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Therapeutic interventions for fetal inflammatory response syndrome (FIRS)

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 2020
Fetal inflammatory response syndrome (FIRS) is a condition defined by systemic inflammation in the fetus, a rapid increase of pro-inflammatory cytokines into the fetal circulation (including interleukin-1 and interleukin-6), as well as a cellular response (such as increased neutrophils, monocyte/macrophages, and T cells) and the presence of funisitis ...
Ying, Xiong, Pia, Wintermark
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Medico-legal implications of the fetal inflammatory response syndrome

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 2020
Babies who sustain long term neurologic injury and disability are frequent subjects in medical malpractice litigation. In the United States, the tort system enables adjudication of claims through a proscribed system. This paper will review salient elements of the tort system-duty, breach, causation, and damages- and how they apply to encephalopathic ...
Jonathan M, Fanaroff, Steven M, Donn
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The fetal inflammatory response syndrome

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1998
The objective of this study was to determine the frequency and clinical significance of a systemic inflammatory response as defined by an elevated plasma interleukin-6 concentration in fetuses with preterm labor or preterm premature rupture of membranes.Amniocenteses and cordocenteses were performed in 157 patients with preterm labor and preterm ...
Gomez R.   +5 more
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Neuroimaging findings associated with the fetal inflammatory response syndrome

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 2020
The fetal inflammatory response syndrome (FIRS) is a condition whereby the fetus mounts an inflammatory response to intrauterine infection/inflammation. Clinical consequences include preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM), spontaneous preterm delivery, neonatal sepsis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and brain and other organ injury.
Luis F, Goncalves   +2 more
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