Efficacy of inhaled nitric oxide in neonates with hypoxic respiratory failure and pulmonary hypertension: the Japanese experience.

abstract：:Background Monocytes, after neutrophils, are the most abundant white blood cells found in the amniotic cavity of women with intra-amniotic inflammation/infection. However, the origin of such cells has not been fully investigated. Herein, we determined (1) the origin of amniotic fluid monocytes/macrophages from women w...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Gomez-Lopez N,Romero R,Leng Y,Xu Y,Slutsky R,Levenson D,Pacora P,Jung E,Panaitescu B,Hsu CD

更新日期：2019-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate uterine cervical consistency using a vaginal ultrasound gray-level histogram. METHODS:Vaginal ultrasound and digital examination were performed for 214 women with low-risk singleton pregnancy during 27-30(th) pregnancy week. The mean gray-level (MGL) of an ultrasound gray-level histogram, representing...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Kuwata T,Matsubara S,Taniguchi N,Ohkuchi A,Ohkusa T,Suzuki M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article looks at the association of maternal blood pressure with the blood pressure of the offspring from birth to childhood. The Barker hypothesis states that maternal and "in utero" attributes during pregnancy affect a child's cardiovascular health throughout life. We present an analysis of a unique dataset tha...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Royal-Thomas T,McGee D,Sinha D,Osmond C,Forrester T

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the characteristics and trends of maternal deaths due to obstetric hemorrhage in urban and rural areas during the period of 1996-2005 in China, and to provide evidence for decision-making for further reducing the national maternal mortality ratio (MMR). METHODS:We analyzed national maternal mortal...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Li X,Zhu J,Dai L,Li M,Miao L,Liang J,Wang Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Alcohol is the most common identifiable teratogenic cause of mental retardation in North America. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a major public health problem, which is frequently under diagnosed by physicians. OBJECTIVE:To identify and quantify the maternal risk factors and neonatal characteristics of chi...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Bagheri MM,Burd L,Martsolf JT,Klug MG

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of maternal phencyclidine use on the fetus. Ninety-four neonates with maternal phencyclidine exposure were compared with 94 controls. Maternal phencyclidine use was assessed by questionnaire and repeated urine testing. Mothers of study and control patients were ma...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Golden NL,Kuhnert BR,Sokol RJ,Martier S,Williams T

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Apgar score is used worldwide to assess the newborn infant shortly after birth. Apgar scores, including mean scores and those with high cut-off scores, have been used to support claims that planned home birth is as safe as hospital birth. The purpose of this study was to determine the distribution of 5 m...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Grünebaum A,McCullough LB,Brent RL,Arabin B,Levene MI,Chervenak FA

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether maternal multiple sclerosis (MS) is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes by determining the clinical course of disease during pregnancy and postpartum throughout a 10-year-period in a single tertiary center. METHODS:We conducted a case-control study that included pregnancies with a de...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Yalcin SE,Yalcin Y,Yavuz A,Akkurt MO,Sezik M

更新日期：2017-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of the human central nervous system (CNS) begins in the early embryonic period and proceeds through a sequence of very complicated processes long after delivery. Although the neurodevelopmental processes are genetically determined, their complexity and intensity implicates the vulnerability of the CNS ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Salihagic-Kadic A,Kurjak A,Medić M,Andonotopo W,Azumendi G

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：AIMS:The purpose of this study was to determine whether head circumference (HC) catch-up is associated with improved neurocognitive development. DESIGN:A retrospective cohort study was conducted in 179 preterm very low birth weight (VLBW) (BW≤1500 g) infants. The infants were born in 2000-2002 and were followed to the...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Ghods E,Kreissl A,Brandstetter S,Fuiko R,Widhalm K

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：:Fetal edema was recognized in the past as a complication of alloimmune disease. More recently, fetal edema is frequently seen in conditions that cause non-immune fetal hydrops with increased soft tissue thickness. Classically there is a halo pattern around fetal head, neck, thorax, and abdomen. Fetal edema is associat...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Machado LE,Osborne NG,Bonilla-Musoles F

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the European Community Multicentre Trial on Fetal ECG Analysis During Labour was to collect a clinical database of electrocardiograms on which the different patterns of ST waveform and time interval changes, so far identified, could be studied. The aim of this paper was to study the PR-RR relationship and t...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Luzietti R,Erkkola R,Hasbargen U,Mattson LA,Thoulon JM,Rosén KG

