A rapid and safe method to detect fetal parvovirus B19 infection in amniotic fluid by polymerase chain reaction: report of a case.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a significant cause of childhood blindness. AIM:The aim of this study is to determine the feasibility of remifentanil analgesia during laser treatment of ROP performed in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Remifentanil was infused continuously ...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Demirel N,Bas AY,Kavurt S,Celik IH,Yucel H,Turkbay D,Hekimoğlu E,Koc O

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present transvaginal ultrasonographic findings of a fetus with Dandy-Walker malformation and associated massive obstructive hydrocephalus at 13 weeks' gestation. First-trimester ultrasonographic diagnosis of Dandy-Walker malformation is uncommon with only two such occurrences having been reported previously. These ...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Sherer DM,Shane H,Anyane-Yeboa K

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to determine patterns of neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) use in ventilator-dependent preterm infants with evolving or established severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (sBPD) among centers of the BPD Collaborative, including indications for its initiation, discontinuation, an...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： McKinney RL,Keszler M,Truog WE,Norberg M,Sindelar R,Wallström L,Schulman B,Gien J,Abman SH,Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Collaborative.

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Infants of diabetic mothers (IDMs) are at known risk for developing a hypertrophic type of cardiomyopathy. The severity of IDM cardiomyopathy can vary from an incidental finding on echocardiography to an infant with severe symptoms of congestive heart failure. The purpose of this article is to review the pathophysiolo...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Reller MD,Kaplan S

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven sociodemographic and behavioral factors that may explain the increased risk of preterm deliveries among black women were examined using data from a national sample of 5823 married mothers who responded to the 1980 National Natality Survey (NNS) Questionnaire. There was a twofold increase in the rate of preterm d...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Virji SK,Cottington E

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an unusual case of a primigravida with a viable cervical pregnancy diagnosed by transvaginal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging. Staggered conservative therapeutic measures included systemic high-dose Methotrexate with Folinic acid rescue followed by bilateral embolization of the uterine arteries in ...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Sherer DM,Lysikiewicz A,Abulafia O

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to compare complications and mortality in neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) who did and did not receive therapeutic hypothermia (TH). STUDY DESIGN: The Extracorporeal Life Support Organization registry was querie...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Cuevas Guaman M,Lucke AM,Hagan JL,Kaiser JR

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE: According to the most recent metanalysis, the best way to establish safe enteral feeding in preterm babies using nasogastric or orogastric tubes is still not well understood. This study aimed to determine the effects of bolus nasal tubes versus bolus orogastric tubes on the time required to reach full entera...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Badran AT,Hashish M,Ali A,Shokeir M,Shabaan A

更新日期：2020-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The accuracy of eight ultrasonic fetal weight formulas were analyzed in 1099 fetuses who underwent real-time ultrasound examination within 72 hours prior to delivery. Shepard's formula was most consistently found to give the lowest systematic and random errors throughout all weight categories, though Deter's formula h...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Ott WJ,Doyle S,Flamm S

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this article is to evaluate the plasma levels of coagulation and fibrinolysis parameters in the third trimester of gestation and 72 hr postdelivery. Antithrombin III (ATIII), thrombin-antithrombin III complexes (TAT), heparin cofactor II (HCII), protein C (PC), protein S (PS), tissue plasminogen activ...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Bellart J,Gilabert R,Fontcuberta J,Carreras E,Miralles RM,Cabero L

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study is to examine the hypothesis that prolonged rupture of membranes (PROM) is associated with increased cord blood erythropoietin (EPO) concentrations, proportional to the duration of ruptured membranes. STUDY DESIGN:This study is a prospective, cross-sectional, observational (nonintervent...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Barak S,Mimouni FB,Stern R,Cohen N,Goldstein DB,Marom R

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the trend in the incidence and mortality of intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) in low birthweight infants from 1981 through 1984. During this time we admitted 407 infants in the first week of life with a birthweight less than or equal to 1500 gm in whom a cranial ultrasonogram or autopsy had been perfo...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Batton DG,DeWitte DB,Boal DK,Nardis EE,Maisels MJ

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the efficacy, safety, and biological mechanisms of digoxin immune Fab (DIF) treatment of severe preeclampsia. Fifty-one severe preeclamptic patients were randomized in double-blind fashion to DIF ( N = 24) or placebo ( N = 27) for 48 hours. Primary outcomes were change in creatinine clearance (CrCl) at 24...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Adair CD,Buckalew VM,Graves SW,Lam GK,Johnson DD,Saade G,Lewis DF,Robinson C,Danoff TM,Chauhan N,Hopoate-Sitake M,Porter KB,Humphrey RG,Trofatter KF,Amon E,Ward S,Kennedy L,Mason L,Johnston JA

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-five patients undergoing nipple stimulation contraction stress tests were enrolled in this study. Plasma 13,14-dihydro, 15-keto prostaglandin F2 alpha and plasma prolactin concentrations were analyzed before and during the contraction stress tests. Prolactin concentrations were significantly higher (p less than...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Rijhsinghani AG,Dubin NH,Zacur HA,Johnson TR,Niebyl JR

