Does the administration of the calcium-antagonist verapamil in tocolysis with beta-sympathicomimetics still make sense?

abstract：:Listeria is commonly found in processed and prepared foods and listeriosis is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Preventative measures are well prescribed and monitoring and voluntary recall of contaminated products has resulted in a 44% reduction in the prevalence of perinatal listeriosis in the USA. Pregn...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Lamont RF,Sobel J,Mazaki-Tovi S,Kusanovic JP,Vaisbuch E,Kim SK,Uldbjerg N,Romero R

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:Non-selective multifetal pregnancy reduction is carried out to reduce healthy higher order multiple fetuses to one or two fetuses. No studies exist to show any benefit of this practice and a Cochrane review, as well as investigators in the field, have not found any justification for such practice. From a medical point...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Saugstad OD

更新日期：2006-01-01 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

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：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：:During the past decade a variety of intrapartum fetal monitors have been constructed that process the entire fetal electrocardiogram (FECG), obtained via a scalp electrode. They therefore differ from conventional monitors in aiming to extract relevant timing and magnitude information from the morphology of the FECG ra...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Crowe JA,Woolfson MS,Hayes-Gill BR,Peasgood W,Mohd-Ali MA,Huang Y,Herbert J,Huang XB,Harrison A,Gibson NM,Symonds EM,Reed N,Mohajer M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Birth-weight is an important determinant of perinatal outcome with low birth-weight being a particular risk factor for adverse consequences. AIM:To investigate the impact of neonatal sex, mode of birth and gestational age at birth according to birth-weight centile on serious adverse neonatal outcomes in sin...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Yu J,Flatley C,Greer RM,Kumar S

更新日期：2018-11-27 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：: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

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：BACKGROUND:A known side effect of labour epidural analgesia (EDA) is maternal fever. It is unclear whether this has effects on the anti-infectious management of the neonate. METHODS:A systematic literature search and a hand search of abstract publications were conducted. Studies reporting sepsis evaluation or antibiot...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Heesen M,Klöhr S,Rossaint R,Straube S,Van de Velde M

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighteen women were referred for fetal karyotyping because of advanced maternal age (over 38 years) later than 23 weeks' gestation. In order to obtain more rapid karyotypes, cordocentesis rather than amniocentesis was performed. All procedures were successful, leading to the obtention of normal karyotypes in all cases...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Boulot P,Lefort G,Bachelard B,Humeau C,Hedon B,Laffargue F,Viala JL

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The placenta is the principal organ regulating respiratory, nutritional, endocrine and metabolic functions on behalf of the developing fetus. Changes in gene expression patterns of placenta-specific genes may influence fetal growth. We profiled the expression of 17 genes related to placenta functioning in term placent...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Deyssenroth MA,Li Q,Lacasaña M,Nomura Y,Marsit C,Chen J

更新日期：2017-10-26 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：AIM:To examine the gestational age-specific distribution of twin birth weight discordance. METHODS:We analyzed all liveborn twin sets between 28 and 40 weeks' gestation from the United States 1995-1998 Multiple Matched Birth Data Set compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics. We calculated the 50th and 95t...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Kalish RB,Branum A,Sharma G,Keith LG,Blickstein I

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The validity of the assessment of the fetal age and pulmonary maturity was evaluated on 369 patients at various stages of normal pregnancy and complicated by diabetes, toxemia and fetal anencephaly. Gestational maturity was assessed by ultrasonic measurement of the fetal biparietal diameter and by analysing constituen...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Ianniruberto A,Destro F,Capozzi A,Zisa F,Cubesi G,Parisi S

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the association of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection with preterm birth (PTB). METHODS:A cohort of 20,498 pregnant women (497 HBV carriers with 20,001 non-HBV controls) with normal alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels was selected from the Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital of Nantong Unive...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Cui AM,Shao JG,Li HB,Shen Y,Chen ZX,Zhang S,Bian ZL,Qin G,Cheng XY

更新日期：2017-11-27 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：:The placenta secretes large amounts of the hypothelamic hormone, corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) into the maternal and fetal circulation during pregnancy. We and other investigators have shown that during normal pregnancy, maternal plasma CRH levels begin to rise in the second trimester with a dramatic increase ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Warren WB,Goland RS,Wardlaw SL,Stark RI,Fox HE,Conwell IM

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the higher numbered multifetal gestation, duration of gestational age decreases in spite of different medical activities. On the other hand increasing gestational age often strongly suggests the need for delivery by caesarean section for maternal indications. After the 32nd week of gestation in general no serious ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Knitza R,Ott M,Hasbargen U,Hepp H

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous tests have been proposed for the assessment of fetal condition during the antenatal period. This preliminary report suggests the possibility of exposing the fetus-in-utero to alternating light during amnioscopy, with simultaneous registration of the fetal heart rate. This simple, non-invasive, inexpensive tes...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Peleg D,Goldman JA

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable evidence exists for marked beneficial effects of omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA) during pregnancy. The omega-3 LC-PUFA docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is incorporated in large amounts in fetal brain and other tissues during the second half of pregnancy, and several studies have provide...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Koletzko B,Larqué E,Demmelmair H

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：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：:The diagnostic efficiency in the prediction of intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) of repeated measurements of the symphysis-fundus (SF) distance and repeated ultrasonic measurements of the biparietal diameter (BPD) was investigated in 377 pregnancies, all at risk for IUGR. Measurements of the SF distance were foun...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Cnattingius S,Axelsson O,Lindmark G

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：: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：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