Impact of Fetal Weight Estimation on the Prediction of Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality at the Limit of Viability.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the failure rate and performance of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, mainly in terms of detection rates for trisomy 21, performed by 2 laboratories using different analytical methods. METHODS:cfDNA testing was performed on 2,870 pregnancies with the HarmonyTM Prenatal Test using the targeted digit...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Bevilacqua E,Jani JC,Letourneau A,Duiella SF,Kleinfinger P,Lohmann L,Resta S,Cos Sanchez T,Fils JF,Mirra M,Benachi A,Costa JM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the performance of maternal risk factors (BMI and mean arterial pressure [MAP]) and first-trimester maternal serum markers in the early prediction of preeclampsia (PE) in nulliparous women. MATERIAL AND METHODS:This was a case-cohort study based on a cohort of 14,207 nulliparous women. A total of...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Pihl K,Sørensen S,Stener Jørgensen F

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several isolated reports of fetal goiter treatment have shown limited generalizability of approaches and provide no real guidance for optimal timing, dosages, and treatment strategies. Graves' disease accounts for >60% of these cases. Maternal treatments of hyperthyroidism include antithyroid medications such as methi...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Munoz JL,Kessler AA,Felig P,Curtis J,Evans MI

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Complete congenital high airway obstruction syndrome (CHAOS) usually leads to stillbirth or death within minutes of delivery. We describe the management and long-term follow-up of a baby with a prenatally diagnosed airway obstruction. CASE:Because of progressive hydrops fetalis, massive ascites and everte...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Paek BW,Callen PW,Kitterman J,Feldstein VA,Farrell J,Harrison MR,Albanese CT

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aims of this study were to gain some insight with regard to the safety of the coelocentesis procedure and, to determine pH, pCO2, and base excess status of the extracoelomic fluid 40 days after fertilization. METHODS:Twenty-eight timed-mated baboons from the breeding colony of the Biological Resource La...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Santolaya-Forgas J,Vengalil S,Kushwaha A,Bieniarz A,Fortman J

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the positive and negative predictive values of recalled exposure to chickenpox for identifying anti-varicella-zoster virus (VZV) seropositive parturient women. METHODS:Blood samples were taken from laboring women during February 1998: All women completed questionnaires concerning a history of ch...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Linder N,Ferber A,Kopilov U,Smetana Z,Barzilai A,Mendelson E,Sirota L

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was undertaken to determine the clinical use of comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) for detection of fetal trisomy 21 from fetal ceIls (nucleated red blood cells; nRBCs) isolated from maternal peripheral venous blood. METHODS:Maternal peripheral venous blood samples were collected in sterile t...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Yang YH,Yang ES,Kwon JY,Kim IK,Park YW

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Assessment of the dimensions of the cardiac chambers and the great arteries in the human fetus may be helpful in the prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease. The purpose of this prospective cross-sectional study was to compile normative data in fetal cardiac measurements in early pregnancy. The struct...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Gembruch U,Shi C,Smrcek JM

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to diagnose fetal cardiovascular malformations prenatally has been established during the past 14 years. This has naturally led to an increased interest in the possibility of providing timely therapy in the neonatal period and has raised the prospects for prenatal intervention. Before medical, catheter, an...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Kleinman CS,Copel JA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of bilateral congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) followed by fetal ultrasonography were described. Although many cases of CDH are diagnosed by fetal ultrasonography, it is difficult to diagnose bilateral CDH in utero, which is a relatively rare and fatal condition. Two fetuses were diagnosed as having left...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Kamata S,Sawai T,Usui N,Nose K,Kitayama Y,Nakai H,Okuyama H,Okada A,Kawaguchi H,Chiba Y

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to objectively evaluate prolonged fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring, which has been difficult to do with conventional cardiotocogram (CTG). METHODS:FHR was analyzed by an artificial neural network computer that calculates probabilities of normal, pathologic and suspicious outcom...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Maeda K,Noguchi Y,Matsumoto F

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital cardiac diverticula are transmural localized protrusions within the free wall of the ventricles. Right ventricular diverticula are rarely diagnosed during the fetal period, and due to their rarity, their natural history remains unclear. We present a case of prenatal diagnosis of right ventricular diverticul...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Perlitz Y,Mukary M,Lorber A,Ben-Ami M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure levels of total plasma cysteine, homocysteine, cysteinylglycine and glutathione of normotensive primiparous pregnant women in the second and the third trimester. METHODS:Two consecutive blood samples were taken from 65 healthy primiparous women in the 19th to 21st weeks of pregnancy and then in th...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Viskova H,Vesela K,Janosikova B,Krijt J,Visek JA,Calda P

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD) assessed by ultrasonography during the late first trimester is able to predict the occurrence of hypertensive disorders during pregnancy. METHODS:Maternal endothelial function was assessed by flow-mediated dilation (FMD) of the brachial arter...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Alves JA,Miyague AH,de Sousa PC,Maia SB,Costa Fda S,Martins WP