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This communication examines the diagnostic value of the leukocyte esterase activity (LEA) test in the detection of intra-amniotic infection. Amniotic fluid from 171 consecutive patients with premature rupture of membranes (n = 149) and preterm labor (n = 22) was obtained through amniocentesis. Gram stain, bacterial an...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Romero R,Emamian M,Wan M,Yarkoni S,McCormack W,Mazor M,Hobbins JC

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective study was performed to determine a way to improve conventional transcutaneous bilirubinometry results in healthy term newborn infants. In 118 infants during phototherapy (group A), and in 118 infants without phototherapy (group B), bilirubin determinations were done in duplicate using the Minolta AirS...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Felc Z

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to evaluate if maternal serum hormones along the maternal-fetal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, when drawn prior to labor induction, differed between women who delivered vaginally and those who underwent cesarean. STUDY DESIGN:This was a prospective observational study at a single...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Cawyer CR,Lobashevksy E,Corley-Topham G,Anderson S,Owen J,Subramaniam A

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case with spontaneous rupture of the renal pelvis during pregnancy. A 34-year-old Japanese woman was referred at 20 weeks' gestation because of sudden severe right flank pain. She had severe colic pain radiating to the right lower abdomen with percussion tenderness at the right costovertebral angle and was...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Satoh S,Okuma A,Fujita Y,Tamaka M,Nakano H

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Widened pulse pressure is generally associated with patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). Surprisingly, this is often not true for preterm infants during the first week of life when systolic and diastolic pressures are both reduced and pulse pressure may remain unchanged. STUDY DESIGN:This is a retrospective, obs...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Bin-Nun A,Kasirer Y,Mimouni F,Schorrs I,Fink D,Hammerman C

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Classically, genetically decreased bilirubin conjugation and/or hemolysis account for the mechanisms contributing to neonatal hyperbilirubinemia associated with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. However, these mechanisms are not involved in most cases of this hyperbilirubinemia. Additional plausible...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Al-Abdi SY

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With more than 20,000 fetal deaths occurring annually in the United States, accurate epidemiological data concerning fetal death offer the potential to develop interventions aimed at saving a considerable number of fetuses. Currently, fetal death rates are determined by dividing the number of deaths by total births. T...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Ferguson R,Myers SA

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this article is to prospectively investigate the efficacy of amnioinfusion as a means to reduce febrile morbidity in pregnancies complicated by chorioamnionitis. All laboring patients with a temperature > or =100.1 degrees F were approached for study participation. Exclusion criteria included amnionit...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Parilla BV,McDermott TM

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the safety and efficacy of an early postpartum discharge program in 289 patients who were identified prior to delivery and counseled and educated for discharge 12 to 36 hours after delivery. A total of 55% of the study patients were able to be discharged early. There were 4.3% significant maternal pro...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Welt SI,Cole JS,Myers MS,Sholes DM Jr,Jelovsek FR

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine if the rate of preeclampsia is increased in triplet as compared to twin gestations. Fifty-three triplet pregnancies between 1986 and 1993 at The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center were reviewed. These were matched for maternal age, parity, and race to twin gestations ...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Mastrobattista JM,Skupski DW,Monga M,Blanco JD,August P

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of vibratory acoustic stimulation to shorten the duration of antepartum fetal heart rate monitoring was investigated by a randomized controlled trial. Vibratory acoustic stimulation did not shorten the overall duration of testing. This failure to improve the performance of antepartum monitoring appeared to...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Newnham JP,Burns SE,Roberman BD

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of different single ultrasonographic parameters in predicting intrauterine growth-restricted (IUGR) babies as defined by Ponderal index at birth. Study sample composed of two sets of data from Iran and Australia. The Iranian sample consisted of 296 Ir...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Niknafs P,Sibbald J

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to immunosuppressant agents during gestation can affect the fetal immune system. The aim of this study was to evaluate the immune function of infants whose mothers were administered immunosuppressants during pregnancy for the treatment of autoimmune disorders. Circulating lymphocyte subsets and in vitro immun...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Motta M,Ciardelli L,Marconi M,Tincani A,Gasparoni A,Lojacono A,Chirico G

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose was to evaluate the impact of intravenous and oral tocolysis on prolongation of gestation for women with preterm uterine contractions and/or labor. Candidates for evaluation and treatment including women with contractions between 24 and 35 weeks. Two hundred women (group I) without cervical changes met the...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Brown HL,Hiett AK,Britton KA,Turnquest MA,Golichowski AM

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE: Previous analyses of neonatal intensive care units (NICU) antimicrobial stewardship programs have identified key contributors to overall antibiotic use, including prolonged empiric therapy >48 hours for early-onset sepsis (EOS). However, most were performed in mixed NICU settings with onsite birthing units, ...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Viel-Thériault I,Agarwal A,Bariciak E,Le Saux N,Thampi N

更新日期：2021-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstetrical antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is associated with maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. Standard treatment with low-dose acetylsalicylic acid and unfractionated heparin has achieved up to a 70 to 80% likelihood of success. Conversely, up to 30% of women with APS will have further pregnancy losses, d...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Chang P,Millar D,Tsang P,Lim K,Houlihan E,Stephenson M

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00