Candida tropicalis empyema associated with acquired gastropleural fistula in a newborn infant.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Surfactant and noninvasive ventilation are two major strategies for the treatment of neonates with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). However, the optimal time for surfactant administering is yet controversial. This study compared the early and rescue Calsurf administration in preterm infants with RDS. STU...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Rong Z,Chang L,Cheng H,Wang H,Zhu X,Peng F,Fan Q,Lu W,Pan R,Xiong L,Jiao R,Sun J,Xia S,Xie J

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV (EDS IV) is a rare but serious disorder of connective tissue that is characterized by the abnormal production or secretion of type III collagen. Experience with pregnant patients exhibiting this syndrome is limited. This report describes the successful management of a pregnancy in a woma...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Weinbaum PJ,Cassidy SB,Campbell WA,Rickles FR,Vintzileos AM,Nochimson DJ,Tsipouras P

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sudden and unexpected death, at 26 hours of age, of a term infant with no identifiable risk factors either in the prenatal or in the immediate neonatal period is described. The most remarkable postmortem findings were confined to the lungs, which had many areas of aspirated amniotic fluid, as well as extensive areas...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Imaizumi SO,Balsara GR

更新日期：1989-07-01 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：:Objectives This study aims to examine the relationship between hospital birth volume and multiple maternal morbidities among low-risk pregnancies in rural hospitals, urban non-teaching hospitals, and urban teaching hospitals, using a representative sample of U.S. hospitals. Study Design Using the 2011 Nationwide Inpat...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Kozhimannil KB,Thao V,Hung P,Tilden E,Caughey AB,Snowden JM

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously healthy multigravida woman presenting with pyrexia was found to be pancytopenic at 32 weeks' gestation. The leukopenia and the thrombocytopenia responded to supportive therapy. The anemia, which was Coombs' negative, continued and was associated with a drop in fibrinogen, but both eventually returned to n...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Soliman SR,Burrows RF

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although various authors recommend screening for hypoglycemia in large for gestational age (LGA) and small for gestational age (SGA) newborns, the frequency of hypoglycemia in these infants, using a recent definition of hypoglycemia, and the proper duration of screening are not documented. We determined chromogen test...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Holtrop PC

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 cystic sacrococcygeal teratomas, usually associated with good outcome following neonatal resection, must be differentiated at the time of prenatal diagnosis from sonographically similar meningomyeloceles, which carry a grave prognosis. We present an unusual case in which color Doppler imaging assisted correct m...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Sherer DM,Fromberg RA,Rindfusz DW,Harris BH,Sanz LE

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective To compare maternal birth complications early versus late in the academic year and to evaluate the impact of resident work hour limitation on the "July effect." Study Design We conducted a retrospective, population-based cohort study of 628,414 singleton births in Washington State from 1987 to 2012 measuring...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Peltan ID,Brown CE,Burke AK,Chow EJ,Rowhani-Rahbar A,Crull MR

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prematurity, the major cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality, results from a multifactorial interaction of medical, historic, and psychosocial conditions. Although the literature contains several reports of prematurity risk-scoring systems, the relative importance of specific risk factors may depend on the popula...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Ross MG,Hobel CJ,Bragonier JR,Bear MB,Bemis RL

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated serum transaminase levels can have many different etiologies, especially in the pregnant patient. Hypoxic hepatitis is a distinct syndrome caused by decreased hepatic blood flow that presents with a marked, but transient, increase in liver enzymes. A 28-year-old woman, gravida 3, para 2 with history of gastri...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Kummer N,Cackovic M,Paidas M,Funai E

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing concern about Chlamydia trachomatis infection during pregnancy, because of reports of increased maternal, fetal, and neonatal risks. Amniotic fluid is known to possess antibacterial activity and has recently been shown to inhibit formation of chlamydial inclusions in McCoy cell culture. To further ...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Ismail MA,Salti GI,Block BS,Moawad AH

