Journal•ISSN: 0743-8346
Journal of Perinatology
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About: Journal of Perinatology is an academic journal published by Nature Portfolio. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Pregnancy & Medicine. It has an ISSN identifier of 0743-8346. Over the lifetime, 6250 publications have been published receiving 142928 citations.
Topics: Pregnancy, Medicine, Gestational age, Low birth weight, Population
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TL;DR: Staging of TT TS using the proposed criteria has prognostic significance and may allow comparison of outcome data of TTTS with different treatment modalities.
Abstract: Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of sonographic and clinical parameters to develop a staging classification of twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS). Study design Severe TTTS was defined as the presence of polyhydramnios (maximum vertical pocket of > or = 8 cm) and oligohydramnios (maximum vertical pocket of Results A total of 80 of 108 referred patients met criteria for surgery, but only 65 were treated surgically: 48 with LPCV and 17 with umbilical cord ligation. Complete Doppler data were obtainable in 41 of 48 LPCV patients. Survival rates by stage for one or two fetuses were statistically different (chi-squared analysis = 12.9, df = 6, p = 0.044). Neither percent size discordance nor gestational age at diagnosis were predictive of outcome. Conclusion Staging of TTTS using the proposed criteria has prognostic significance. This staging system may allow comparison of outcome data of TTTS with different treatment modalities.
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TL;DR: The fifth edition of Remington, Jack S. Remington and Jerome O. Klein, illustrated, Volume 5: Essays on the Art of War, 2nd Ed.
Abstract: Fifth edition. Edited by Jack S. Remington and Jerome O. Klein. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 2001. 1507 pages in one volume, illustrated
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TL;DR: Current understanding of the origin and circulation of AF and its nutritive, protective, and diagnostic functions are reviewed and future directions for AF research are discussed.
Abstract: Amniotic fluid (AF) is a complex substance essential to fetal well-being. This article reviews recent discoveries and the current understanding of the origin and circulation of AF and its nutritive, protective, and diagnostic functions. Future directions for AF research are also discussed.
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TL;DR: Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), a postnatal opioid withdrawal syndrome, increased threefold from 2000 to 2009 and hospital charges grew substantially during the study period, with 81% attributed to state Medicaid programs in 2012.
Abstract: Increasing incidence and geographic distribution of neonatal abstinence syndrome: United States 2009 to 2012
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TL;DR: Data suggest a dose-related association of HM feeding with a reduction of risk of NEC or death after the first 2 weeks of life among extremely low birth weight infants.
Abstract: To determine the association between human milk (HM) intake and risk of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) or death among infants 401 to 1000 g birth weight. Analysis of 1272 infants in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Network Glutamine Trial was performed to determine if increasing HM intake was associated with decreased risk of NEC or death. HM intake was defined as the proportion of HM to total intake, to enteral intake and total volume over the first 14 days. Known NEC risk factors were included as covariates in Cox proportional hazard analyses for duration of survival time free of NEC. Among study infants, 13.6% died or developed NEC after 14 days. The likelihood of NEC or death after 14 days was decreased by a factor of 0.83 (95% confidence interval, CI 0.72, 0.96) for each 10% increase in the proportion of total intake as HM. Each 100 ml kg−1 increase in HM intake during the first 14 days was associated with decreased risk of NEC or death (hazard ratio, HR 0.87 (95% CI 0.77, 0.97)). There appeared to be a trend towards a decreased risk of NEC or death among infants who received 100% HM as a proportion to total enteral intake (HM plus formula), although this finding was not statistically significant (HR 0.85 (95% CI 0.60, 1.19)). These data suggest a dose-related association of HM feeding with a reduction of risk of NEC or death after the first 2 weeks of life among extremely low birth weight infants.
467 citations