Urinary C-peptide in the neonate correlates both to maternal glucose tolerance and to fetal size at birth.

abstract：OBJECTIVE: This work aimed to study perinatal, maternal, and neonatal characteristics of birth tourism (BT) mother-baby dyads and the rate of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admissions of BT infants. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study at a regional perinatal center comparing BT mother-baby dyads to all dyads. BT in...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Lim J,Sun WD,Zhang L,Mikhael M

更新日期：2020-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if patients with a history of low pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) in an initial pregnancy are at higher risk for adverse obstetric outcomes in a subsequent pregnancy. STUDY DESIGN:This was a retrospective cohort study in patients who underwent first trimester screening for PAPP-A ...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Zafman KB,Getrajdman CS,Arnold MK,Stone JL

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Late-onset sepsis (LOS) in very low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Objectives To determine the incidence of LOS workup, association, and predictive value of clinical indicators leading to culture-positive versus culture-negative sepsis workup. Methods All...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Das A,Shukla S,Rahman N,Gunzler D,Abughali N

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity is associated with increased risk of stillbirth, although the mechanisms are unknown. Obesity is also associated with inflammation. Serum ferritin, C-reactive protein, white blood cell count, and histologic chorioamnionitis are all markers of inflammation. OBJECTIVE:This article determines if inflam...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Harrison MS,Thorsten VR,Dudley DJ,Parker CB,Koch MA,Hogue CJR,Stoll BJ,Silver RM,Varner MW,Pinar MH,Coustan DR,Saade GR,Bukowski RK,Conway DL,Willinger M,Reddy UM,Goldenberg RL

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of vaginal progesterone in reducing adverse neonatal outcome due to preterm birth (PTB) in low-risk pregnant women with a short cervical length (CL). STUDY DESIGN:Women with a singleton pregnancy without a history of PTB underwent CL measurement a...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： van Os MA,van der Ven AJ,Kleinrouweler CE,Schuit E,Kazemier BM,Verhoeven CJ,de Miranda E,van Wassenaer-Leemhuis AG,Sikkema JM,Woiski MD,Bossuyt PM,Pajkrt E,de Groot CJ,Mol BW,Haak MC

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess whether cord blood carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) levels in jaundiced term neonates with and without a positive direct Coombs test (DCT) and in healthy controls could be used as a predictor of severe hyperbilirubinemia. The percentage of cord blood COHb should be higher among neonates wi...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Tıraş M,Can E,Hamilçıkan Ş

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the risk of spontaneous preterm delivery (SPTD) associated with transvaginal cervical length (TVCL) in an unselected cohort. STUDY DESIGN:This is a retrospective study of serial TVCLs in unselected twin gestations. Receiver operator curves for SPTD were constructed from TVCLs at 18, 20, 22, and ...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Brock CO,Moroz LA,Gyamfi-Bannerman C

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well established that ultrasound measurement of femur length and biparietal diameter are comparably accurate estimators of gestational age when obtained in the first half of pregnancy. Both estimators, however, become less accurate later in pregnancy. The present study compares the relative accuracy of these est...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Egley CC,Seeds JW,Cefalo RC

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of maternal intravenous (IV) administration of glucose on fetal breathing and its associated fetal heart patterns. Sixteen healthy women at term gestation participated in the study. The outcome of each of the pregnancies was normal. Fetal breathing and fetal electrocard...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Divon MY,Zimmer EZ,Yeh SY,Vilenski A,Sarna Z,Paldi E,Platt LD

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneously placed central venous lines have become an intricate part of the medical management of the very low birth weight infant. It is critically important that health care providers involved with the placement of these catheters be familiar with the possible subtle sites for catheter misplacement. We present t...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Lussky RC,Trower N,Fisher D,Engel R,Cifuentes R

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of congenital midgut volvulus detected by prenatal sonography and ultrafast magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. At 34 weeks of gestation, enlarged hyperechogenic loops without peristalsis was identified by sonographic examination. On ultrafast T2-weighted single-shot fast-spin echo MR imaging, enlarged ...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Miyakoshi K,Ishimoto H,Tanigaki S,Minegishi K,Tanaka M,Miyazaki T,Yoshimura Y

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the glycemic response to intravenous lipid infusion alone, lipid with amino acids, or amino acids alone in 15 very small premature infants receiving constant glucose infusion during early life. Infants who received lipid or lipid and amino acids demonstrated significant increases in glucose compared with...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Savich RD,Finley SL,Ogata ES

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small- to moderate-sized aortic thrombi in the sick newborn are frequently demonstrated, however, severe aortic thrombosis is rarely encountered. We report two newborn infants presenting with signs of decreased lower limb perfusion shortly after birth. An occlusive infrarenal aortic thrombus was demonstrated in both i...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Klinger G,Hellmann J,Daneman A

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to evaluate temporal trends in opioid use disorder (OUD) during antepartum and postpartum hospitalizations. STUDY DESIGN:This repeated cross-sectional analysis analyzed data from the National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample. Women aged 15 to 54 years admitted antepartum or postpartum were iden...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Kern-Goldberger AR,Huang Y,Polin M,Siddiq Z,Wright JD,D'Alton ME,Friedman AM

