A case report of an early neonatal death accompanied by disseminated intravascular coagulation caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus-2 infection by Mitić Gorana P., Spasić Igor G., Panjković Milana D., Vučković Biljana A.

“…She was referred to the hospital at 29 gestational weeks due to progression of COVID-19 symptoms. …”
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Preventing Long-Term Risk of Obesity for Two Generations: Prenatal Physical Activity Is Part of the Puzzle by Stephanie-May Ruchat, Michelle F. Mottola

“…The period surrounding pregnancy has been identified as a risk period for overweight/obesity in both mother and child because of excessive gestational weight gain (GWG). The promotion of a healthy GWG is therefore of paramount importance in the context of the prevention of obesity in the current and next generations. …”
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Prenatal Diagnosis and Postnatal Outcome of Fetal Ovarian Cysts by Mehmet Serdar Kütük, Mehmet Dolanbay, Mahmut Tuncay Özgün, Menşure Tonguç, Mustafa Başbuğ

“…The age of antenatal diagnoses ranged between 30-36 gestational weeks’. One case had (1/9, 11%) additional anomaly (Double collecting system). …”
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Psoas abscess secondary to atypical appendicitis in pregnancy. A case report by Viviana de la Caridad Sáez Cantero, Mario Joel Arroyo Díaz, Leonel Hernández Torres, María Teresa Medel Agüero

“…The case of a pregnant woman with a gestational age of 28.4 weeks who was admitted due to inguinal pain with subsequent irradiation to the right hip, flank, and lumbar region; flexed posture of the right hip and analgesic gait, as well as the appearance, nine days after the onset of symptoms, of a painful mass between the right iliac fossa and flank it is presented. …”
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Predictive Value of Eosinophilia and Basophilia in the Diagnosis of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Premature Infants by Melek Buyukeren, Hasan Tolga Celik, Sule Yigit, Murat Yurdakok

“…According to the mixed effect model, after adjusting results for gestational age and birth weight there was a statistically significant difference between groups in terms of eosinophil and basophil values (p<0.05). …”
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Comparison of Airway Pressure Release Ventilation to High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation in Neonates with Refractory Respiratory Failure by Shreyas Arya, Melissa L. Kingma, Stacey Dornette, Amy Weber, Cathy Bardua, Sarah Mierke, Paul S. Kingma

“…For comparison, we divided infants into two groups (28-37 and >37 weeks) based on their corrected gestational age (CGA) at failure of SIMV. Results. Ninety infants were included in the study. …”
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Successful Repair and Management of Severe Scalp Avulsion Incurred during Birth in an Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant by Shoko Takahashi, Yu Kanai, Yayoi Miyazono, Daisuke Hitaka, Yuki Fujita, Yoichiro Shibuya, Hidetoshi Takada

“…An extremely low birth weight infant (26 weeks’ gestational age) sustained extensive scalp avulsion during vaginal delivery that exposed the skull. …”
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The Role of PPARs in Placental Immunology: A Systematic Review of the Literature by Stefan Hutter, Julia Knabl, Ulrich Andergassen, Udo Jeschke

“…Besides abortion as possible result of improper early pregnancy development, other pregnancy associated conditions like preeclampsia (PE), intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), preterm labour, or gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are linked to immunologic overactivation and dysregulation. …”
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Some considerations on Meconial Amniotic Fluid in the new born babies by Cleopatra Cabrera Cuellar, Nilda B. Cortizo Martínez, Arturo Pérez de Villa, Alina L. Díaz Dueñaz, Sergio Elías Molina Lamothe

“…<strong><br />Conclusions:</strong> the meconial amniotic fluid is presented in the 23% of the patients in our study increasing its incidence as long as the gestational age and the weight of the patient were higher. …”
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Measurement Of Umbilical Venous Lactate Levels For Predicting Poor Neonatal Outcomes by Maria Habib, Maliha Akhtar Qureshi, Irum Sohail

