Maternal Serum Uric Acid as an Index of Perinatal Outcomes in Severe Preeclampsia by Rozhan Yassin Khalil, Awat Saber Muhammed

“…0.001) correlation coefficient was found between high serum uric acid level and oligohydramnios, low birth weight and low Apgar score. The highest level of serum uric acid was recorded in preeclampsia group and the lowest level was in PIH group. …”
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Incidence and predictors of respiratory distress among neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care unit, Northwest Ethiopia by Dereje Woldeyes, Ayenew Negesse, Alehegn Aderaw Alamneh, Selamawit Shita Jemberie, Abateneh Addis Anteneh, Molla Yigzaw Birhanu

“…Encouraging ANC visits, better diabetes control during pregnancy, and close monitoring of multiple pregnancies and low birth weight are highly recommended.…”
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Knowledge Acquisition for the Stunting Prevention Expert System (SIPENTING) using Decision Tree and Grid Search by Azhar Basir, Fitri Ayuning Tyas

“…Pregnant women with poor nutritional status are at a higher risk of delivering babies with low birth weight (LBW), which in turn increases the risk of stunting. …”
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Maternal and neonatal outcomes in full-term pregnancies of very advanced maternal age: a Japanese single-center retrospective cohort study by Rintaro Hamada, Akihiro Hasegawa, Yuto Maeda, Tokumasa Suemitsu, Tomona Matsuoka, Hitoshi Matsui, Ken Takahashi, Yuki Ito, Taizan Kamide, Osamu Samura, Aikou Okamoto

“…Regarding neonatal outcomes, no significant differences in birth weight were observed, along with low Apgar score, low umbilical artery pH, need for respiratory support, or NICU admission within 24 h of birth between the groups (p = 0.61, p = 0.62, p = 0.52, p = 1.00, and p = 0.44, respectively). …”
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Exploring Genetic Parameters and Correlations Among Growth, Reproductive, and Survival Traits in Doyogena Sheep by Addisu Jimma, Aberra Melesse, Aynalem Haile, Tesfaye Getachew

“…The data was gathered over 10 years (2013–2022) and traits considered were birth weight (BWT), weaning weight (WWT), weight at 6 months (SMW), annual reproductive rate (ARR), lambing interval (LI), litter weight at birth (LWB), litter size at birth (LSB), litter weight at weaning (LWW), litter size at weaning (LSW), ewe postpartum weight (EPPW), preweaning lamb survival (PWLS), and lamb survival up to 6 months (LSSM). …”
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Association between multiple complications of pregnancy and risk of cardiovascular disease in a large cohort by Jingyi Li, Qingping Xue, Yingru Li, Yidan Dong, Qingqing Ouyang, Peiqi Zhang, Xinyue Yu, Yunhaonan Yang, Shuo Li, Fan Li, Tianlei Wang, Jian Chen, Xiong-Fei Pan

“…Methods: We included 157,034 women aged 40–69 years with at least one live birth from the UK Biobank. Cox proportional hazards models were used to assess the joint association between six pregnancy complications (gestational diabetes mellitus, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, stillbirth, miscarriage, low birth weight, and macrosomia) and subsequent cardiovascular outcomes. …”
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Severe hypertensive syndrome – descriptive study with adolescents attended at a maternity school by Andreia Gregório Lima, Isabella Beatriz Barbosa Oliveira, Maria Lúcia Neto de Menezes, Rachel Caroline Alves Leite

“…There were also identified cases of intrauterine growth retardation, prematurity, jaundice, hypoxia and low birth weight. It was concluded that teenage pregnancy associated with severe hypertensive syndrome is related to severe maternal, fetal and neonatal complications.…”
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Following high-risk newborn babies in a public health unit of Maringá-PR by Mislaine Casagrande de Lima Lopes, Claudia Aparecida Santander, Sonia Silva Marcon

