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Mohammad Schams, Rob Labruyère, Anne Zuse, Mikolaj Walensi
The essential role of ultrasound examinations in diagnosis and treatment of developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is widely accepted while the weighting and correlation of protective factors and perinatal risk for DDH still give rise to debate. Our aim was to investigate the impact of single and twofold combined risk and protective factors on the newborns' hip maturity, assessed with the Graf ultrasound method. Therefore, data sets of 11,820 universally screened newborns were analyzed. Univariate and logistic regression analyses were performed to correlate risk and protective factors with mature or immature but appropriate for age and pathologic hip types...
July 17, 2017: European Journal of Pediatrics
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Vladyslav A Smiianov, Liudmyla A Vygovskaya
The purpose of the study is to summarize the literature data on the state of intrauterine infections that cause antenatal fetal abnormalities. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This article presents the assessment of 25 world literature sources from 2000 to 2016, which discuss the etiology of infectious agents acting on the fetus and causing a variety of pathological conditions. RESULTS: During gestation many researchers refer to the infection as one of the causes of antenatal fetal abnormalities...
2017: Wiadomości Lekarskie: Organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego
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Kiarash Taghavi, Caitlin Sharpe, Mark D Stringer, Jane Zuccollo, Jay Marlow
BACKGROUND: Fetal megacystis is a sonographic feature that may be indicative of several underlying pathologies. Despite advances in diagnosis and management, the overall prognosis of affected fetuses remains poor and about 50% of such pregnancies are terminated. AIMS: To define the frequency, management, survival and renal outcomes of fetal megacystis over nine years at Wellington Hospital, New Zealand. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A nine-year retrospective review of fetuses with an antenatal diagnosis of megacystis was undertaken...
July 12, 2017: Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
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Giuliana Simonazzi, Alessandra Curti, Francesca Cervi, Liliana Gabrielli, Margherita Contoli, Maria Grazia Capretti, Nicola Rizzo, Brunella Guerra, Antonio Farina, Tiziana Lazzarotto
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate perinatal outcomes in case of non-primary maternal cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort study of pregnant women with active CMV infection referred to our unit over a 15-year period (January 2000 to December 2014). Non-primary infection was diagnosed on the basis of the results of confirmatory serological and virological tests (avidity test, immunoblotting, real-time PCR-DNA). The vertical transmission rate and the percentage of symptomatic congenital infection were determined in this group of patients...
July 12, 2017: Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy
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Marine Bourdens, Julie Tadonnet, Laura Hostalery, Laurent Renesme, Barthélémy Tosello
Objectives To describe a population choosing to continue with their pregnancy despite being eligible to receive a medical termination of pregnancy (TOP). Methods Nine-year retrospective study of data (01/01/2006 to 31/12/2014) from three French prenatal diagnostic centers describing the perinatal outcomes of these pregnancies. Pregnancies were classified according to etiology and severity of its fetal pathology. Several perinatal parameters were described: maternal characteristics, parental prenatal choices and information on the pregnancy and neonatal outcomes...
July 10, 2017: Maternal and Child Health Journal
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Ona Faye-Petersen, Adrienne Sauder, Ydamis Estrella, Debra S Heller
Massive perivillous fibrinoid deposition (MFD) and maternal floor infarction (MFI) are lesions of unknown etiology associated with poor perinatal outcomes, including fetal intrauterine growth restriction and neurodevelopmental injury, high risks of pregnancy loss, and recurrence in subsequent gestations. MFI comprises massive intervillous fibrinoid deposition concentrated at the maternal floor. MFD is a similar lesion but is diffuse within the parenchyma. MFD/MFI lesions represent a spectrum of severity of cloak-like perivillous fibrinoid deposition, and there is mounting evidence that, often, they represent sequelae of immune-mediated phenomena and/or an imbalance in factors that normally maintain the fluidity of blood in the maternal space...
July 1, 2017: International Journal of Surgical Pathology
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Paul Fergus, Abir Hussain, Dhiya Al-Jumeily, De-Shuang Huang, Nizar Bouguila
BACKGROUND: Visual inspection of cardiotocography traces by obstetricians and midwives is the gold standard for monitoring the wellbeing of the foetus during antenatal care. However, inter- and intra-observer variability is high with only a 30% positive predictive value for the classification of pathological outcomes. This has a significant negative impact on the perinatal foetus and often results in cardio-pulmonary arrest, brain and vital organ damage, cerebral palsy, hearing, visual and cognitive defects and in severe cases, death...
