Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its association with adverse obstetric outcomes among pregnant women in Uganda: a cross-sectional study by Cristina Reverzani, Daniel Zaake, Faridah Nansubuga, Herman Ssempewo, Leonard Manirakiza, Anthony Kayiira, Gilbert Tumwine

“…Objective There is a dearth of published data on the vitamin D status of the Ugandan population; the objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among pregnant women in Uganda and its associations with maternal characteristics and adverse foetal-maternal outcomes.Study design and setting We conducted a cross-sectional study on pregnant women admitted to a tertiary referral hospital in Kampala, Uganda for delivery during the study period from July to December 2023.Participants The study was conducted on 351 pregnant women aged ≥18 years who consented to participate in the study, who had a single intrauterine pregnancy and a gestational age greater than 26 weeks, and who delivered at St. …”
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Iniencephaly and Holoprosencephaly: Report of a Rare Association by Aytekin Tokmak, Hakan Timur, Korkut Dağlar, Özgür Kara

“…The aim of this study is to discuss a rare association of iniencephaly and holoprosencephaly and to state the importance of pregnancy termination in early gestational weeks. An 18-year-old nullipara was admitted to our perinatology service with a diagnosis of neural tube defect. …”
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Meckel’s Diverticulitis as a Cause of an Acute Abdomen in the Second Trimester of Pregnancy: Laparoscopic Management by Ivilina Pandeva, Sumit Kumar, Atif Alvi, Hema Nosib

“…The use of laparoscopy if the gestational age and uterine size permit its use allows a thorough exploration of the abdominal cavity and management of rarer and unexpected pathology. …”
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Understanding Patient Registries for Diabetes: A Scoping Review of Published Literature by Lana Moayad MD(C), Paige Alliston RD, MHSc, Saira Khalid BScN, Donna Fitzpatrick-Lewis MSW, Hertzel C. Gerstein MD, MSc, Diana Sherifali RN, PhD

“…Methods: We searched Pubmed, MEDLINE, Embase, and Emcare using the following criteria: (1) the population is people with diabetes mellitus, including type 1, type 2, and/or gestational diabetes; and (2) the study describes a patient focused registry. …”
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Circulating Levels of Inflammatory Markers in Intrauterine Growth Restriction by Theodora Boutsikou, George Mastorakos, Marialena Kyriakakou, Alexandra Margeli, Demetrios Hassiakos, Ioannis Papassotiriou, Christina Kanaka-Gantenbein, Ariadne Malamitsi-Puchner

“…We aimed to investigate possible alterations in circulating levels of the perinatal stress markers high sensitivity (hs)-CRP, PAI-1, and S100B—probably reflecting brain and adipose tissue inflammation—in intrauterine growth-restricted-(IUGR) and appropriate-for-gestational-age-(AGA) pregnancies, given that these groups differ in fat mass and metabolic mechanisms involving aseptic inflammation. …”
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Prelabour Caesarean Section following IVF/ICSI in Older-Term Nulliparous Women: Too Precious to Push? by E. Gillet, E. Martens, G. Martens, H. Cammu

“…Both groups are comparable with respect to maternal age, gestational age, and birth weight. Prelabour CS is more often performed in women who conceived through IVF/ICSI compared to those who conceived spontaneously (9.2% versus 6.3%, P<0.001). …”
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Circumvallate Placenta: Associated Clinical Manifestations and Complications—A Retrospective Study by Hanako Taniguchi, Shigeru Aoki, Kentaro Sakamaki, Kentaro Kurasawa, Mika Okuda, Tsuneo Takahashi, Fumiki Hirahara

“…Women with circumvallate placenta were associated with higher incidences of preterm delivery (64.1%), placental abruption (10.9%), emergency cesarean section (45.6%), small-for-gestational age (36.9%), neonatal death (8.9%), neonatal intensive care unit admission (55.4%), and chronic lung disease (33.9%). …”
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Analysis of Toll-Like Receptors in Human Milk: Detection of Membrane-Bound and Soluble Forms by Chiara Cattaneo, Alice Caramaschi, Elena Uga, Michela Braghin, Gianluca Cosi, Chiara Peila, Maria C. Strozzi, Miriam Sabatini, Diego Gazzolo, Marcello Manfredi, Maria Cavaletto

“…Here, we investigated the presence of Toll-like receptors TLR1/2/4/6 in colostrum and mature milk of women who delivered before (preterm) or after (term) 37 weeks of gestational age, integrating classical immune-related techniques with proteomic LC-MS/MS analysis. …”
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Comparing General versus Spinal Anesthesia for Cesarean Section in a Severely Pre-eclamptic Parturients by Omer Abdalbagi Mohamed Elawad, Omayma Hassan Elamin, Areeg Izzeldin Ahmed Yousif, Gamal Abdalla Mohamed Ejaimi

“…Results: Both groups were similar in age, weight, parity, gestational age, and duration of surgery. An intraoperative need for vasopressors was higher in anesthesia (P-value 0.013). …”
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Fetal sirenomelia type VI. A case report by Lilian Rachel Vila Ferrán, María Antonia Ocaña Gil