“…Data revealed that the main risk factors were prematurity, low birth weight and the low maternal age. Most of the children did not receive a monthly check-up as indicated. …”
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Diagnostic markers of early neonatal sepsis – limitations and perspectives by O. I. Ivanova, E. V. Grigoriev

“…Neonatal sepsis continues to be one of the main problems in the treatment of premature infants due to the variability of the clinical signs, the lack of uniform diagnostic criteria, optimal markers that would not be affected by the course of pregnancy, gestational age, delivery, and the early neonatal period.The objective: to analyze current data on serum markers of neonatal sepsis in newborns including children with extremely low and very low birth weight.The article reviews traditional markers that are currently widely used in resuscitation neonatal practice – C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, and among the new ones – preadrenomedullin, and presepsin. …”
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MODERN PRODUCTS FOR FEEDING PREMATURE BABIES by A. V. Surzhik

“…In recent decades there has been substantial progress in the technology of premature infants nursing, especially with extremely low birth weight. Adequate feeding is one of the fundamental factors of premature babies nursing. …”
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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Preterm Newborns (Morphological Study) by S. A. Perepelitsa

“…The average gestational age of children was 28.9±5.3 weeks, body weight at birth was 1404±945 grams. Fifty eight percent of newborns in the sample had extremely low body weight (ELBW). …”
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Effects of omega-3 fatty acids supplementation on lipids and pregnancy outcomes in pregnant women by Weijing Wang, Cai Liu, Mei Wang, Xue Wei, Lu Jiang, Fang Wang

“…There were no statistically significant differences in the incidence of live births, pregnancy loss, preterm birth, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, oligohydramnios, macrosomia, gestational weeks of delivery, and birth weight of newborns between the two groups.Conclusions Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation during pregnancy significantly reduced TG and had no significant negative effect on pregnancy outcomes.…”
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Causes of Acute Intranatal and Postnatal Hypoxia in Neonatal Infants by S. A. Perepelitsa, A. M. Golubev, V. V. Moroz, S. V. Alekseyeva

“…Their gestational age was 26 weeks to 40 weeks, birth weight varied from 850 g to 4100 g. 95.3% of the newborn infants were born with a low Apgar score and RF, which required mechanical ventilation immediately after birth. …”
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Expression of Fc-Gamma Receptors of Neutrophils in Preterm Infants of Different Gestational Age by Vladimir E. Mukhin, Daria A. Praulova, Lyudmila L. Pankratyeva, Olga I. Mileva, Alexander G. Rumyantsev, Nikolay N. Volodin

“…Background: Premature infants have a high risk of bacterial infections facilitated by the immaturity of their immune system.Objective: Our aim was to study the expression of Fc-gamma receptors of neutrophils and the possibility of its modulation in preterm infants (with a low, LBW, very low, VLBW and extremely low, ELBW, birth weight) with bacterial infection.Methods: We examined cord blood samples, as well as peripheral venous blood samples of newborns taken at 28–30th day of life. …”
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Preconception hypoglycemia and adverse pregnancy outcomes in Chinese women aged 20-49 years: A retrospective cohort study in China. by Hanbin Wu, Ying Yang, Chuanyu Zhao, Xinyi Lyu, Jiaxin Li, Jueming Lei, Meiya Liu, Xuan Hu, Yuzhi Deng, Yuan He, Yuanyuan Wang, Zuoqi Peng, Ya Zhang, Hongguang Zhang, Qiaomei Wang, Haiping Shen, Yiping Zhang, Donghai Yan, Ronald Ching Wan Ma, Chi Chiu Wang, Xu Ma

