUS), computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This review outlines the relative strengths and weaknesses of these modalities in relation to the premature infant, with specific focus on the correlations betw...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Neil JJ,Inder TE

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Late preterm infants (34-37 weeks gestation) pose unique challenges to physicians and nurses involved in their care after birth. They may be cared for in different units within hospitals after birth, including Neonatal Intensive Care Units, Newborn Nurseries, or rooming in with the mother. As a result of their gestati...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Laptook A,Jackson GL

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cirrhosis and portal hypertension infrequently coincide with pregnancy but increase maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality when present. Chronic liver disease and portal hypertension are not contraindications to pregnancy but necessitate intensive monitoring throughout pregnancy. The complications of liver disease...

journal_title：Seminars in perinatology

authors： Russell MA,Craigo SD

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00