A high concentration of fetal fibronectin in cervical secretions increases the risk of intra-amniotic infection and inflammation in patients with preterm labor and intact membranes.

abstract：:The value of testing for inherited thrombophilia in pregnancy has been debated in literature with regard to its utility in preventing adverse obstetrical outcomes or identifying women at risk for it. In this commentary, an evidence based approach is used to investigate the strength of association between thrombophilia...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Lopes L,Jacob GP

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Psychosocial stress during pregnancy (PSP) is a risk factor of growing interest in the etiology of preterm birth (PTB). This literature review assesses the published evidence concerning the association between PSP and PTB, highlighting established and hypothesized physiological pathways mediating this association....

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Shapiro GD,Fraser WD,Frasch MG,Séguin JR

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The present study attempts to understand the role of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T (MTHFR C677T) in recurrent pregnancy losses in North Indian women because of hyperhomocysteinemia in light of serum folate and vitamin B₁₂. METHODS:One hundred and seven women with three or more consecutive unexplained r...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Puri M,Kaur L,Walia GK,Mukhopadhhyay R,Sachdeva MP,Trivedi SS,Ghosh PK,Saraswathy KN

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective To evaluate the association of a set (or the lack thereof) of pre-gravid maternal features with a better outcome in terms of gestational age and birth weight of twins. Methods Analysis of a Slovenian population-based cohort of all dichorionic twin pairs born at ≥22 weeks during an 11-year period from 2002 to...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Hudadi N,Tul N,Trojner Bregar A,Verdenik I,Lucovnik M,Blickstein I

更新日期：2017-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The aim of this study was to evaluate the fluctuation of fetal pH in blood samples taken at the beginning of labor and at the moment of birth as related to intrauterine growth retardation syndrome. This is a prospective follow-up of term gestations, of which 41 were diagnosed as intrauterine growth retardati...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Nieto A,Villar J,Matorras R,Serra M,Valenzuela P,Keller J

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of fetal movements by the pregnant woman is a useful screening test in high and low risk pregnancies. Decreased fetal movements to less than 10 during 12 hours is an expression of fetal distress, and may be the first alert of impending fetal death. Pregnancies with decreased fetal activity comprise a very h...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Navot D,Yaffe H,Sadovsky E

更新日期：1983-01-01 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：AIM:To analyze short-term neonatal outcome and the sampling to delivery interval in cases with severe intrapartum acidemia diagnosed with fetal scalp blood sampling (FBS). METHODS:This is a secondary analysis of data from a trial of 2992 women, who were, when indicated, randomized to either lactate or pH analyses by F...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Holzmann M,Cnattingius S,Nordstrom L

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives This study aimed to assess pregnancy and delivery outcomes in women with a history of stillbirth in a large tertiary referral hospital. Methods This was a retrospective study from Helsinki University Hospital, Finland. The cohort comprised 214 antepartum singleton stillbirths in the period 2003-2015 (case g...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Pekkola M,Tikkanen M,Gissler M,Paavonen J,Stefanovic V

更新日期：2020-10-25 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：OBJECTIVE:Intrinsically poor maternal adaptation to pregnancy and dysregulated processes have been postulated to occur as a consequence of an immune response to the feto-placental unit as "foreign" material. The aim of our study was to compare placental pathology and pregnancy outcomes of in vitro fertilization (IVF) p...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Perni SC,Predanic M,Cho JE,Baergen RN

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the impact of maternal obesity on completion of fetal anomaly screening. METHODS:A retrospective analysis of 500 anomaly scans (19+0-21+6 weeks) was included. Women were categorised according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) body mass index (BMI) classification: normal weight (18.50-24.99 kg...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Eastwood KA,Daly C,Hunter A,McCance D,Young I,Holmes V

更新日期：2017-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the growth attainment of preterm children and their cardiovascular risk factors at adolescence with the values measured in term children in Germany. METHODS:About 17,641 children aged 0 to <18 years were studied between 2003 and 2006 in the population representative German KiGGS survey ("German Health I...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Bergmann RL,Bergmann KE,Richter R,Schlaud M,Henrich W,Weichert A

