Neonatal sepsis due to echovirus 18 infection.

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：: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：AIMS:Thrombocytopoiesis was investigated in term newborns determining thrombopoietin (TPO), reticulated platelets (PLRET) and blood platelets (PLT) in relation to gender. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The study was undertaken on 72 healthy term newborns, 33 girls and 39 boys. They fitted all criteria for healthy term newborns....

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Wasiluk A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meconium peritonitis is a sterile chemical peritonitis caused by peritoneal seeding of meconium from an antenatal gastrointestinal perforation. We report a 32-week preterm female neonate who developed meconium peritonitis due to bowel perforation, secondary to a twisted left fallopian tube mass, which was excised and ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Manikoth P,Vaishnav A,Zachariah N,Sajwani MJ,Nair AK,Pai MG

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence, predictive factors and associated morbidity of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) was examined in a preterm birth cohort of 712 children, born before 37 weeks of gestation to residents of a geographically defined area between 1978-82. All cases of BPD (N = 16) were born at or before 32 weeks of gestation...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Hakulinen A,Heinonen K,Jokela V,Kiekara O

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subpartal and neonatal blood gas analyses have attracted increasing interest during the past 20 years. Different studies have been carried out to investigate the causes and immediate consequences of perinatal acidosis. It was the aim of this study to examine the long term outcome of acidotic-born babies. During 16 con...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Lauener PA,Calame A,Janecek P,Bossart H,Monod JF

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a fetus with intrauterine growth restriction detected at 27 weeks' gestation, who was longitudinally followed up until delivery by cesarean section 33 days later (31 + 5 weeks) due to severe decelerations in CTG. Longitudinal Doppler assessment of the umbilical artery (UA), the middle cerebral artery (MCA...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Machlitt A,Wauer RR,Chaoui R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the short-term effects of blood transfusion on iron status [hemoglobin, ferritin, soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR), and reticulocyte count], hepcidin, and erythropoietin in stable preterm infants. METHOD:Sixty-three preterm infants treated with red blood cell transfusions (RBCTs) were included. Veno...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Herzlich J,Litmanovitz I,Regev R,Bauer S,Sirota G,Steiner Z,Arnon S

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Idiopathic vaginal bleeding, a common complication of pregnancy, increases the risk of small-for-gestational age (SGA) neonate, preeclampsia and preterm delivery and can be the only clinical manifestation of intra-amniotic infection and/or inflammation (IAI). Placenta previa is thought to be protective agains...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Madan I,Romero R,Kusanovic JP,Mittal P,Chaiworapongsa T,Dong Z,Mazaki-Tovi S,Vaisbuch E,Alpay Savasan Z,Yeo L,Kim CJ,Hassan SS

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fatality from a tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) in two extremely low birth weight infants is presented. The sudden onset of intractable respiratory failure accompanied by the absence of chest movement and breathing sounds was observed. The typical clinical symptoms were concealed because the infants required mechani...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Hosono S,Fuyama Y,Ohno T,Kishimoto H,Ogawa Y

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The current therapeutic strategies to reduce macrosomia rates in gestational diabetes (GDM) have focused on the normalizing of maternal glucose levels. The aim of our study was 1.) to compare maternal glycemic values with the presence of fetal macrosomia at different gestational ages (GA) and with LGA at birth in a...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Schaefer-Graf UM,Heuer R,Kilavuz O,Pandura A,Henrich W,Vetter K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In present-day obstetrics, cesarean delivery occurs in one in three women in the United States, and in up to four of five women in some regions of the world. The history of cesarean section extends well over four centuries. Up until the end of the nineteenth century, the operation was avoided because of its high morta...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Antoine C,Young BK

更新日期：2020-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum calcium and 25-OH-D3 in mothers of newborns with craniotabes. The aim of this study was to investigate whether calcium or vitamin D balance during late pregnancy have influence on the outcome of newborn craniotabes. 27 mothers and their fullterm newborns with craniotabes in two series were studied for clinical f...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Kokkonen J,Koivisto M,Lautala P,Kirkinen P

