Does an ideal prototype of a twin mother exist?

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the incidence of twin births and their birth weight characteristics in mothers aged > or = 40 years with those of mothers aged 35-39 years. METHODS:We used a population-based cohort of Israeli twins delivered between 1993-98 to compare birth weight characteristics of 510 and 2102 twin pairs delive...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Blickstein I,Goldman RD,Mazkereth R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C. reactive protein (CRP) estimations were performed prospectively on 30 consecutive admissions of very low birth weight infants to a Regional neonatal intensive care unit. The samples were analysed by a recently described, rapid intralipid agglutination assay and by a reference turbidimetric technique. Two hundred an...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Shortland DB,MacFadyen U,Elston A,Harrison G

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：:Background Little is known about the impact of peptic ulcer disease (PUD) on pregnancy. Our objective was to evaluate the effect of PUD on pregnancy and newborn outcomes. Methods A retrospective cohort study was carried out using the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)-National Inpatient Sample (NIS) from t...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Rosen C,Czuzoj-Shulman N,Mishkin DS,Abenhaim HA

更新日期：2020-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Many decisions in pregnancy are based on one or two casual blood pressure estimations made in the antenatal clinic. No previous study has challenged the validity of this practice or attempted to discover whether there are significant differences between the blood pressures of pregnant women when they are measured in t...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Mooney P,Jaspar A,Cartwright W,Swindells HE,Dalton KJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：: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: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：:Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) during pregnancy is usually transmural and occurs in late pregnancy with a peak incidence during the peripartum or postpartum periods. We report a pregnancy-related AMI, which occurring as early as the first trimester, was treated conservatively with antithrombotic and anti-ischemic d...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Stefanovic V,Ulander VM,Graner M,Kupari M,Kaaja R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:The purpose of this study is to follow the birth process with transperineal ultrasonography (TPU) and predict the delivery method using angle of progression (AOP). Methods:The study included 134 patients. The AOP was examined with TPU in the lithotomy position applied at 4-h intervals, not at a time of stra...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Bulut AN,Ceyhan V

更新日期：2020-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The authors present the results of their follow-up studies of data from the last four years on patients with congenital ventriculomegaly. OBJECTIVE:To study the psychomotor and mental developmental outcome of neonates with congenital ventriculomegaly diagnosed prenatally. In addition, patients were also cla...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Beke A,Csabay L,Rigó J Jr,Harmath A,Papp Z

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Peripheral cannulas in newborns are commonly used for intravenous treatment. However sustained maintenance of cannula patency is often difficult to achieve in this age group. This study compares the duration for which cannula patency can be maintained in newborns under continuous infusion, or an intermittent flush...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Perez A,Feuz I,Brotschi B,Bernet V

更新日期：2012-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine if uterine artery Doppler velocimetry is useful in identifying chronic hypertensive pregnancies at risk for superimposed preeclampsia and adverse perinatal outcome. Resistance index (RI) was assessed by color velocimetry at the level of uterine arteries at 23-24 weeks of gestation in 42 women with chronic...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Caruso A,Caforio L,Testa AC,Ferrazzani S,Mastromarino C,Mancuso S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish the frequency of post-cesarean relaparotomy, identify its risk factors, indications, and operative management. METHODS:This study was a retrospective matched case control study. Records of all women who underwent a cesarean section (CS) from July 2006 to March 2012 were reviewed. We identified a...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Shinar S,Hareuveni M,Ben-Tal O,Many A

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：AIM:The aim of this study was to review prenatally diagnosed tumors of the head and neck in the fetus and to report antenatal and postnatal outcomes. METHODS:PubMed/Medline, EMBASE/SCOPUS, Cochrane database and Google Scholar were reviewed over the last 20 years. No language or article type restriction was used. RESU...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Tonni G,Granese R,Martins Santana EF,Parise Filho JP,Bottura I,Borges Peixoto A,Giacobbe A,Azzerboni A,Araujo Júnior E

更新日期：2017-02-01 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 compare the efficacy of atosiban with usual management of threatened preterm labor. METHODS:In this prospective, open-label, randomized controlled trial, women admitted to the hospital in threatened preterm labor (between 24 and 34 weeks' gestation) were randomized to receive atosiban or usual care (beta-...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Husslein P,Cabero Roura L,Dudenhausen JW,Helmer H,Frydman R,Rizzo N,Schneider D

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the normal oxygen saturation trends and fetomaternal correlates in healthy term newborns within 30 min of life born by normal vaginal delivery (NVD) and elective cesarean section (CS). MATERIALS AND METHODS:A cross-sectional study was conducted on 200 healthy term newborns born by NVD and elective ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Bhargava R,Mathur M,Patodia J

更新日期：2018-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The Frauenfeld Clinic for Obstetrics and Gynecology introduced waterbirths in 1991. This work examines whether guidelines for water temperature and bathing are actually necessary. METHODS:This 8-year prospective clinical study follows 10,775 births in a regional women's hospital (non-selected population). N...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Geissbuehler V,Eberhard J,Lebrecht A

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:We report on an exceptional therapy with epidural anesthesia and tunnelling of the peridural catheter over a time period of 2-14 days in patients with threatening early preterm labor, intact membranes and vaginal engagement of the infants (4 singleton, 8 twin and 2 triplet pregnancies). A combination of bupivacaine (0...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Arabin B,Kuizenga K,van Zoeren D,Eyck JV

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common cause of congenital infection in humans. Some congenitally infected infants will develop sequelae later in life, especially sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) and mental retardation. There is no generally accepted antiviral therapy for the treatment of symptomatic congenital CMV...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Meine Jansen CF,Toet MC,Rademaker CM,Ververs TF,Gerards LJ,van Loon AM

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：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：OBJECTIVE:To compare normal ranges of ultrasonographically measured fetal nasal bone length in the second trimester between different ethnic groups. METHOD:A prospective, non-interventional study in order to establish normal ranges of fetal nasal bone length in the second trimester in a Greek population was conducted ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Papasozomenou P,Athanasiadis AP,Zafrakas M,Panteris E,Loufopoulos A,Assimakopoulos E,Tarlatzis BC

更新日期：2016-03-01 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：:An easily applicable score to predict the risk of prematurity (Tab. I) (defined by weight) is examined prospectively (scoring during 6 th month of pregnancy) in 431 and retrospectively (obtained after delivery) in 1183 pregnancies. In the prospective study (Tab. II) 71.4% of all pregnancies resulting in babies below 2...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Thalhammer O,Coradello H,Pollak A,Scheibenreiter S,Simbruner G

更新日期：1976-01-01 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