This is a selection of articles from the May 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Perinatology & Neonatology headlines.
First-Trimester Maternal Plasma Concentrations of C-Reactive Protein in Low-Risk Patients and the Subsequent Development of Chorioamnionitis
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Source: American Journal of Perinatology - May 31, 2008 Source Type: info
Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Patterns in Women with Amniotic Fluid Proteomic Profiles Indicative of Inflammation
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Source: American Journal of Perinatology - May 30, 2008 Source Type: info
Current management of transitional feeding issues in preterm neonates born in Queensland, Australia.
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Source: Early Human Development - May 30, 2008 Authors: Dodrill P, McMahon S, Donovan T, Cleghorn G Tags: Early Hum Dev Source Type: info
Pregnancy Outcomes during an Era of Aggressive Management for Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy
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Source: American Journal of Perinatology - May 29, 2008 Source Type: info
Protease Inhibitor Therapy and Fetal Growth Potential in HIV-Positive Women
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Source: American Journal of Perinatology - May 29, 2008 Source Type: info
Pharmacological Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus: Effects on Pulse Pressure and on Endothelin-1 and Vasopressin Excretion
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Source: American Journal of Perinatology - May 29, 2008 Source Type: info
Neonatal Arterial Thrombosis at Birth: Case Report and Literature Review
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Source: American Journal of Perinatology - May 29, 2008 Source Type: info
Outcomes of pregnancies following a birth with major birth defects: A population based study.
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Source: Early Human Development - May 29, 2008 Authors: Melve KK, Skjaerven R Tags: Early Hum Dev Source Type: info
Fetal Nasal Bone Assessment in First Trimester Down Syndrome Screening
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Source: Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy - May 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Delivery Course of Macerated Stillborn Fetuses in the Third Trimester
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Source: Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy - May 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Acute Premature Constriction of the Ductus Arteriosus after Maternal Self-Medication with Nimesulide
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Source: Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy - May 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome in Pregnancy
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Source: Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy - May 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Major Diagnostic and Pathological Features of Iniencephaly Based on Twenty-Four Cases
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Source: Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy - May 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Conjoined Twins in a Trichorionic Quadruplet Pregnancy after Ovulation Induction with Clomiphene Citrate
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Source: Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy - May 27, 2008 Source Type: info
A Case of Thanatophoric Dysplasia: The Early Prenatal 2D and 3D Sonographic Findings and Molecular Confirmation of Diagnosis
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Source: Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy - May 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Serum Hyperglycosylated Human Chorionic Gonadotropin to Predict the Gestational Outcome in in vitro Fertilization/Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Pregnancies
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Source: Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy - May 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Large Fetal Sacrococcygeal Teratomas: Could Early Delivery Improve Outcome?
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Source: Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy - May 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Consumerism in Prenatal Diagnosis? A Local Italian Study
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Source: Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy - May 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Gigantic Fetal Tonsillar Sarcomatosis
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Source: Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy - May 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Pregnant Women's Cognitive Concept concerning Their Unborn prior to Prenatal Diagnosis
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Source: Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy - May 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Incidental Discovery of Nonpaternity during Prenatal Testing of Genetic Disease
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Source: Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy - May 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Fetal Bladder Wall Regeneration with a Collagen Biomatrix and Histological Evaluation of Bladder Exstrophy in a Fetal Sheep Model
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Source: Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy - May 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Endothelin B Receptors on Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells of the Human Umbilical Vein Mediate Vasoconstriction
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Source: Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy - May 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Prenatal Detection of Isochromosome 21 by QF-PCR
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Source: Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy - May 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Cell-Free Fetal DNA in Maternal Plasma during Physiological Single Male Pregnancies: Methodology Issues and Kinetics
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Source: Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy - May 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Changes in unsettled infant sleep and maternal mood following admission to a parentcraft residential unit.