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twin gestations frequently involve maternal and fetal complications, and are quite often considered as "premium" pregnancies. Hence, many clinicians that follow the cliche "no high risk pregnancy should end with a high risk delivery" may deliver twins by CS for many subtle reasons, other than clear-cut, evidence-based...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Blickstein I

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new design of vacuum extractor cup--'the New Generation cup'--has recently been introduced into clinical practice. Its major modification is a traction cord which passes around the rim of the cup for 180 degrees and is free to slide within the rim. Claims that this design 'enables the operator to pull obliquely with...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Carmody F,Grant A,Somchiwong M

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a group of 26 primiparae, 48 hours after cesarean section, we have examined the urinary estriol (E3) and serum cystine aminopeptidase (CAP). 13 patients received ampicillin treatment, and 13 patients did not. In the group of patients without antibiotic treatment the urinary estriol after 48 h reached an average val...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Blum M

更新日期：1981-01-01 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: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：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：: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：:The outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 elicited a surge in publications. Obstetric reports were with few exceptions characterized by small sample sizes with potentially limited generalizability. In this review, evidence suggests increased susceptibility to COVID-19 in pregnancy; common pregnancy comorbidities may help explain...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Bahado-Singh R,Hassan SS,Szymanska M,Sokol RJ

更新日期：2020-11-26 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：:This paper reviews data that support the effectiveness of the French approach of using risk scoring for evaluating the risk of preterm delivery. This approach, which was developed in 1969 and spread to obstetricians and midwives throughout France in the early 1970s, includes systematic information about the recognitio...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Papiernik E,Grangé G

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The receptor for advanced glycation end products, RAGE, plays an important role in the pathogenesis of several diseases. sRAGE, soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products, is an inhibitor of the pathological effect mediated via RAGE. The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of measuring sR...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Hájek Z,Germanová A,Koucký M,Zima T,Kopecký P,Vítkova M,Parízek A,Kalousová M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperphenylalaninemia in preterm neonates with heterozygosity for phenylketonuria has previously not been described. We report on a very low birth weight infant, born at a gestational age of 27+5 weeks with a birth weight of 1080 g. Due to a positive family history prenatal diagnosis for phenylketonuria was performed,...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Hennermann JB,Loui A,Weber A,Mönch E

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 29 cases of vaginal delivery with normal outcome and 4 cases of cesarean section, the concentrations of beta-endorphin, ACTH and cortisol were determined in maternal venous and umbilical venous plasma immediately postpartum. According to duration of labor and mode of delivery the cases examined were classified into...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Bacigalupo G,Langner K,Schmidt S,Saling E

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We investigated the combined effects of intra-amniotic lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and maternal betamethasone (BMZ) on alveolarization using a newborn rat model. METHODS:LPS (1.0 μg/sac) or vehicle was injected into the amniotic sacs of pregnant rats and BMZ (170 μg/kg) or vehicle was injected intramuscularly into th...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Lee HJ,Lee YJ,Jo HS,Choi CW,Kim EK,Kim HS,Kim BI,Choi JH

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water births have gradually become more popular in industrialized countries during the last decade. People advocating this form of delivery argue that the buoyancy in water helps the mother to relax and that the warmth helps reduce pain, meaning that the whole labor process and experience is positively influenced and ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Zimmermann R,Huch A,Huch R

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The transcatheter pelvic arterial embolization (TAE) is effective for postpartum hemorrhage (PPH). There has been a little information about the factors for ineffectiveness of TAE. The aim of this study was to determine factors associated with TAE failure for PPH. STUDY DESIGN:Fifty-five women who underwent ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Yamasaki Y,Morita H,Miyahara Y,Ebina Y,Okada T,Yamaguchi M,Yamada H

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present experiments should show if vena caval occlusion (V. C. O.) results in a decrease in uterine blood flow and increase in uterine vascular resistance (UVR). We are further interested to know, if V. C. O. influences fetal heart rate (FHR) and fetal blood pressure (BP). ...

journal_title：Journal of perinatal medicine

authors： Künzel W,Kastendieck E,Böhme U,Feige A

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00