“…Singleton pregnancies with no known fetal congenital anomalies and gestational age greater than 28 weeks were included. …”
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The Effects of Vitamin D Supplement on Prevention of Recurrence of Preeclampsia in Pregnant Women with a History of Preeclampsia by Sanam Behjat Sasan, Farnaz Zandvakili, Nasrin Soufizadeh, Elaheh Baybordi

“…Vitamin D supplementation therapy in pregnancy could help in reducing the incidence of gestational hypertension/preeclampsia. Registration. …”
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Congenital Chloride Diarrhea: Diagnosis by Easy-Accessible Chloride Measurement in Feces by C. Gils, M.-C. Eckhardt, P. E. Nielsen, M. Nybo

“…A 27-year-old woman had an emergency caesarian due to pain and discomfort in gestational week 36 + 4. The newborn boy had abdominal distension and yellow fluid per rectum. …”
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Foetal Macrosomia and Foetal-Maternal Outcomes at Birth by Sahruh Turkmen, Simona Johansson, Marju Dahmoun

“…To investigate how macrosomia affects foetal-maternal birth outcomes, we conducted a retrospective cohort study of singleton pregnant women who gave birth at gestational age ≥37+0 weeks. The patients were divided into three groups according to birth weight: “macrosomia” group, ≥4500 g, n=285; “upper-normal” group, 3500–4499 g, n=593; and “normal” group, 2500–3499 g, n=495. …”
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FREQUENCY OF CHRONIC COMPLICATION IN TYPE 2 DIABETES AT ATERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN THE PROVINCE OF PUNJAB by Muhammad Azfar Tanveer, Sammiullah Douna, Aymon Shafi, Shahnawaz Hasan Gardezi, Farooq Mohyud Din Chaudhary, Ghulam Mohyud Din Chaudhry

“…The study comprised subjects who had preexisting microvascular complications or developed diabetic complications during the study period. Entities with gestational and type 1 diabetes were barred from the study. …”
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Effects Of Phototherapy On Serum Calcium Level In Neonates With Hyperbilirubinemia by Qura-tul-Ain Javaid, Salma Aziz, Noor-ul-Ain, Uzma Abid, Ayesha Afzal, Umer Javaid

“…When hypocalcaemia was stratified for gestational age, birth weight and serum bilirubin levels at baseline, there was no significant difference in the frequency of hypocalcaemia concerning these effect modifiers. …”
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Validation of a Model for Predicting Magnesium Concentration in Women with Preeclampsia: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Erik Holmström Thalme, Magnus Frödin-Bolling

“…Three secondary care hospitals, one accepting neonates from gestational week 28+0. Population. Women with preeclampsia undergoing magnesium sulfate treatment. …”
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Clinician’s Attitudes to the Introduction of Routine Weighing in Pregnancy by Tim Hasted, Helen Stapleton, Michael M. Beckmann, Shelley A. Wilkinson

“…Background. Excessive gestational weight gain poses significant short- and long-term health risks to both mother and baby. …”
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Acute and Chronic Fetal Anemia as a Result of Fetomaternal Hemorrhage by Paul Singh, Tara Swanson

“…A 36-year-old gravida 6 para 3 presented at 37 and 5/7 completed gestational weeks with ultrasound findings suggestive of chronic fetal anemia such as right ventricular enlargement, diminished cerebral vascular resistance, and elevated middle cerebral artery end-diastolic velocity. …”
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Severe Maternal Morbidity Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Flare in the Second Trimester of Pregnancy by Matthew J. Blitz, Adiel Fleischer

“…Here, we present a case of severe maternal morbidity in a 23-year-old primigravida with SLE and secondary Sjögren’s syndrome who experienced a life-threatening multisystem flare at 17 weeks of gestational age. She presented to the emergency department complaining of cough with hemoptysis and shortness of breath. …”
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Fetal Growth Restriction Prediction: How to Move beyond by Debora F. B. Leite, Jose G. Cecatti

“…The actual burden and future burden of the small-for-gestational-age (SGA) babies turn their screening in pregnancy a question of major concern for clinicians and policymakers. …”
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