Pseudo-monoamniotic Pregnancy: Case Report and Review of Etiologic Considerations [PDF]
, 2015 Pseudomonoamniotic gestations are increasingly recognized through sonographic surveillance of monochorionic twins, though etiologic factors remain undefined.
Martin, Jessica +6 more
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A Novel Generative Multi-Task Representation Learning Approach for Predicting Postoperative Complications in Cardiac Surgery Patients [PDF]
J. Am. Med. Inform. Assoc. (2024) ocae316Early detection of surgical complications allows for timely therapy and proactive risk mitigation. Machine learning (ML) can be leveraged to identify and predict patient risks for postoperative complications. We developed and validated the effectiveness of predicting postoperative complications using a novel surgical Variational Autoencoder (surgVAE ...
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Fetal Cardiac Interventions [PDF]
, 2015 The present article aims to highlight fetal cardiac interventions (FCIs) in terms of indications, strategies, and fetal prognoses. FCIs of the early years were predominantly pharmacological therapies for fetal arrhythmia or heart block.
Yuan, Shi-Min
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Analysis of dysautonomia in patients with Chagas Cardiomyopathy [PDF]
arXiv, 2019 Chagas disease American trypanosomiasis is caused by a flagellated parasite: trypanosoma cruzi, transmitted by an insect of the genus Triatoma and also by blood transfusions. In Latin America the number of infected people is approximately 6 million, with a population exposed to the risk of infection of 550000.
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A comparison of intrauterine haemopoietic cell transplantation and lentiviral gene transfer for the correction of severe β-thalassaemia in a HbbTh3/+ murine model [PDF]
, 2018 Major haemoglobinopathies place tremendous strain on global resources. Intrauterine haemopoietic cell (IUHCT) and gene (IUGT) therapies can potentially reduce perinatal morbidities with greater efficacy than postnatal therapy alone.
Antoniou, MN +13 more
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Nationwide population-based cohort study of uterine rupture in Belgium : results from the Belgian Obstetric Surveillance System [PDF]
, 2016 Objectives: We aimed to assess the prevalence of uterine rupture in Belgium and to evaluate risk factors, management and outcomes for mother and child. Design: Nationwide population-based prospective cohort study.
De Blaere, Marlies +6 more
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Zika virus: New clinical syndromes and its emergence in the western hemisphere [PDF]
, 2016 Zika virus (ZIKV) had remained a relatively obscure flavivirus until a recent series of outbreaks accompanied by unexpectedly severe clinical complications brought this virus into the spotlight as causing an infection of global public health concern.
Brazilian Medical Genetics Society–Zika Embryopathy Task Force +9 more
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Red blood cell alloantibodies detection in malay pregnant women and haemolytic disease of fetus and newborn [PDF]
, 2011 Pregnancy is known to cause red blood cell (RBC) alloimmunisation which may lead to the production of harmful alloantibodies and a subsequent potential for causing haemolytic disease of fetus and newborn (HDFN).
Hassan, Mohd Nazri
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Simulating the blood transfusion system in Kenya: Modelling methods and exploratory analyses [PDF]
arXivThe process of collecting blood from donors and making it available for transfusion requires a complex series of operations involving multiple actors and resources at each step. Ensuring hospitals receive adequate and safe blood for transfusion is a common challenge across low- and middle-income countries, but is rarely addressed from a system level ...
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Successful Pregnancy Outcome In Maternal Crigler Najjar Syndrome Type II. [PDF]
, 2012 Estimated incidence of Crigler-Najjar syndrome(CNS) is 1 case per 1,000,000 births(1 million). The overall prevalence of CN syndrome is unknown, with only several hundred people reported to have this disease.
Padmalatha, VV +3 more
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