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to compare how national guidelines approach the management of obesity in reproductive age women. STUDY DESIGN:We conducted a search for national guidelines in the English language on the topic of obesity surrounding the time of a pregnancy. We identified six primary source documents and sever...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Kominiarek MA,Chauhan SP

更新日期：2016-04-01 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: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：:Antihistamines are commonly used to treat nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP). We re-analyzed the 24 primary studies cited in a 1997 meta-analysis that concluded antihistamine use for NVP was safe as they had been studied in more than 200,000 participating women and the pooled odds ratio for congenital malformation...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Chin JW,Gregor S,Persaud N

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38-year-old para 2 presented with the gradual onset of nausea vomiting and increasing left lower quadrant pain, at 33 weeks' gestation. She was known to have uterine leiomyomas, with ultrasonography depicting an 8-cm intramural fundal leiomyoma. In addition a left lateral nondiscrete 10 x 8-cm mass was depicted at t...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Sherer DM,Frager D,Eliakim R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the variables associated with sepsis-associated mortality, as well as to develop a severity risk score to predict death in very low-birth-weight (VLBW) neonates affected by nosocomial sepsis. STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. Infants weighing ≤ 1500 g with neonatal sepsis of nosocomial ori...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Prieto CL,Colomer BF,Sastre JB

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE: The aim was to determine the fetal umbilical blood gas effects of supplemental maternal oxygenation compared with room air (RA) during term planned cesarean delivery. METHODS: This is a prospective randomized controlled study of singleton planned cesarean deliveries randomized to receive supplemental oxygen...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Simon VB,Fong A,Nageotte MP

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal alloimmune neutropenia (NAN) results from neutrophil destruction by transplacental maternal neutrophil-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies directed against the antigen inherited from the father. Treatment is usually based on recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) and prevention...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Desenfants A,Jeziorski E,Plan O,Rodière M,Rimbert M,Muller JY,Taïb J,Cambonie G

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the maternal risk factors associated with early onset Group B streptococcus (GBS) sepsis and determine the potential impact of intrapartum chemoprophylaxis using these risk factors. Using a computerized perinatal database, 26,525 deliveries over a five-year period (1989 to 1994...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Philipson EH,Herson VC

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertensive disorders during pregnancy implicate placental pathologic conditions, which may interfere with the normal passage of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) to the maternal blood. We compared the levels of maternal serum (MS) in early second trimester of pregnancies complicated by hypertensive disorders with those of mat...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Leiberman JR,Shoham I,Chattach F,Romem Y,Glezerman M

更新日期：1992-09-01 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：: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：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：:The objective of this study was to define the variables associated with vaginal birth after cesarean section (VBAC) and to develop a scoring system for the prediction of successful VBAC. We searched our computerized database for parturients with a history of one low-transverse cesarean section (CS) who were delivered ...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Gonen R,Tamir A,Degani S,Ohel G

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phototherapy is one of the most common therapeutic interventions in modern neonatal medicine. Analysis of physiological responses to phototherapy requires understanding the physical effects of incident light under different modes of environmental control. In this study, we tested the effect of initiation of photothera...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Dollberg S,Atherton HD,Hoath SB

更新日期：1995-01-01 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:We aimed to compare the rates of "surfactant treated respiratory disease" and other neonatal morbidities among moderately preterm (MPT) infants exposed to no, partial, or a complete course of antenatal corticosteroids (ANS). STUDY DESIGN:This observational cohort study evaluated MPT infants (290/7-336/7 week...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Chawla S,Natarajan G,Chowdhury D,Das A,Walsh M,Bell EF,Laptook AR,Van Meurs K,D'Angio CT,Stoll BJ,DeMauro SB,Shankaran S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are 16 reported cases of prenatally diagnosed choledochal cyst in the literature. We present a new case diagnosed at 29 weeks' gestation by routine ultrasound scanning. At 40 weeks' gestation, a male infant was born by spontaneous delivery. At 16 weeks of age, the patient underwent a laparotomy, which confirmed ...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Benhidjeb T,Chaoui R,Kalache K,Mau H,Müller JM

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00