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Fetal surgery for myelomeningocele (MMC) results in better outcomes compared to postnatal treatment. However, risks are present. We describe our experience with intraoperative fetal echocardiography during repair of MMC and report on the management of serious cardiovascular events. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Th...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Rychik J,Cohen D,Tran KM,Szwast A,Natarajan SS,Johnson MP,Moldenhauer JS,Khalek N,Martinez-Poyer J,Flake AW,Hedrick HL,Adzick NS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate an updated version (Version 2) of a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based noninvasive prenatal test (NIPT) and to determine the likelihood of success when testing for fetal aneuploidies following a redraw. METHODS:Version 2 was analytically validated using 587 plasma samples with known genot...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Ryan A,Hunkapiller N,Banjevic M,Vankayalapati N,Fong N,Jinnett KN,Demko Z,Zimmermann B,Sigurjonsson S,Gross SJ,Hill M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last 6 years early amniocentesis for the prenatal diagnosis of chromosome aberrations has been established in many centers worldwide, but knowledge about the gynecological safety of the procedure is sparse. From 1990 to 1995 at the Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oberhausen (Germany) 3,277 early amniocenteses (betwee...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Eiben B,Hammans W,Hansen S,Trawicki W,Osthelder B,Stelzer A,Jaspers KD,Goebel R

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) performed on 1,788 amniocenteses, using Aneuvision (Vysis) probes for chromosomes 13, 18, 21, X, and Y, over several years, yielded 115 cases with percentages of aneuploidy between 4 and 100%. All cases above 60% were confirmed to be positive by chromosome analysis. Fift...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Wyandt HE,Tonk VS,Huang XL,Evans AT,Milunsky JM,Milunsky A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate the coincidence of fetal magnetocardiography (FMCG) and fetal direct electrocardiography (FDECG) in a case of fetal atrial flutter (AF). METHODS:FMCG and FDECG using a fetal scalp electrode were recorded in the case of fetal AF at 41 weeks' gestation. RESULTS:FMCG revealed fetal AF with 2:1 a...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Hosono T,Kanagawa T,Chiba Y,Kandori A,Tsukada K

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prenatal detection of excessive growth remains inaccurate. Most strategies rely on a single cross-sectional evaluation of fetal size during the third trimester. OBJECTIVES:To compare second- to third-trimester longitudinal growth assessment with cross-sectional evaluation at the third trimester in the predi...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Caradeux J,Eixarch E,Mazarico E,Basuki TR,Gratacós E,Figueras F

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate pre-intervention echocardiographic parameters of cardiac function in fetuses who survive without hydrops as compared to fetuses who develop hydrops or perinatal death in the setting of sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT) and twin-reversed arterial perfusion sequence (TRAP). METHODS:Clinical, echocardio...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Byrne FA,Lee H,Kipps AK,Brook MM,Moon-Grady AJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the incidence of pregnancies complicated by meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) or meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) differs with seasonal changes. METHODS:An established perinatal database was used to identify all term (> or = 37 weeks) singleton gestations resulting in a live birth...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Blackwell SC,Carreno CA,Hassan SS,Moldenhauer J,Wolfe HM,Berry SM,Kruger M,Sorokin Y

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal dextrocardia is a type of cardiac malposition where the major axis from base to apex points to the right side. This condition is usually associated with a wide spectrum of complex cardiac defects. As a result, dextrocardia is conceptually difficult to understand and diagnose on prenatal ultrasound. The advantage...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Yeo L,Luewan S,Markush D,Gill N,Romero R

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the relationship between the volume of amniotic fluid removed and the change in amniotic fluid index (AFI) and calculate an equation describing this association. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A retrospective analysis of 19 amnioreduction procedures performed in our unit. Multiple regression analysis was u...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Abdel-Fattah SA,Carroll SG,Kyle PM,Soothill PW

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Fetal gene replacement is a novel, potential therapy for monogenic disorders which are diagnosed prenatally. The purpose of this study was to develop in vitro, respiratory-epithelium targeted, lentiviral (LV)-mediated gene transfer in fetal rabbit tracheas. METHODS:Via triple plasmid transfection, vesicular ...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Huang L,Reebye SC,Yeung AY,Jia WW,Skarsgard ED

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twin anemia-polycythemia sequence (TAPS) is a rare condition which may occur either spontaneously in uncomplicated monochorionic twin pregnancies or may develop after laser treatment in twin-twin transfusion syndrome. TAPS is characterized by a large intertwin discordance in hemoglobin levels without discordance in am...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Genova L,Slaghekke F,Klumper FJ,Middeldorp JM,Steggerda SJ,Oepkes D,Lopriore E

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether amniotic fluid cells contain cardiomyocyte- and neuron-like cells. STUDY DESIGN:In this experimental study, cells from human amniotic fluid samples were analyzed for mRNA expression of microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP-2), vimentin and oxytocin (OT) receptor via RT-PCR. Immunocytochem...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Stefanidis K,Loutradis D,Anastasiadou V,Dinopoulou V,Eleni E,Arampatzi E,Lekka K,Mesogitis S,Antsaklis A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the sequential combination of ultrasound screening for fetal aneuploidy at 11-14 weeks with maternal biochemistry at 12-14 and 15-18 weeks of gestation. METHODS:A prospective study including 1,656 women, with a singleton pregnancy booked before 13 weeks of gestation. Nuchal translucency (NT) thic...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Benattar C,Audibert F,Taieb J,Ville Y,Roberto A,Lindenbaum A,Frydman R

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a distinct clinical syndrome with unique features, generally diagnosed postnatally. CASE:A 26-year-old patient, gravida 4, para 3-0-0-3, was noted to have an abnormal maternal serum screen. Amniocentesis with imaging studies were remarkable only for a two-vessel umbilica...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Aagaard-Tillery KM,Buchbinder A,Boente MP,Ramin KD

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hemimegalencephaly (HMC) is a disorder associated with enlarged and dysplastic hamartomatous overgrowth of all or part of the one cerebral hemisphere that can be isolated or associated with other syndromes. In the normal development of the brain it is important to bear in mind that there are two main process...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Romero XC,Molina FS,Pastor E,Amaya F

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00