“…Adverse pregnancy outcomes included medical abortion, miscarriage or early stillbirth, preterm birth (PTB), macrosomia, low birth weight (LBW), large for gestational age (LGA), small for gestational age (SGA), birth defects, and perinatal death. …”
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Relative and attributable risks of neurological and perinatal adverse outcomes among children with and without prenatal Zika virus exposure in Northeast Brazil: A prospective cohor... by Juliana Menezes Soares de Souza Azevedo Fontes, Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho, Ulisses Ramos Montarroyos, Thalia Velho Barreto de Araújo, Celina Maria Turchi Martelli, Laura Cunha Rodrigues, Elizabeth Brickley, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque, Wayner Vieira Souza, Liana Maria Vieira de Oliveira Ventura, Camila Vieira de Oliveira Ventura, Adriana Lima Gois, Mariana de Carvalho Leal Gouveia, Danielle Maria da Silva Oliveira, Sophie Helena Eickmann, Maria Durce Costa Gomes Carvalho, Paula Fabiana Sobral da Silva, Maria Ângela Wanderley Rocha, Regina Coeli Ferreira Ramos, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho, Marli Tenorio Cordeiro, Luciana Caroline Albuquerque Bezerra, George Santiago Dimech, Sandra Valongueiro Alves, Pedro Pires Ferreira Neto, Priscila Mayrelle da Silva Castanha, Rafael Dhalia, Ernesto Torres de Azevedo Marques, Gabriela Renata Neves Fulco, Maria Valquíria de Medeiros Silva, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, Microcephaly Epidemic Research Group (MERG)

“…We compared the data to estimate the relative risk (RR) and attributable risk percent (AR%) of: (i) adverse birth outcomes including low birth weight (LBW), prematurity and small for gestational age (SGA) and (ii) developmental abnormalities including microcephaly and neurological, ophthalmological, audiological, and neuroimaging alterations.…”
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Cushing’s syndrome with diabetes insipidus in pregnancy: a case report by Shinnosuke Hata, Nobuyoshi Shinokawa, Yuki Harada, Chisato Kato, Saki Ota, Osamu Takaoka, Tsukasa Narukawa, Hiroya Iwase, Toru Tanaka

“…The patient subsequently developed preeclampsia and underwent emergency cesarean section at 29 weeks, delivering a 1197-g infant with a very low birth weight. Polyuria resolved postpartum, and she underwent left adrenalectomy after discharge. …”
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Maternal and Fetal Implications of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Retrospective, Longitudinal Study by Sanjay A. Gupte, Chandrakant Rao, Gayatri Venkataraman, Aarti S. Shah, Shweta M. Jangam, Manasi Kunte, Deepti Salunkhe, Shridevi Gundu

“…GDM and DM were associated with adverse outcomes like history of abortion, stillbirth, intrauterine growth restriction, low birth weight, and large-for-gestational-age infants. …”
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Comparative safety and effectiveness of perinatal antiretroviral therapies for HIV-infected women and their children: Systematic review and network meta-analysis including differen... by Areti Angeliki Veroniki, Jesmin Antony, Sharon E Straus, Huda M Ashoor, Yaron Finkelstein, Paul A Khan, Marco Ghassemi, Erik Blondal, John D Ivory, Brian Hutton, Kevin Gough, Brenda R Hemmelgarn, Erin Lillie, Afshin Vafaei, Andrea C Tricco

“…However, zidovudine administered with lamivudine and indinavir was associated with increased risk of preterm births, zidovudine administered with nevirapine was associated with increased risk of stillbirths, and lamivudine administered with stavudine and efavirenz was associated with increased risk of low birth weight. …”
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Intimate partner violence, reproductive health outcomes, and responsiveness among women living with disabilities in Southern Ethiopia: a qualitative study by Lielt Gebreselassie Gebrekirstos

“…Six main themes emerged: (1) history of multiple forms of violence by intimate partners (2), triggers of IPV, including societal stigma, perceived helplessness, and the intersection of gender and disability (3), disability-targeted violence (4), maternal and reproductive health consequences, such as self-managed abortion, miscarriage, malnutrition, preterm birth, intrauterine growth restriction, and low birth weight (5), lack of legal responsiveness, including weak law enforcement and inadequate protection for victims, and (6) accessibility and responsiveness of maternal, reproductive health, and IPV-related services. …”
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