Maternal plasma urocortin level as a biomarker of preterm birth: a prospective cohort study in Sulaimaniyah city in Iraq by Sallama Kamel Nasir

“…Methods This prospective cohort study included 96 women with a singleton pregnancy between 28 and 34 weeks of gestation who were admitted with threatened preterm labour. …”
Get full text

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Anesthetic Management of a Parturient with Severe Aortic Stenosis by Kalpana Tyagaraj, David A. Gutman, Lynn Belliveau, Adnan Sadiq, Alok Bhutada, Dennis E. Feierman

“…The effects of normal gestation on the cardiovascular system are particularly significant in a parturient with cardiac valvular pathology. …”
Get full text

Pengaruh Terapi Pijat Terhadap Kenaikan Berat Badan Bayi Prematur di RSUP. Dr. M. Djamil Padang by Yori Rahmi, Wedya Wahyu, Eliza Anas

“…An infant born with a pregnancy period of less than 37 weeks and with a body weight corresponding to the gestation period is referred to as a premature or less months neonate. …”
Get full text

A Case of Retroperitoneal Synovial Sarcoma in Pregnancy Treated with Antepartum Doxorubicin plus Ifosfamide Chemotherapy by Bradley H. Sipe, Sarah G. Običan, Evita Henderson-Jackson, Nicole D. Riddle, Rikesh Makanji, Ricardo J. Gonzalez, Andrew S. Brohl

“…Induction of labor was performed at 33 weeks gestation with excellent outcome in the newborn. This case highlights the complex medical decision-making process in the setting of cancer diagnosed during pregnancy, balancing oncologic and obstetric concerns, and to our knowledge is only the second reported case of synovial sarcoma treated with neoadjuvant cytotoxic chemotherapy in the antepartum period.…”
Get full text

The Determinants of Survival Time of Premature Neonates at Shambu General Hospital by Olani Debelo

“…Premature birth occurs before 37 completed weeks of gestation. It has a greater risk of developmental disabilities, health, and growth problems than full birth. …”
Get full text

Prospective Longitudinal Evaluation of the Peripheral Choroidal Thickness in High-Risk Infants with Retinopathy of Prematurity: A Pilot Study. by Mohamed A. Hussein, Evelyn Paysse

“…We included infants born at or earlier than 25 weeks of gestation, weighing less than 700 grams, and those who developed interventricular hemorrhage. …”
Get full text

Prenatal Mouth Movements: Can We Identify Co-Ordinated Fetal Mouth and LIP Actions Necessary for Feeding? by Nadja Reissland, Claire Mason, Benoist Schaal, Karen Lincoln

“…The purpose of the present study was to test two hypotheses using an adapted version of the Facial Action Coding Scheme: first that mouth stretch (AU 27) will be followed by lip pucker (AU 18), and second that these coordinated movement patterns will increase as a function of gestational age. Fifteen healthy fetuses were scanned four times between 24 and 36 weeks gestation using 4D ultrasound visualization. …”
Get full text

High Fasting Insulin Levels and Insulin Resistance May Be Linked to Idiopathic Recurrent Pregnancy Loss: A Case-Control Study by Corina-Alina Ispasoiu, Radu Chicea, Florin Vasile Stamatian, Florin Ispasoiu

“…A single center, case control study was performed on one hundred eighteen women divided into case group (with at least two pregnancy losses, earlier than 20 weeks of gestation, and negative for the recurrent pregnancy loss testing) and control group (with at least one live birth, no pregnancy loss). …”
Get full text

Extensive Thrombosis of the Inferior Vena Cava and Left Renal Vein in a Neonate by Moez Kdous, Oussema Khlifi, Marwene Brahem, Mohamed Khrouf, Sarah Amari, Monia Ferchiou, Fethi Zhioua

“…We present the case of an affected fetus, born at 35-week gestation, with intrauterine oligohydramnios and two small kidneys. …”
Get full text

Metabolic disorders as a factor in pathogenesis of infectious diseases in cattle by A. D. Alekseev

“…The product was injected subcutaneously at a dose of 0.025 ml/kg of live weight to cows in late gestation and calves showing mild anemia, low red blood cells counts, leukocytosis, high lymphocyte and monocyte counts and elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, which suggest inflammatory processes in the animal body. …”
Get full text

Specyfika rozwoju osobniczego Homo sapiens na tle ssaków łożyskowych i Naczelnych by Sławomir Kozieł, Anna Siniarska