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Source: Early Human Development - May 27, 2008 Authors: Matthey S, Speyer J Tags: Early Hum Dev Source Type: info
HAEMODYNAMIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PATHOGENESIS OF PREECLAMPSIA AND ECLAMPSIA
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Source: Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review - May 26, 2008 Source Type: info
FETAL NEUROIMAGING
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Source: Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review - May 26, 2008 Source Type: info
CURRENT ASPECTS OF FETAL CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION
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Source: Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review - May 26, 2008 Source Type: info
THE CURRENT ROLE OF FETAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
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Source: Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review - May 26, 2008 Source Type: info
Evaluation of preterm births and birth defects in liveborn infants of US military women who received smallpox vaccine
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - May 22, 2008 Authors: Margaret A. K. Ryan, Gia R. Gumbs, Ava Marie S. Conlin, Carter J. Sevick, Isabel G. Jacobson, Katherine J. Snell, Christina N. Spooner, Tyler C. Smith, For the Department of Defense Birth and Infant Health Registry Team Source Type: info
Trefoil factors in human milk.
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Source: Early Human Development - May 22, 2008 Authors: Vestergaard EM, Nexo E, Wendt A, Guthmann F Tags: Early Hum Dev Source Type: info
The Coexistence of Gestational Hypertension and Diabetes: Influence on Pregnancy Outcome
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Source: American Journal of Perinatology - May 21, 2008 Source Type: info
Timing of Gestation after Bariatric Surgery: Should Women Delay Pregnancy for at Least 1 Postoperative Year?
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Source: American Journal of Perinatology - May 21, 2008 Source Type: info
NTD prevalences in central California before and after folic acid fortification
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - May 21, 2008 Authors: Brian H. Chen, Suzan L. Carmichael, Steve Selvin, Barbara Abrams, Gary M. Shaw Source Type: info
Pancreatic aplasia in a fetus with asplenia-cardiovascular defect-heterotaxy (Ivemark syndrome)
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - May 21, 2008 Authors: Anastasia Konstantinidou, Stavros Sifakis, Ourania Koukoura, Nikitas Mantas, George Agrogiannis, Efstratios Patsouris Source Type: info
Prospective community-based cluster census and case-control study of stillbirths and neonatal deaths in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - May 20, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
Dental caries in 3-year-old children and smoking status of parents
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - May 20, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
Health-risk behaviours: examining social disparities in the occurrence of stillbirth
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - May 20, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
Maternal smoking, demographic and lifestyle factors in relation to daughter's age at menarche
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - May 20, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
Socioeconomic status, anthropometric status, and psychomotor development of Kenyan children from resource-limited settings: A path-analytic study.
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Source: Early Human Development - May 20, 2008 Authors: Abubakar A, Van de Vijver F, Van Baar A, Mbonani L, Kalu R, Newton C, Holding P Tags: Early Hum Dev Source Type: info
Newborn hearing screen results for infants that died of SIDS in Michigan 2004-2006.
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Source: Early Human Development - May 20, 2008 Authors: Farquhar LJ, Jennings P Tags: Early Hum Dev Source Type: info
Ethnic differences in term birthweight: the role of constitutional and environmental factors
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - May 19, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
Associations of birthweight and infant growth with body composition at age 15 – the COMPASS study
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - May 19, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
Trends in the postfortification prevalence of spina bifida and anencephaly in the United States
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - May 16, 2008 Authors: Sheree L. Boulet, Quanhe Yang, Cara Mai, Russell S. Kirby, Julianne S. Collins, James M. Robbins, Robert Meyer, Mark A. Canfield, Joe Mulinare, for the National Birth Defects Prevention Network Source Type: info
Maternal periconceptional smoking and alcohol consumption and risk for select congenital anomalies
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - May 15, 2008 Authors: Jagteshwar Grewal, Suzan L. Carmichael, Chen Ma, Edward J. Lammer, Gary M. Shaw Source Type: info
Depressive symptoms during pregnancy in relation to fish consumption and intake of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - May 8, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
Preface.
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Source: Clinics in Perinatology - May 6, 2008 Authors: Jain L, Wapner R Tags: Clin Perinatol Source Type: info
Cesarean birth in the United States: epidemiology, trends, and outcomes.
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Source: Clinics in Perinatology - May 6, 2008 Authors: Macdorman MF, Menacker F, Declercq E Tags: Clin Perinatol Source Type: info
The Relationship Between Cesarean Delivery and Gestational Age Among US Singleton Births.
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Source: Clinics in Perinatology - May 6, 2008 Authors: Bettegowda VR, Dias T, Davidoff MJ, Damus K, Callaghan WM, Petrini JR Tags: Clin Perinatol Source Type: info
Late preterm infants, early term infants, and timing of elective deliveries.
