Zimmer, Julia Schmitz, Ralf Möllers, Mareike Hammer, Kerstin Falkenberg, Maria K. Braun, Janina Schmidt, Rene Borowski, Matthias Steinhard, Johannes Köster, Helen A.
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Journal of Perinatal Medicine
Background The aim of this study was to compare transabdominal and transcervical chorionic villus sampling (CVS) as well as amniocentesis (AC) with respect to their rates of premature delivery and fetal growth restriction. Methods We retrospectively evaluated the mentioned procedures of invasive prenatal testing performed in a single center between...
Ebrashy, Alaa Aboulghar, Mona Elhodiby, Mohamed El-Dessouky, Sara H. Elsirgany, Sherif Gaafar, Hassan M. Sheta, Sahar S. Kamal, Rasha Negm, Sherif El Sheikhah, Ahmed
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Journal of Perinatal Medicine
Objective To evaluate our ability in classifying the fetal heart as normal or abnormal during the 1st trimester scan through fetal cardiac examination and determining the best time for this examination. Methods This was a prospective study performed on 3240 pregnant women to examine the fetal heart. Four chambers view and ventricular outflow tracts...
Kiver, Verena I.I. Altmann, Judith Kamhieh-Milz, Julian Weichert, Alexander
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Journal of Perinatal Medicine
Background When discussing termination of pregnancy (TOP) after the first trimester, the main foci are the ethics and psychological reasoning/consequences. In daily clinical practice, physicians are often faced with affected women querying the frequency of their condition(s) and decisions made by women in similar situations. The present study aimed...
Leidner, Viola Markfeld-Erol, Filiz Wuttke, Matthias Kunze, Mirjam Jacobs, Julia Janzarik, Wibke G.
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Journal of Perinatal Medicine
Akbas, Murat Koyuncu, Faik M. Artunç-Ulkumen, Burcu
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Journal of Perinatal Medicine
Background Placental elasticity varies in different diseases. Our objective was to evaluate placental elasticity using point shear wave elastography (pSWE) in pregnancies with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). Methods A total of 66 pregnant women with IUGR and 81 healthy pregnant women were enrolled. Placental elasticity was measured using th...
Monod, Cécile Buechel, Johanna Gisin, Stefan Abo El Ela, Aisha Vogt, Deborah R. Hoesli, Irene
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Journal of Perinatal Medicine
Background Although cesarean sections at full dilatation are increasing, training in delivering a deeply impacted fetal head is lacking among obstetricians. The purpose of the study was to implement and evaluate a theoretical and simulation-based training program for this obstetrical emergency. Methods We developed a training program consisting of ...
Gomez-Lopez, Nardhy Romero, Roberto Leng, Yaozhu Xu, Yi Slutsky, Rebecca Levenson, Dustyn Pacora, Percy Jung, Eunjung Panaitescu, Bogdan Hsu, Chaur-Dong
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Journal of Perinatal Medicine
Background Monocytes, after neutrophils, are the most abundant white blood cells found in the amniotic cavity of women with intra-amniotic inflammation/infection. However, the origin of such cells has not been fully investigated. Herein, we determined (1) the origin of amniotic fluid monocytes/macrophages from women with intra-amniotic inflammation...
Yadav, Ghanshyam S. Nagarkatti, Nupur R. Rohondia, Sagar O. Erfani, Hadi Kilpatrick, Charles C. Turrentine, Mark A.
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Journal of Perinatal Medicine
Objective To describe the scenario of academic tweeting and utilization of Twitter by editorial board members of the leading journal in obstetrics and gynecology. Methods The Twitter presence of an editorial board members of obstetrics and gynecology journal with an impact factor greater than 4 was determined. Details of their Twitter activity, yea...
Denney, Jeffrey M. Waters, Thaddeus P. Mathew, Leny Goldenberg, Robert Culhane, Jennifer
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Journal of Perinatal Medicine
Objective To assess post-partum inflammation for patients delivering prior to 34 6/7 weeks by birth etiology. Methods This was an observational study of early preterm birth (PTB) occurring between 20 0/7 and 34 6/7 weeks of gestation. Serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels were measured 1 month post-partum. CRP measurements were compared by birth et...
Galindo-Sevilla, Norma Reyes-Arroyo, Frida Mancilla-Ramírez, Javier
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Journal of Perinatal Medicine
Complications of preterm birth (PTB) are the global leading cause of death in children younger than 5 years of age. Almost 15 million children are born prematurely in the world each year. Increasing evidence suggests that labor and delivery have many hallmarks of an inflammatory reaction, where complement activation has an active participation. As ...
