Sonography of unilateral megalencephaly in the fetus and newborn infant.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This article identifies the prevalence and associated factors of hypophosphatemia (HP) in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants in the first week of life. STUDY DESIGN:Prospective exploratory cohort study of 106 consecutive VLBW infants admitted to neonatal intensive care at Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Canad...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Al-Wassia H,Lyon AW,Rose SM,Sauve RS,Fenton TR

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of death in children < 5 years of age worldwide. It is also one of the most frequent infectious diseases in children, leading to large antibiotic use and hospitalization even in the industrialized countries. However, the optimal management of CAP in children is s...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Yun KW,Wallihan R,Juergensen A,Mejias A,Ramilo O

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infant respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS) can lead to impaired alveolarization and dysmorphic vascularization of bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Clara cell secretory protein (CC10) has anti-inflammatory properties but is deficient in the premature infant. Because surfactant and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) ...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Wolfson MR,Funanage VL,Kirwin SM,Pilon AL,Shashikant BN,Miller TL,Shaffer TH

更新日期：2008-11-01 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:This study aimed to describe the experience with a protocol of therapeutic hypothermia (TH) in southern Brazil. STUDY DESIGN:Newborns with gestational age > 35 weeks with evidence of perinatal asphyxia plus moderate or severe encephalopathy were recruited between March 2011 and November 2017. Whole-body hypo...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Procianoy RS,Corso AL,Schoenardie BO,de Oliveira GPF,Longo MG,Silveira RC

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatoblastoma is a rare childhood embryonal malignancy. Recent reports suggested a linkage between premature birth and later development of hepatoblastoma. In August 2000, we encountered a 24-month-old boy with extremely low birth weight who developed hepatoblastoma with an unfavorable histology. His birth weight was...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Jaing TH,Hung IJ,Lin JN,Lien RI,Hsueh C,Lu CS

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection-related neonatal mortality due to omphalitis in developing country home births is an important public health problem. Three cluster randomized trials of 4% chlorhexidine applied to the umbilical cord stump from once to multiple times in the days following a home birth have evaluated this intervention compare...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Goldenberg RL,McClure EM,Saleem S

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tabulated the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) during a recent 4-year period among three neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) within a single health-care system. We then sought associations to explain differences in NEC incidence between the centers. Between January 1, 2002, and December 31, 2005, 6787...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Wiedmeier SE,Henry E,Baer VL,Stoddard RA,Eggert LD,Lambert DK,Christensen RD

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Normal initial blood glucose values in healthy newborns are not well defined and are subject to controversy. Despite substantive research, there is no single initial value of glucose that can be used with certainty of safety in newborns, and thus various protocols and cutoffs have been proposed. STUDY DESIGN...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Levy-Khademi F,Perry A,Klinger G,Herscovici T,Kasirer Y,Bromiker R

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amniocentesis to guide the management of preterm pregnancies complicated by premature rupture of the membranes (PROM) has been adopted at several centers. The purpose of this study was to evaluate this practice prospectively among comparable groups of patients, which has not previously been reported. Forty-seven patie...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Cotton DB,Gonik B,Bottoms SF

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAIT) is the most common cause of severe thrombocytopenia in an otherwise healthy newborn. The most serious complication is intracranial hemorrhage, which can occur either in the fetus or the newborn. Despite the known serious sequelae, both antenatal management and neonatal treat...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Symington A,Paes B

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:External cephalic version should be followed by fetal and maternal surveillance until delivery. To shorten this period of surveillance, a protocol of version at term, followed by immediate induction of labor, was adopted. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of this protocol on the subsequent mode o...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Megory E,Ohel G,Fisher O,Ruach M

更新日期：1995-11-01 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：:Multiple gestations are increasing in frequency secondary to assisted reproductive technologies; therefore, it will become increasingly important to know how to manage a multiple pregnancy in which an in utero fetal death has occurred. This case report describes the spontaneous resolution of maternal hypofibrinogenemi...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Mitra AG,Chescheir NC,Cefalo RC,Tatum BS