更新日期：2017-07-26 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：:A prospective trial to investigate feasibility of vaginal delivery after more than one cesarean section, and the safety of vaginal delivery for mother and neonate. Twenty-six pregnant women with a history of two or more cesarean sections were admitted to the delivery room and accepted trial of labor under internal fet...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Granovsky-Grisaru S,Shaya M,Diamant YZ

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intussusception is an extremely rare disorder in preterm infants and it is often misdiagnosed as necrotizing enterocolitis. We report a case of intussusception in a 30-day-old preterm infant of 26 weeks of gestational age and a birthweight of 610 g who was diagnosed via abdominal ultra sonography. A systematic review ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Martínez Biarge M,García-Alix A,Luisa del Hoyo M,Alarcón A,Sáenz de Pipaón M,Hernández F,Pérez J,Quero J

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individually adjusted or 'customised' growth charts aim to optimise the assessment of fetal growth by taking individual variation into account, and by projecting an optimal curve which delineates the potential weight gain in each pregnancy. This results in an increased detection rate of true growth restriction and a r...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Gardosi J

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the effect of bilateral pelvic neurectomy (BPN) on cervical ripening in pregnant rats by measuring cervical extensibility and changes in collagen cross-linkages. METHODS:Timed-pregnant rats were randomly laparotomized on days 9 or 10 of gestation and the pelvic nerves were exposed and either bilatera...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Mackay LB,Shi L,Maul H,Maner WL,Garfield RE

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The obesity epidemic is a problem of global importance with a profound impact on maternal-fetal health. Currently, 1 in 5 women, worldwide, are obese at time of conception. Normalizing pregravid weight may significantly reduce obstetrical complications and alter the long-term weight status of mother and child. Bariatr...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Willis K,Sheiner E

更新日期：2013-03-01 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

abstract：:Doppler ultrasound velocimetry of uteroplacental, umbilical and fetal vessels provides the clinician with important information on the hemodynamics of respective vascular area. Gestational age-related reference values have been established for maternal uterine and arcuate artery, umbilical artery, fetal descending aor...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Marsál K

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether there is a difference in the behavior of fetuses of pregnant women with diabetes under treatment with insulin, compared to fetuses of pregnant women without diabetes. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Kurjak's antenatal neurodevelopmental test (KANET) - a method that, by application of four-dimensional...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Antsaklis P,Porovic S,Daskalakis G,Kurjak A

更新日期：2017-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to search for any difference in riboflavin and pyridoxine nutrition between term appropriate for gestational age (TAGA), term small for gestational age (TSGA) and preterm appropriate for gestational age (PTAGA) newborns, cord blood from 23, 19 and 20 infants, respectively, were studied, and red cell glutathio...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Ramos JL,Barretto OC,Nonoyama K

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This prospective observational study evaluated maternal symptoms and characteristics that predict successful labor induction with oral misoprostol. METHODS:A total of 244 consecutive women undergoing labor induction voluntarily completed a questionnaire about subjective sensations and pain scores during the ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Palomäki O,Eerikäinen H,Huhtala H,Kirkinen P

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect on perinatal outcome of replacing glucose measurements for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus in central laboratories with those obtained by portable glucose meter. STUDY DESIGN:Simultaneously, venous blood samples were taken at the 100-g glucose tolerance test, and finger ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Jakobi P,Weissman A,Egozi J,Minuchin O,Geva A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the combination of amniotic fluid (AF) tests with the best diagnostic accuracy for predicting intrauterine infection/inflammation (IUI) in patients with clinical suspicion of chorioamnionitis. STUDY DESIGN:This is a retrospective study of 34 pregnant women who presented with uterine tenderness, ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Ford C,Genç MR

更新日期：2011-09-21 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：: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：: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：:Objective To derive and validate a population-specific multivariate approach for birth weight (BW) prediction based on quantitative intrapartum assessment of maternal characteristics by means of an algorithmic method in low-risk women. Methods The derivation part (n = 200) prospectively explored 10 variables to create...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Yapan P,Promchirachote C,Yaiyiam C,Rahman S,Pooliam J,Wataganara T

更新日期：2019-08-27 00:00:00