July 6, 2017: Biomedical Engineering Online
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András Molnár, Andrea Surányi, Mária Jakó, Tibor Nyári, Gábor Németh
INTRODUCTION: Development of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) can be traced back to maternal or fetal factors, but in many cases we find placental factors (reduced placental circulation) in the background. AIM: Our aim was to examine whether the reduced placental bloodperfusion and vascularity show any correlation with cesarean section frequency and the clinical outcome in IUGR pregnancies. The aim of the present study was also to use a properly calibrated and reproducible method for evaluating placental blood flow, that can later be incorporated into the routine examination...
July 2017: Orvosi Hetilap
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Zita Ferraz, Joana Parra, Ana Luísa Areia, Elsa Vasco, Paulo Moura
Objectives To characterize the most common peripheral and central neurological disorders during pregnancy. Methods Original research and review of the literature on neurological complications during pregnancy. We searched for keywords related to the topic on different databases. Results Pregnancy involves physiological changes that can trigger peripheral neurological and/or central nervous system pathologies, which can sometimes be associated with hypertensive disorders. A definitive diagnosis of neurological disorders can be made according to the trimester of pregnancy and the clinical findings...
June 26, 2017: Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
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G Vaquero, A Ramos, J C Martinez, P Valero, N Nunez-Enamorado, R Simon-De Las Heras, A Camacho-Salas
INTRODUCTION: Obstetric brachial plexus palsy is related with shoulder dystocia, and its main risk factor is macrosomia. Its incidence is estimated to be between 0.1 and 6.3 cases per 1,000 live newborn infants. Most cases are resolved but can give rise to permanent functional deficiency, which means that there is an interest to identify possible prognostic factors. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We conducted a descriptive study of newborn infants with obstetric brachial plexus palsy born in our hospital between the years 2011 and 2015...
July 1, 2017: Revista de Neurologia
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Ralph McGinnis, Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, Nicholas O Williams, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Scott Shooter, Sigrun Hjartardottir, Suzannah Bumpstead, Lilja Stefansdottir, Lucy Hildyard, Jon K Sigurdsson, John P Kemp, Gabriela B Silva, Liv Cecilie V Thomsen, Tiina Jääskeläinen, Eero Kajantie, Sally Chappell, Noor Kalsheker, Ashley Moffett, Susan Hiby, Wai Kwong Lee, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Nigel A B Simpson, Vivien A Dolby, Eleonora Staines-Urias, Stephanie M Engel, Anita Haugan, Lill Trogstad, Gulnara Svyatova, Nodira Zakhidova, Dilbar Najmutdinova, Anna F Dominiczak, Håkon K Gjessing, Juan P Casas, Frank Dudbridge, James J Walker, Fiona Broughton Pipkin, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Reynir T Geirsson, Debbie A Lawlor, Ann-Charlotte Iversen, Per Magnus, Hannele Laivuori, Kari Stefansson, Linda Morgan
Preeclampsia, which affects approximately 5% of pregnancies, is a leading cause of maternal and perinatal death. The causes of preeclampsia remain unclear, but there is evidence for inherited susceptibility. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have not identified maternal sequence variants of genome-wide significance that replicate in independent data sets. We report the first GWAS of offspring from preeclamptic pregnancies and discovery of the first genome-wide significant susceptibility locus (rs4769613; P = 5...
June 19, 2017: Nature Genetics
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Xiao-Wei Song, Qing-Ning Yuan, Ying Tang, Mi Cao, Ya-Feng Shen, Zhen-Yu Zeng, Chang-Hai Lei, SongHua Li, Xian-Xian Zhao, Yong-Ji Yang
Recently, PSEN1 has been reported to have mutations in dilated cardiomyopathy pedigrees. However, the function and mechanism of PSEN1 in cardiomyopathy remains unresolved. Here, we established 4 types of genetically modified mice to determine the function of PSEN1 in cardiac development and pathology. PSEN1 null mutation resulted in perinatal death, retardation of heart growth, ventricular dilatation, septum defects, and valvular thickening. PSEN1 knockout in adults led to decreased muscle fibers, widened sarcomere Z lines and reduced lengths of sarcomeres in cardiomyocytes...
June 15, 2017: Journal of Cellular Physiology
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K Běhávková, L Krofta, K Macková, J Vojtěch, L Hašlík, R Pock, L Hympánová, M Kučerová, H Heřman, Z Straňák, J Feyereisl
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to describe monochorionic twin pregnancies and their complications, born between 24th and 37th week of gestation in the Institute for the Care of Mother and Child in years 2012-2015. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort. SETTING: The Institute for the Care of Mother and Child, Praha. METHODS: From 2012 to 2015 we observed 177 monochorionic twin pregnancies from which two or one viable fetuses were born, or both fetuses died in utero...