“…For these reasons, a 42-years-old pregnant patient with 17.5 weeks' gestational age and an ultrasound diagnosis of sirenomelia is presented, referred to the Dr. …”
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Predictors of Cephalic Vaginal Delivery Following External Cephalic Version: An Eight-Year Single-Centre Study of 447 Cases by Natalie Kew, Jacobus DuPlessis, Domenic La Paglia, Katherine Williams

“…Data was collected to analyse the effect of the following parameters on ECV success and birth outcome: age, parity, gestational age, BMI, AFI, and tocolytic use. These parameters were analysed to determine their effect on ECV outcome and birth outcome. …”
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A Comparative Study of Local Dietary Intake Among Subjects with Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Attending Antenatal Care by Chibuike F. Chukwunyere, David O. Awonuga, Taiwo Olunuga, Ifeoma C. Udenze

“…Methods: This was a descriptive research study of females who were pregnant with pre-eclampsia (PE) and gestational hypertension (GH) who presented at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta, Nigeria. …”
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Laparoscopic Management of an Abdominal Pregnancy by Aarthi Srinivasan, Suzanne Millican

“…This can be safely achieved using laparoscopy in early gestational ages when the patient is hemodynamically stable.…”
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Use of Continuous Electronic Fetal Monitoring in a Preterm Fetus: Clinical Dilemmas and Recommendations for Practice by Karolina Afors, Edwin Chandraharan

“…This review describes the features of normal fetal heart rate patterns at different gestations and the physiological responses of a preterm fetus compared to a fetus at term. …”
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Estimation du sexe fœtal à partir de l’ilium by Pascal Adalian, Sandrine Boutin-Forzano, Marie-Dominique Piercecchi-Marti, Yann Ardagna, Michel Signoli, Ferenc Kosa, Georges Leonetti, Olivier Dutour

“…During this research, we tested the different methods proposed for fetal iliac bones and adapted some others used particularly in the case of adults.For this reason, we set up and validated a protocol of taking photographs, as well as a measurement technique developed for numeric pictures with the help of a software program, Adobe Photoshop 6‚.During this study, we selected certain parameters, principally the ones taken on the great sciatic notch, which showed a strong correlation with sex, and we established a logistic regression for estimating the probability of belonging to one sex or the other.The weak percentage of sexual differentiation obtained by this formula led us to take into account age: we organised our sample in different age groups and established a formula that permits correct sex determination in more than 85% of cases (in our sample) for fetuses that are less than 24 gestational weeks old.…”
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Maternal weight status and the composition of the human milk microbiome: A scoping review. by Katherine Daiy, Victoria Harries, Kate Nyhan, Urszula M Marcinkowska

“…In this scoping review, we synthesize the current literature on the microbial composition of human milk by maternal weight status, defined broadly as BMI (prepregnancy and postpartum) and gestational weight gain (GWG). This study followed the a priori protocol published in Prospero (registration #: CRD42020165633). …”
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Effectiveness of Palivizumab in Preventing RSV Hospitalization in High Risk Children: A Real-World Perspective by Nusrat Homaira, William Rawlinson, Thomas L. Snelling, Adam Jaffe

“…This review supports the recommended use of palivizumab for reducing RSV-associated hospitalization rates in premature infants born at gestational age < 33 weeks and in children with chronic lung and heart diseases. …”
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Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF)-I and Insulin in Normal and Growth-Restricted Mother/Infant Pairs by Ariadne Malamitsi-Puchner, Despina D. Briana, Dimitrios Gourgiotis, Maria Boutsikou, Karl-Philipp Puchner, Stavroula Baka, Antonios Marmarinos, Dimitrios Hassiakos

“…We investigated perinatal changes of both factors in 40 mothers and their 20 appropriate-for-gestational-age (AGA) and 20 intrauterine-growth-restricted (IUGR) fetuses and neonates on day 1 (N1) and day 4 (N4) postpartum. …”
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Growth Modeling of the Maternal Cytokine Milieu throughout Normal Pregnancy: Macrophage-Derived Chemokine Decreases as Inflammation/Counterregulation Increases by Shernan G. Holtan, Yiyi Chen, Rajani Kaimal, Douglas J. Creedon, Elizabeth Ann L. Enninga, Wendy K. Nevala, Svetomir N. Markovic

“…IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-12p70, IL-13, IL-15, IP-10, and FLT3-ligand increase as a function of gestational weeks, and IFNα2, IL-1ra, IL-3, IL-9, IL-12p40, and soluble CD40 ligand increase as a function of trimester. …”
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Recurrent Hydatidiform Moles: A Clinical Challenge—A Case Report and an Update on Management and Therapeutical Strategies by S. Riccio, F. Galanti, M. Scudo, L. Di Troia, M. G. Ferrillo, F. Manzara, P. Ianiri, F. A. Battaglia

“…Hydatidiform mole, complete or partial (CHM/PHM), is the most common type of gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD), which is characterized by excessive trophoblastic proliferation and abnormal embryonic development. …”
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