Published in BMC Research Notes
ObjectiveNRK is a unique X chromosome-linked protein kinase expressed predominantly in placenta. The gene knockout causes placental overgrowth and delayed labor of Nrk-null fetuses from dams in mouse. To clarify unknown mechanisms behind the Nrk-null phenotypes, protein expression profiles were analyzed in the Nrk-null placenta using a high-perform...
Published in Academic forensic pathology
Injury to a fetus or neonate during delivery can be due to several factors involving the fetus, placenta, mother, and/or instrumentation. Birth asphyxia results in hypoxia and ischemia, with global damage to organ systems. Birth trauma, that is mechanical trauma, can also cause asphyxia and/or morbidity and mortality based on the degree and anatomi...
Published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundThe purpose of this study was to investigate predictors of uterine rupture in a large sample of sub-Saharan African women. Uterine rupture is rare in high-income countries, but it is more common in low-income settings where health systems are often under-resourced. However, understanding of risk factors contributing to uterine rupture in ...
Published in Asian-Australasian journal of animal sciences
The aim of this study was to verify the usefulness of artificial neural networks (ANN), multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS), naïve Bayes classifier (NBC), general discriminant analysis (GDA), and logistic regression (LR) for dystocia detection in Polish Holstein-Friesian Black-and-White heifers and cows and to indicate the most influent...
Published in Theriogenology
English bulldogs have been reported to have a high incidence of dystocia and caesarean section is often performed electively in this breed. A narrow pelvic canal is the major maternal factor contributing to obstructive dystocia. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to assess the pelvic dimensions of 40 clinically healthy English bulldogs...
© 2018 Elsevier B.V. Objective: Shoulder dystocia (SD) is an obstetric emergency which if not carefully diagnosed and managed, can contribute to lifelong neonatal morbidities. Despite current guidelines on the definition of SD (impaction of the fetal shoulder behind the maternal symphysis pubis and need for ancillary manoeuvres or head-body deliver...
Os animais congênicos possuem apenas uma região específica do cromossomo transferida de uma linhagem para outra através de cruzamentos monitorados por análises genéticas. Essa metodologia foi utilizada para produzir linhagem congênica de bovinos da raça Nelore carreando o polimorfismo no gene da miostatina proveniente do Belgian Blue. O objetivo de...
Os animais congênicos possuem apenas uma região específica do cromossomo transferida de uma linhagem para outra através de cruzamentos monitorados por análises genéticas. Essa metodologia foi utilizada para produzir linhagem congênica de bovinos da raça Nelore carreando o polimorfismo no gene da miostatina proveniente do Belgian Blue. O objetivo de...
Published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundPurpose of this study was to investigate differences between primiparous term pregnancies, one leading to vaginal delivery (VD) and the other to acute cesarean section (CS) due to labor dystocia in the first stage of labor. We particularly wanted to assess the influence of body mass index (BMI) on CS risk.MethodsA retrospective case-contr...
Published in Acta Diabetologica
AimsPoor myometrial contractility has been demonstrated in women at term with diabetes and decreased muscular mitochondrial content and/or function has been extensively implicated in the progression of type 2 diabetes. Alterations of the uterine mitochondrial phenotype in pregnant women with diabetes have yet to be investigated as a causal link to ...
