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Ultrasonography Guided Gestational Age Estimation Using Transcerebellar Diameter in Third Trimester Pregnancy

Journal of Nobel Medical College
Background: The correct estimation of gestational age is of great importance for managing pregnancy. Determining gestational age by the first-trimester scan is considered the gold standard, but classical calculation from the last menstrual period is also
Sandeep Acharya, Saurav Poudel, Bivusha Parajuli, Pratibha Kaphle   +3 more
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Epigenetic gestational age acceleration: a prospective cohort study investigating associations with familial, sociodemographic and birth characteristics

Clinical Epigenetics, 2018
Background Gestational age at delivery is associated with health and social outcomes. Recently, cord blood DNA methylation data has been used to predict gestational age.
Jasmine N. Khouja, Andrew J. Simpkin, Linda M. O’Keeffe, Kaitlin H. Wade, Lotte C. Houtepen, Caroline L. Relton, Matthew Suderman, Laura D. Howe   +7 more
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Exploring reference ranges for thyroid-stimulating hormone in neonatal screening tests for preterm infants: a 5-year retrospective study

Frontiers in Pediatrics
PurposeCurrently, the same thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) cutoffs are used for term and preterm infants. Our objective was to determine TSH reference ranges and cut-off values for preterm infants born at different gestational ages (GA), birth weight ...
Xing Huang, Xing Huang, Fei Xiong, Fei Xiong, Shulan Zhu, Shulan Zhu, Fan Yang, Fan Yang   +7 more
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A parsimonious explanation for intersecting perinatal mortality curves: understanding the effect of plurality and of parity

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2003
Background Birth weight- and gestational age-specific perinatal mortality curves intersect when compared across categories of maternal smoking, plurality, race and other factors. No simple explanation exists for this paradoxical observation.
Sauve Reg, Dzakpasu Susie, Ananth Cande V, Platt Robert W, Wen Shi, Demissie Kitaw, Joseph KS, Liu Shiliang, Allen Alexander C, Kramer Michael S   +9 more
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Birth weight classification in gestational diabetes: is there an ideal chart?

Clinical and Biomedical Research, 2017
Introduction: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated to increased rates of large for gestational age newborns and macrosomia. Several charts are used to classify birth weight.
Livia Silveira Mastella, Letícia Schwertz Weinert, Vanessa Gnielka, Vânia Naomi Hirakata, Maria Lúcia Rocha Oppermann, Sandra Pinho Silveiro, Angela Jacob Reichelt   +6 more
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Application of 4 birthweight curves and local reference range at a University Hospital of Rio de Janeiro, BrazilAJOG Global Reports at a Glance

AJOG Global Reports
BACKGROUND: Numerous fetal growth curves have been developed from various subpopulations and geographic locations worldwide. OBJECTIVE: To determine the birthweight standard at the Maternity School and compare it to currently used standards in the ...
Fabio G. Da Matta, MD, MSc, Karina Bilda de Castro Rezende, MD, PhD, Maria Isabel M.P. Cardoso, MD, MSc, Luiza P. Ladeira, MD, Rita G. Bornia, MD, PhD, Joffre Amim, Jr., MD, PhD   +5 more
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The comparison of perinatal clinical characteristics between severe small for gestational age and mild small for gestational age according to the latest birth curve in ChinaAJOG Global Reports at a Glance

AJOG Global Reports
BACKGROUND: Small for gestational age(SGA) is associated with increased risks of short-term complications and neonatal death.The severity of SGA can be grouped according to the weight of newborns.
Yongbing Guo, PhD, Huijing Zhang, PhD, Jinling Kang, MD, Yu Sun, PhD, Huixia Yang, PhD   +4 more
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Ultrasound Determination of Gestational Age Using Placental Thickness in Female Dogs: An Experimental Study

Veterinary Medicine International, 2012
Objective. To verify if the placental thickness allows determining the gestational age, evaluating the correlation between the referred gestational age with the studied one, and the accuracy of the placental thickness measurement (biometry) with fetal ...
André Luiz Louzada Maldonado, Edward Araujo Júnior, Débora Sartori Mendonça, Luciano Marcondes Machado Nardozza, Antonio Fernandes Moron, Sérgio Aron Ajzen   +5 more
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Correlation of Gestational Age Assessed by Last Menstrual Period, Antenatal Ultrasonography and New Ballard Score

GAIMS Journal of Medical Sciences
Background: Determining gestational age (GA) significantly influences the prognosis of newborns. Of the various methods available for gestational age assessment, gestational age assessment by first trimester ultrasonography (USG) as the most reliable ...
Maitri Chauhan, Yashvi Dattani, Sandeep Tilwani, Vinisha Makhijani, Shivani Barad, Rekha Thaddanee   +5 more
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Investigation of newborn blood metabolomics in varying intrauterine growth conditions

Jornal de Pediatria
Objectives: This study aimed to investigate changes in the blood metabolic profiles of newborns with varying intrauterine growth conditions. Specifically, we analyzed the levels of amino acids, carnitine, and succinylacetone among full-term newborns ...
Shengwen Wang, Xiaofei Lin, Yu Zhou, Xin Yang, Mingming Ou, Linxin Zhang, Yumei Wang, Jing Gao   +7 more
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