2017: Ceská Gynekologie
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R Špaček, I Musilová, K Magdová, O Šimetka, M Kacerovský
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this review is to analyze the existing possibilities of using ultrasound in the diagnosis of the fetal inflammatory response. DESIGN: Review. SETTINGS: Gynekologicko-porodnická klinika, Fakultní nemocnice Ostrava. METHODS: Preterm delivery is defined as a delivery before completed 37 weeks of gestation. Approximately one-thirdof these cases is associated with preterm premature rupture of membranes...
2017: Ceská Gynekologie
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Alexander Weichert, Andreas Hagen, Michael Tchirikov, Ilka B Fuchs, Wolfgang Henrich, Michael Entezami
INTRODUCTION: Doppler sonography of the uterine artery (UA) is done to monitor pregnancies, because the detected flow patterns are useful to draw inferences about possible disorders of trophoblast invasion. Increased resistance in the UA is associated with an increased risk of preeclampsia and/or intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and perinatal mortality. In the absence of standardized figures, the normal ranges of the various available reference curves sometimes differ quite substantially from one another...
May 2017: Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde
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Mirjami Mattila, Helena Kemppainen, Helena Isoniemi, Päivi Polo-Kantola
Pregnancy after liver transplantation (LT) is possible but associated with increased risk of obstetrical complications. We report here for the first time the pregnancy outcomes after LT in Finland MATERIAL AND METHODS: All of the 25 pregnancies ending in deliveries after LT in Finland in 1998-2015 were analyzed. The data were collected from the mothers' medical records. The main outcome measures included pregnancy complications and the mode of the delivery. Neonatal outcome measures were birth weight, 5 minute Apgar score and umbilical artery pH RESULTS: There were 26 infants born...
June 2, 2017: Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
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Raquel Garcia-Delgado, Raquel Garcia-Rodriguez, Azahar Romero Requejo, Marta Armas Roca, Luciana Obreros Zegarra, Margarita Medina Castellano, Jose A Garcia Hernandez
The purpose of this study was to describe the echographic features and perinatal outcomes of fetuses with absence of ductus venosus (ADV) MATERIAL AND METHODS: Retrospective review of 10 cases with ADV diagnosed by prenatal ultrasonography between January 2014 and February 2016 at a single referral center. Prenatal findings, umbilical shunting type, perinatal outcomes, and autopsy reports were reviewed RESULTS: A total of 11 491 fetuses underwent a first and second trimester screening during the study period...
June 2, 2017: Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
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Ting Lei, Hong-Ning Xie, Jie-Ling Feng
Four-vessel umbilical cord with two arteries and two veins, and fetal intra-abdominal umbilical vein varix are rare fetal vascular pathologies, associated with congenital anomalies and an adverse perinatal outcome, respectively. We report a case of a healthy male neonate born at a gestational age of 38 weeks, five days, after prenatal sonographic diagnosis of a four-vessel umbilical cord with a supernumerary vein varix. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case with this combination.
May 31, 2017: Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research
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Yan Chen, Lile Zou, Yanjun Zhao, Ting Wu, Jiangfeng Ye, Huijuan Zhang, Jun Zhang
AIM: Selecting pathologic measures of placental inflammation that affect pregnancy and childhood health is largely empirical. We aimed to systematically select several core inflammation-related placental measures to construct a novel placental inflammatory evaluation criterion with a high prognostic relevance to child morbidity. METHODS: We used data from the US Collaborative Perinatal Project (1959-1976), a longitudinal birth cohort study that recruited women during pregnancy and followed the children until 7 years of age...
May 31, 2017: Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research
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Mathias Klemme, Lucia Gerstl, Raphael Weinberger, Martin Olivieri, Andreas Flemmer, Rüdiger von Kries, Ursula Felderhoff-Müser, Mark Dzietko
Background Neonatal arterial ischemic stroke (NAIS) accounts for substantial long term sequelae in children. The potential effectiveness of neuroprotective therapies needs to be evaluated in appropriate studies with sufficient power. Objective To identify annual number of NAIS cases in Germany potentially eligible for randomized interventional trials. Methods Active surveillance for NAIS in 345 pediatric hospitals with questionnaire based validation of reported cases. Results Incidence of NAIS (7.1/100000 births) was in the range of other population-based studies...
May 2017: Klinische Pädiatrie
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