“…The present considerations and analysis of regression applied for many species to illustrate allometric relations of developmental spurts of height and weight to final values of these parameters in adults, allow to compare processes of growth of Homo sapiens with other Primates and to submit the following results: In Homo sapiens, the maximal rate of growth in length and body mass exists at the prenatal period (during gestation), and after birth, it decelerates. In the evolution of human ontogeny, two new stages occurred: The first one is „childhood" which is manifested by slow body growth and intense brain development. …”
Get full text

Relation between the morphometric parameters of Thymus and fetal weight. by Carmen Niurka Piña Loyola, Marta Rosa Gonzalez Debén, Alfredo Quiñones Ceballos

“…We took a sample of thymus of 147 cases of fetal death, out of a total of 151 cases, from the 17th gestational week to the end of the gestation period. …”
Get full text

Mirror Syndrome in Monochorionic Twin Pregnancy with Acardiac Fetus by Luiz Felipe Lessa Ortiz, Julio Elito Júnior, Edward Araujo Júnior, Alberto Borges Peixoto, Nelson Sass, Antonio Fernandes Moron

“…In addition to being hydropic, one of the twins was an acardiac fetus, which is a rare combination of events. Gestation was terminated at 22 weeks and five days because of high maternal risk. …”
Get full text

A comprehensive review of the roles of T-cell immunity in preeclampsia by Xu Peng, Ibeh Chinwe Oluchi-Amaka, Joanne Kwak-Kim, Joanne Kwak-Kim, Xiuhua Yang

“…Preeclampsia (PE) is an obstetrical disorder that occurs after the 20th week of gestation. It is recognized as one of the “Great Obstetrical Syndromes” and principally contributes to maternal morbidity and mortality. …”
Get full text

Association of CYP11A1 Polymorphisms with Recurrent Pregnancy Loss in the Female Population of Punjab by Amanjot Kaur Rayat, Pallvi Thapar, Mandeep Kaur, Sukhjashanpreet Singh, Anupam Kaur

“…Background: Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is defined as the failure of two or more clinically recognised pregnancies before 20 weeks of gestation. The prevalence of clinically evident RPL is 1%–2% worldwide. …”
Get full text

Intraperitoneal rupture of a degenerated uterine fibroid during pregnancy: A case report and literature review by Eya Azouz, MD, Haithem Aloui, MD, Hatem Frikha, MD, Hammami Rami, MD, Sana Minjli, MD, Ahlem Omri, MD, Mouna Baklouti, MD, Hassine Saber Abouda, MD, Mohamed Badis Channoufi, PhD, Abir Karoui, PhD

“…A 38-year-old woman at 38 weeks gestation, with a history of a single pregnancy, presented with mild pelvic pain persisting through late pregnancy. …”
Get full text

Bilateral adrenal infarction and secondary haemorrhage in pregnancy: implications of factor V Leiden heterozygosity. A review of the literature and a case report by Wiaam Elradi, Samreen Innayat, Ahmed Hanafy, Sharifah Naseem, Abuzar Awadelkareem, Deepika Meneni

“…We present the case of a 25-year-old woman in her second pregnancy, who was admitted at 34 + 4 weeks of gestation with severe abdominal pain. Despite initial unremarkable assessments, further imaging revealed a left adrenal haemorrhage, with evidence of prior right adrenal infarction, resulting in primary adrenal insufficiency. …”
Get full text

The Effect of Different Doses of Intraamniotic Digoxin on the Timing of Fetal Demise in Second Trimester Medical Abortions by Gulsah Aynaoglu Yildiz, Ragip Atakan Al

“… OBJECTIVES: The World Health Organization recommends feticide for termination of pregnancy after 20 weeks of gestation, and the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists after 21 weeks and 6 days. …”
Get full text

Risk Factor-Specific Mortality Analysis of the Outborn Newborns to Improve the Neonatal Mortality Rate: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study by Tapan K. Kundu, Abhilash Chatterjee, Mitali Bera, Aditi Chowdhury, Riya Guchhait

“…To reduce NMR, interventions should target male gender, scheduled tribe social category, <28 weeks gestation, birth weight ≤999 g, cases of sepsis, perinatal asphyxia, and prematurity.…”
Get full text

Protective Effect of Melatonin on Nonylphenol-Induced Reproductive and Behavioral Disorders in First-Generation Adult Male Rats by Mahsa Tavakoli, Ali Akbar Moghadamnia, Fereshteh Pourabdolhossein, Mohammad Hossein Asghari, Sohrab Kazemi

“…The duration of treatment was 21 days from gestation time. Morris water maze was used to assess learning and memory. …”
Get full text