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 2nd born in twin delivery is at higher risk of fetal asphyxia. We tested the hypothesis that inadequate, fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring has contributed to an inadvertent outcome. STUDY DESIGN:A database was reviewed consisting of 41 twin deliveries with a pH in the umbilical artery of the 2nd twin be...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Muñoz Brands RM,Bakker PC,Bolte AC,van Geijn HP

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to measure the extent of nonshivering thermogensis (NST) in brown adipose tissue of human newborns receiving routine thermal care and to examine the influence of oxygen levels at birth on the initiation of NST. Fifteen human neonates were studied in an incubator set at 31-31 degrees C. Thermo...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Oya A,Asakura H,Koshino T,Araki T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this experimental ultrasound study on six fetal lambs was to evaluate how blood flow variables and vessel diameters of the descending aorta and the common carotid artery change during fetal asphyxia in the acute preparation. When acute asphyxia was induced by obstructing the maternal aortic blood flow all f...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Malcus P,Kjellmer I,Lingman G,Marsál K,Thiringer K,Rosén KG

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of assisted reproduction techniques (ART) represents an important advance in the treatment of human infertility. However, their great effectiveness has brought with it an excessive increase in multiple pregnancy rates with the serious medical, financial and social consequences that they entail. Now, th...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Barri PN,Coroleu B,Clua E,Tur R

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare oxidative stress in patients with preeclampsia (PE) or intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) vs. normal pregnancy (controls) during 48 h after delivery. STUDY DESIGN:Women with singleton pregnancies were recruited immediately after delivery (gestational age >26.0 weeks). Women with PE or IUGR were matc...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Kressig P,Beinder E,Schweer H,Zimmermann R,von Mandach U

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare smooth muscle cells, type I collagen, and apoptosis of the lower uterine segment of women who had/without a prior cesarean delivery. METHODS:Alpha smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), type I collagen, and nuclear apoptosis were compared between the groups from lower uterine segment. Twenty-eight controls and 82...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Wu C,Chen X,Mei Z,Zhou J,Wu L,Chiu WH,Xiao X

更新日期：2018-05-24 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：:The use of ultrasonography (USG) during pregnancy provides a tremendous amount of valuable information about fetal and maternal well-being. However, in some cases the image quality may be poor due to maternal fat tissue, fetal position, or some other reason. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can provide clear images fr...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Kawabata I,Takahashi Y,Iwagaki S,Tamaya T

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To compare the outcome of induction of labor and patient's preferences using a protocol with the first dose of prostaglandin E2 endocervical gel in the evening versus a protocol with the first dose in the morning. DESIGN:We performed a randomized trial comparing administration of prostaglandin E2 endocervica...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Oei SG,Jongmans L,Mol BW

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare obstetrical and neonatal outcomes of vaginal deliveries complicated by shoulder dystocia, according to the length of second stage of labor. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 177 shoulder dystocia cases that were divided into three categories according to second stage duration (1...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Moragianni VA,Hacker MR,Craparo FJ

更新日期：2012-03-29 00:00:00

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：OBJECTIVE:In cohorts of infants with proven neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAIT) an unusual high rate of preterm infants has been reported, raising the question of whether NAIT contributes to the high rate of intracranial hemorrhage in preterm infants. METHODS:We genotyped the HPA-1-allele in a large cohort of ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Göpel W,Fehlau K,Kohl M,Schultz C,Möller J

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a term infant with Pompe disease presenting in the immediate newborn period. The infant was born at 40 weeks' gestation, weighing 3600 g to a 32 year-old black female. Infant presented at delivery with massive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and pulmonary hypertension. Diagnosis was confirmed by low alpha-glucos...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Noori S,Acherman R,Siassi B,Luna C,Ebrahimi M,Pavlova Z,Ramanathan R

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to compare a variety of neonatal outcome variables of growth concordant twin gestations (CT) to that of growth discordant twins (DT). Maternal and neonatal charts of live, non-anomalous twins > 25 weeks' gestation from 1984-2000 with no evidence of twin-twin transfusion syndrome were reviewed ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Nassar AH,Usta IM,Khalil AM,Aswad NA,Seoud MA

更新日期：2003-01-01 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