Progesterone for the prevention of preterm birth in twin pregnancy (STOPPIT) : a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study and meta-analysis EDITORIAL COMMENT [PDF]
, 2009 Women with twin pregnancy are at high risk of spontaneous preterm delivery. Three large randomized trials have shown that progesterone reduces the rate of preterm delivery in high-risk singleton pregnancies, although evidence of significant reduction in ...
Thornton, J.G. +56 more
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Newborn Metabolic Profile Associated with Hyperbilirubinemia With and Without Kernicterus
Clinical and Translational Science, 2019 Our objective was to assess the relationship between hyperbilirubinemia with and without kernicterus and metabolic profile at newborn screening. Included were 1,693,658 infants divided into a training or testing subset in a ratio of 3:1.
Molly E. McCarthy +7 more
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Effects of gestational age at birth on cognitive performance : a function of cognitive workload demands [PDF]
, 2013 Objective: Cognitive deficits have been inconsistently described for late or moderately preterm children but are consistently found in very preterm children.
Jaekel, Julia +11 more
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Histological features of the placenta in women with premature birth
Фундаментальная и клиническая медицина, 2023 Aim. To compare placental morphology in patients with preterm birth and with full-term birth without gynecological infections.Materials and Methods. We performed a retrospective, case-control study which included 150 women with vaginal delivery (50 women
Ya. A. Parfenova +4 more
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Born Too Soon: Preterm birth matters [PDF]
, 2013 Urgent action is needed to address preterm birth given that the fi rst country-level estimates show that globally 15 million babies are born too soon and rates are increasing in most countries with reliable time trend data.
Kinney, Mary V +4 more
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Genomics of Preterm Birth [PDF]
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine, 2015 The molecular mechanisms controlling human birth timing at term, or resulting in preterm birth, have been the focus of considerable investigation, but limited insights have been gained over the past 50 years. In part, these processes have remained elusive because of divergence in reproductive strategies and physiology shown by model organisms, making ...
Kayleigh A, Swaggart +2 more
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Predicting live birth, preterm and low birth weight infant after in-vitro fertilisation: a prospective study of 144018 treatment cycles [PDF]
, 2011 Background The extent to which baseline couple characteristics affect the probability of live birth and adverse perinatal outcomes after assisted conception is unknown.
Nelson, SM +9 more
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‘Kangaroo mother care’ to prevent neonatal deaths due to pre-term birth complications. [PDF]
, 2010 BACKGROUND: 'Kangaroo mother care' (KMC) includes thermal care through continuous skin-to-skin contact, support for exclusive breastfeeding or other appropriate feeding, and early recognition/response to illness. Whilst increasingly accepted in both high-
J. Mwansa-Kambafwile +10 more
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The effects of designation and volume of neonatal care on mortality and morbidity outcomes of very preterm infants in England : retrospective population-based cohort study [PDF]
, 2014 Objective: To examine the effects of designation and volume of neonatal care at the hospital of birth on mortality and morbidity outcomes in very preterm infants in a managed clinical network setting.
Draper, E S +27 more
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The Lancet Regional Health. Americas, 2021 Introduction: Our understanding of the association between coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) and preterm or early term birth among racially and ethnically diverse populations and people with chronic medical conditions is limited.Methods: We determined ...
Deborah Karasek, PhD, MPH +27 more
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