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Source: Clinics in Perinatology - May 6, 2008 Authors: Engle WA, Kominiarek MA Tags: Clin Perinatol Source Type: info
The influence of obstetric practices on late prematurity.
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Source: Clinics in Perinatology - May 6, 2008 Authors: Fuchs K, Gyamfi C Tags: Clin Perinatol Source Type: info
Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality After Elective Cesarean Delivery.
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Source: Clinics in Perinatology - May 6, 2008 Authors: Signore C, Klebanoff M Tags: Clin Perinatol Source Type: info
Elective cesarean section: its impact on neonatal respiratory outcome.
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Source: Clinics in Perinatology - May 6, 2008 Authors: Ramachandrappa A, Jain L Tags: Clin Perinatol Source Type: info
Cesarean delivery and its impact on the anomalous infant.
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Source: Clinics in Perinatology - May 6, 2008 Authors: Hamrick SE Tags: Clin Perinatol Source Type: info
The impact of cesarean delivery on transmission of infectious agents to the neonate.
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Source: Clinics in Perinatology - May 6, 2008 Authors: Sharma D, Spearman P Tags: Clin Perinatol Source Type: info
Cesarean section and the outcome of very preterm and very low-birthweight infants.
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Source: Clinics in Perinatology - May 6, 2008 Authors: Malloy MH, Doshi S Tags: Clin Perinatol Source Type: info
Long-term neurologic outcome of infants born by cesarean section.
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Source: Clinics in Perinatology - May 6, 2008 Authors: Adams-Chapman I Tags: Clin Perinatol Source Type: info
The ethical debate of maternal choice and autonomy in cesarean delivery.
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Source: Clinics in Perinatology - May 6, 2008 Authors: Williams HO Tags: Clin Perinatol Source Type: info
Analysis of five single nucleotide polymorphisms in the ESR1 gene in cryptorchidism
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - May 2, 2008 Authors: Yanping Wang, Julia Barthold, Ernesto Figueroa, Ricardo González, Paul H. Noh, Miao Wang, Jeanne Manson Source Type: info
Refinement of 2q and 7p loci in a large multiplex NTD family
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - May 1, 2008 Authors: Demetra S. Stamm, Deborah G. Siegel, Lorraine Mehltretter, Jessica J. Connelly, Alison Trott, Nathen Ellis, Victoria Zismann, Dietrich A. Stephan, Timothy M. George, Michel Vekemans, Allison Ashley-Koch, John R. Gilbert, Simon G. Gregory, Marcy C. Speer, Source Type: info
Sacrococcygeal teratoma in the newborn: a case study of prenatal management and clinical intervention.
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Source: Neonatal Network - May 1, 2008 Authors: Fadler KM, Askin DF Tags: Neonatal Netw Source Type: info
A model program: neonatal nurse practitioners providing community health care for high-risk infants.
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Source: Neonatal Network - May 1, 2008 Authors: Vasquez EP, Pitts K, Mejia NE Tags: Neonatal Netw Source Type: info
Extrauterine growth restriction: a review of the literature.
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Source: Neonatal Network - May 1, 2008 Authors: Ruth VA Tags: Neonatal Netw Source Type: info
Babies and public policy.
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Source: Neonatal Network - May 1, 2008 Authors: McCain GC Tags: Neonatal Netw Source Type: info
Neonatal glucose homeostasis.
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Source: Neonatal Network - May 1, 2008 Authors: Milcic TL Tags: Neonatal Netw Source Type: info
Kangaroo care and breastfeeding of mother-preterm infant dyads 0-18 months: a randomized, controlled trial.
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Source: Neonatal Network - May 1, 2008 Authors: Hake-Brooks SJ, Anderson GC Tags: Neonatal Netw Source Type: info
The importance of quiet in the home: Teaching noise awareness to parents before the infant is discharged from the NICU.
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Source: Neonatal Network - May 1, 2008 Authors: Goines L Tags: Neonatal Netw Source Type: info
Two MTHFR polymorphisms, maternal B-vitamin intake, and CHDs
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - May 1, 2008 Authors: Lydi M.J.W. van Driel, Anna C. Verkleij-Hagoort, Robert de Jonge, André G. Uitterlinden, Eric A.P. Steegers, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Régine P.M. Steegers-Theunissen Source Type: info
[Abstracts of the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care, 29-31