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to determine the plasma and erythrocyte profiles of metabolically important nonesterified polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), that is, free fatty acids, in each trimester of pregnancy and in labor. Blood was drawn from patients in the first, second, and third trimester and in labor. Nonesteri...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Ashby AM,Robinette B,Kay HH

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this article is to test whether the concentration of potentially oxidizable lipids (polyunsaturated fatty acids [PUFA], total and free cholesterol) and lipophilic antioxidants (plasmalogens, vitamin E) in the fetal lung correlate with lung maturation (P/S ratio). In amniotic fluid palmitic/stearic aci...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Rüdiger M,Haupt R,Wauer RR,Rüstow B

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared perinatal outcomes between live-born nonisolated and isolated omphaloceles diagnosed during a prenatal ultrasound. Fetuses (n = 86) with omphalocele were identified between 1995 and 2007 at a single institution. Inclusion criteria were an omphalocele >14 weeks' gestation, available fetal and/or neonatal ka...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Kominiarek MA,Zork N,Pierce SM,Zollinger T

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucellosis represents a rare cause of neonatal infection. In this article we report a very unusual case of congenital infection due to BRUCELLA MELITENSIS in a term neonate presenting after birth with severe respiratory distress and radiological manifestations (lobar consolidation and diffuse interstitial infiltratio...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Sarafidis K,Agakidis C,Diamanti E,Karantaglis N,Roilides E

更新日期：2007-08-01 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：:The most frequently used set of gestational age-birth weight curves in the United States is the Colorado (C) standard published in 1963. To investigate the usefulness of this standard in an urban population at sea level, we examined the birth weight vs gestational age data from 56,675 singleton liveborn infants born b...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Raju TN,Winegar A,Seifert L,Miller S

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I developed a single equation that simulated previously published growth charts for very low-birth-weight infants, using birth weight as the only variable. The intent of this study was to validate the equation using infants admitted to our neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and to determine if this equation could be ...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Meetze WH

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to analyze whether hospital safety-net burden status is associated with increased risk for severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and postpartum readmissions. STUDY DESIGN: The 2010 to 2014 Nationwide Readmissions Database was utilized for this retrospective cohort study. Hospitals were categorize...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： McKinley LP,Wen T,Gyamfi-Bannerman C,Wright JD,Goffman D,Sheen JJ,D'Alton ME,Friedman AM

更新日期：2020-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction First-trimester ultrasound (US) for anatomy assessment may improve anomaly detection, but it may also increase overall US utilization. We sought to assess the utility of first-trimester US for evaluation of fetal anatomy. Materials and Methods A decision analytic model was created to compare first- plus s...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Harper LM,Wood SL,Jenkins SM,Owen J,Biggio JR

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chorioamnionitis has generally been thought to be a contraindication to attempting a delayed interval delivery in a multiple gestation. We present a twin gestation in which a delay of 88 days between the birth of the two infants occurred. Chorioamnionitis observed immediately after the delivery of Twin A was successfu...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Watson WJ,McNelis T

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited research in young adults and immature animals suggests a detrimental effect of tobacco on bone during growth. We aimed to determine the adverse effects of maternal nicotine exposure during pregnancy and lactation on neonatal rat bone development, and to determine a protective effect of ascorbic acid. Gravid ra...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Koklu E,Gunes T,Gunes I,Canoz O,Kurtoglu S,Duygulu F,Erez R

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During normal pregnancy there is a decrease in the hematocrit due to a disproportionate increase in the blood volume compared with the red cell mass. Using a new enzyme-linked immunoassay (Amgen Diagnostics), serum erythropoietin was quantified in normal nonanemic pregnancies throughout gestation and in third trimeste...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Harstad TW,Mason RA,Cox SM

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a rare occurrence of an early-onset extensive cystic hygroma colli with intralesional hemorrhage and a favorable outcome. A 23-year-old primigravida woman was referred for management of a left isolated extensive cystic hygroma colli at 22 weeks' gestation. Amniocentesis revealed a 46, XY karyotype. Ultrasou...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Chen CP,Wang W,Lin SP,Sheu JC,Tzen CY

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if preincubation with prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) and E2 (PGE2) enhances oxytocin-induced myometrial contractility in vitro. STUDY DESIGN:Myometrial strips from 13 women were incubated with PGE1 (10-5 mol/L or 10-6 mol/L), PGE2 (10-5 mol/L or 10-6 mol/L) or solvent before adding cumulative concentra...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Chiossi G,Reed LC,Costantine MM,Hankins GD,Saade GR,Longo M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with clinical chorioamnionitis among preterm infants. STUDY DESIGN:We reanalyzed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) from preterm newborns at less than 30 weeks' gestation. Cases and control definitions were determined using administrative reco...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Spiegel AM,Li J,Oehlert JW,Mayo JA,Quaintance CC,Girsen AI,Druzin ML,El-Sayed YY,Shaw GM,Stevenson DK,Gibbs RS

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00