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Maternal and Placental Factors Associated with Congenital Hearing Loss in Very Preterm Neonates
Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is a multifactorial disease that more frequently affects preterm newborns. Although a number of maternal conditions have been reported to be associated with preterm birth, little information is available concerning ...
Shin Hye Kim +5 more
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Assessment of predictive markers for placental inflammatory response in preterm births. [PDF]
Placental inflammatory response (PIR) is associated with adverse neonatal outcomes such as sepsis, cerebral palsy, low birth weight, preterm birth, and neonatal mortality.
Min-A Kim, You Sun Lee, Kyung Seo
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Periodontitis and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: Mechanistic Evidence
This narrative review aims to describe mechanisms linking periodontal diseases in pregnancy with adverse pregnancy outcomes. ABSTRACT Periodontal diseases, including both gingivitis and periodontitis, occur commonly among pregnant individuals. Both gingivitis and periodontitis are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs) such as early ...
Gregory C. Valentine +4 more
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Actinomyces in Pregnancy: A Rare and Silent Cause of Preterm Delivery—Case Report
Background/Objective: Actinomyces is a genus of anaerobic gram-positive bacteria. It forms part of human body microbiota commonly in the oral cavity and genital tract. During pregnancy, the organism may cause the rare chorioamnionitis, where the maternal
Philip E. Idaewor +3 more
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Background: Previous studies have suggested that prenatal inflammation could damage the immature brain of preterm infants. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether funisitis could affect childhood neurodevelopment.
Yan Chen (4308) +4 more
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Chorioamnionitis (CA) is considered a key risk factor for very preterm birth and for developing early onset sepsis (EOS) in preterm infants, but recent data suggest that CA might be protective against late onset sepsis (LOS).
Eduardo Villamor-Martinez +6 more
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Placental acute inflammation infiltrates and pregnancy outcomes: a retrospective cohort study
Chorioamnionitis can be either an infection or a sterile inflammation. This study aims to analyze the prevalence of acute inflammatory lesions of the placenta, the association with a positive result of the microbiological examination, and the fetal ...
Maria Orsaria +6 more
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Abstract Mid‐trimester pregnancy loss (MTL), defined as a pregnancy loss occurring between 14 + 0 and 21 + 6 weeks of gestation, causes significant physical and emotional distress to women and presents clinical challenges to healthcare professionals. It is acknowledged that in low‐resource settings, this guideline might be applicable to births up to 28
Caroline E. Fox +46 more
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Chorioamnionitis as a risk factor for retinopathy of prematurity: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]
The role of chorioamnionitis (CA) in the development of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is difficult to establish, because CA-exposed and CA-unexposed infants frequently present different baseline characteristics.
Eduardo Villamor-Martinez +8 more
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Background: Previous studies have suggested that prenatal inflammation could damage the immature brain of preterm infants. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether funisitis could affect childhood neurodevelopment.
Yan Chen (4308) +4 more
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