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group of North America (DPSG-NA) was founded in 1997 in San Antonio, Texas, out of the recognition that the field of maternal-fetal medicine should support and conduct research to address the specialized needs of pregnant women with type 1, type 2, or gestational diabetes mellitus. Sinc...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Rosen JA,Langer O,Reece EA,Miodovnik M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Buprenorphine (BUP) is commonly used for opioid maintenance therapy in pregnancy. Our goal was to determine whether liver dysfunction related to hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection impacts BUP dosing requirements in pregnancy. STUDY DESIGN:This was a retrospective cohort study of pregnant women with antenatal ...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： McDowell ML,Tonismae TR,Slaven JE,Abernathy MP,Shanks AL,Benjamin TD,Quinney SK

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Detection and careful stratification of fetal heart rate (FHR) is extremely important in all pregnancies. The most lethal cardiac rhythm disturbances occur during apparently normal pregnancies where FHR and rhythm are regular and within normal or low-normal ranges. These hidden depolarization and repolarization ab...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Wacker-Gussmann A,Strasburger JF,Cuneo BF,Wakai RT

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the article is to review the effectiveness of neonatal noninvasive high-frequency ventilation (NIHFV) in preventing endotracheal mechanical ventilation. STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective case series including all 79 instances of NIHFV use at four participating centers between July 2010 and September 2012...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Mukerji A,Singh B,Helou SE,Fusch C,Dunn M,Belik J,Shah V

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the methodological quality of economic evaluation studies in the field of obstetrics and gynecology published in the last decade. A MEDLINE search was performed to find economic evaluation studies in obstetrics and gynecology from the years 1997 through 2009. We included full economic evaluation studies c...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Vijgen SM,Opmeer BC,Mol BW

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our study identified risk factors for the development of clinically identifiable catheter-associated thrombosis (CT). STUDY DESIGN:We performed a retrospective cohort study of neonates in whom a central catheter was present. A total of 1,475 catheters were identified in 766 patients during a 36-month study p...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Lambert I,Tarima S,Uhing M,Cohen SS

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to estimate if preterm premature rupture of membranes in women with cerclage is due to the cerclage itself or rather the underlying risk factors for preterm birth in this population. STUDY DESIGN: This was a retrospective cohort study of singleton pregnancies who underwent Shirodka...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Muniz Rodriguez A,Pastor A,Fox NS

更新日期：2020-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study is to investigate factors affecting total sleep time (TST) during infant polysomnography (PSG) and assess if <4 hours of TST is sufficient for accurate interpretation. STUDY DESIGN: Overall, 242 PSGs performed in 194 infants <6 months of chronological age between March 2013 and December...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Paul GR,Hayes D Jr,Tumin D,Gulati I,Jadcherla S,Splaingard ML

更新日期：2020-10-27 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：:Seventy premature infants (birthweight 1.75 kg or less, gestational age 33 weeks or less) with hemoglobin less than 10 g/dL and hematocrit less than 30% were studied and randomly divided into three groups. All of them received oral elemental iron 3 mg/kg/day and vitamin E 5 mg/kg/day during the study period. Recombina...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Chen JY,Wu TS,Chanlai SP

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disulfiram has been used effectively to deter alcohol consumption in patients with a history of alcohol abuse. Its use in reproductive age women has become increasingly common in recent years, intensifying the risk of fetal exposure. Nonspecific but significant abnormalities have been described in the infants of women...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Helmbrecht GD,Hoskins IA

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study is to conduct an initial pilot trial evaluating the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of bupropion for smoking cessation in pregnancy. STUDY DESIGN:A randomized, double-blind, parallel-group pilot study of bupropion versus placebo with 50 pregnant smokers was planned. Eligibility criteri...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Stotts AL,Northrup TF,Cinciripini PM,Minnix JA,Blalock JA,Mullen PD,Pedroza C,Blackwell S

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to examine the effects of interpregnancy weight change on pregnancy outcomes, including recurrent preeclampsia, preterm birth, small-for-gestational age (SGA), large-for-gestational age (LGA), and cesarean delivery, among women with a history of preeclampsia. We also evaluated whether these ...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Tabet M,Banna S,Luong L,Kirby R,Chang JJ

更新日期：2020-06-10 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：:We sought (1) to identify risk factors for meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) among infants born to women whose labors were complicated by thick-consistency meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF), and (2) to determine whether risk factors and infant prognosis differ according to the time of onset of respiratory distre...

journal_title：American journal of perinatology

authors： Xu H,Calvet M,Wei S,Luo ZC,Fraser WD,Amnioinfusion Study Group.

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00