Timing of Caffeine Therapy and Neonatal Outcomes in Preterm Infants: A Retrospective Study by Ivan Hand, Nahla Zaghloul, Lily Barash, Rudolph Parris, Ulrika Aden, Hsiu-Ling Li

“…A retrospective cohort was used to compare the neonatal morbidity of 150 preterm neonates with gestational age ≤29 weeks. Infants were divided into 3 groups based on the initiation timing of caffeine therapy; (1) early caffeine (1-2 DOL), (2) late caffeine (3–7 DOL), and (3) very late caffeine (≥8 DOL). …”
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Prenatal diagnosis of mucopolysaccharidosis type I on hepatosplenomegaly and coarse features: a case-report by Maxime Agranier, Florence Demurger, Christele Dubourg, Jerome Fromageot, Anne-Sophie Cabaret Dufour, Erika Launay, Magalie Gournay, Charles Lefèvre, Roseline Froissart, Magali Pettazzoni, Paul Rollier

“…Case presentation A pregnant woman at 26.5 gestational weeks was referred to our center for fetal ultrasound findings of hepatosplenomegaly, distinct facial features, and liver, spleen and thymus echogenic spots. …”
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Obesity May Be Protective against Severe Perineal Lacerations by Diana Garretto, Brian B. Lin, Helen L. Syn, Nancy Judge, Karen Beckerman, Fouad Atallah, Arnold Friedman, Michael Brodman, Peter S. Bernstein

“…Cases were identified as singleton gestations with third- and fourth-degree lacerations. …”
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Posttransfusion Haematocrit Equilibration: Timing Posttransfusion Haematocrit Check in Neonates at the National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria by L. I. Audu, A. T. Otuneye, A. B. Mairami, L. J. Mshelia, V. E. Nwatah

“…Forty of the recruited neonates and young infants were analyzed. Their gestational age range was 26 to 40 weeks. 1-hour PT PCV (48.5% ± 5.5%) was similar to the 6-hour PT PCV (47.8% ± 5.6%) P=0.516, but both were significantly different from the 12-hour (46.8% ± 5.9%), 24-hour (45.9 ± 5.8%), and 48-hour (45.4% ± 6.2%) PT PCVs. …”
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Influence of the Expression of Inflammatory Markers on Kidney after Fetal Programming in an Experimental Model of Renal Failure by Carlos Donizete Pereira Júnior, Camila Souza de Oliveira Guimarães, Aline Cristina Souza da Silva, Aldo Rogelis Aquiles Rodrigues, Maria Aparecida da Glória, Vicente de Paula Antunes Teixeira, Niels Olsen Saraiva Câmara, Lenaldo Branco Rocha, Marlene Antônia dos Reis, Juliana Reis Machado, Laura Penna Rocha, Fernanda Rodrigues Helmo, Rosana Rosa Miranda Corrêa

“…DC5 showed increased VEGF expression in comparison with CC5. Conclusions. Gestational diabetes mellitus and folic acid both change the expression of inflammatory markers, thus demonstrating that the exposure to harmful agents in adulthood has a more severe impact in cases which underwent fetal reprogramming.…”
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Maternal Plasma Metabolomic Profiles in Spontaneous Preterm Birth: Preliminary Results by Barbara Lizewska, Joanna Teul, Pawel Kuc, Adam Lemancewicz, Karol Charkiewicz, Joanna Goscik, Marian Kacerovsky, Ramkumar Menon, Wojciech Miltyk, Piotr Laudanski

“…Part of them may be related with preterm labor, while others may be affected by gestational age or the beginning of labor. Metabolite profile can classify preterm or term delivery groups raising the potential of metabolome as a biomarker to identify high-risk pregnancies. …”
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Maternal Serum Nitric Oxide Levels in Adolescent Pregnancies by Hasan Onur Topçu, Ali İrfan Güzel, Kuntay Kokanalı, Sabri Cavkaytar, Dilek Uygur, Salim Erkaya

“…Factors analyzed between adolescent pregnancies and reproductive age pregnancies (age range 20-35 years old) were; age, gravidity, parity, gestational weeks, umbilical and middle cerebral artery Doppler velocimetry values, birth weigts, APGAR 5. minute scores and MSNO levels. …”
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Sex-specific effects of prenatal bisphenol A exposure on transcriptome-interactome profiles of autism candidate genes in neural stem cells from offspring hippocampus by Kasidit Kasitipradit, Surangrat Thongkorn, Songphon Kanlayaprasit, Thanit Saeliw, Pattanachat Lertpeerapan, Pawinee Panjabud, Depicha Jindatip, Valerie W. Hu, Takako Kikkawa, Noriko Osumi, Tewarit Sarachana

“…Pregnant rats were administered with BPA or vehicle control once daily via oral gavage from gestational day 1 until parturition. NSCs were isolated from the offspring’s hippocampi on postnatal day 1, and RNA sequencing was performed to examine transcriptomic alterations. …”
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Autism-Like Behavior and Epigenetic Changes Associated with Autism as Consequences of In Utero Exposure to Environmental Pollutants in a Mouse Model by Denise S. Hill, Robert Cabrera, Deeann Wallis Schultz, Huiping Zhu, Wei Lu, Richard H. Finnell, Bogdan J. Wlodarczyk

“…Mouse dams were treated with cadmium, lead, arsenate, manganese, and mercury via drinking water from gestational days (E) 1–10. Valproic acid (VPA) injected intraperitoneally once on (E) 8.5 served as a positive control. …”
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Do pregnant women living in higher well-being populations in the USA experience lower risk of preterm delivery? A cross-sectional study by Jeph Herrin, Harlan M Krumholz, Carley Riley, Brita Roy, Erica Spatz, Mark T Silvestri, Anita Arora, Kenneth P Kell, Elizabeth Y Rula

“…Objective To determine if preterm birth, defined as gestational age <37 weeks, is lower for women living in counties with higher well-being, after accounting for known individual risk factors.Design Cross-sectional study of all US births in 2011.Participants We obtained birth data from the National Center for Health Statistics which included 3 938 985 individuals.Main outcomes measures Primary outcome measure was maternal risk of preterm delivery by county; primary independent variable was county-level well-being as measured by the Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index (WBI).Results Women living in counties with higher population well-being had a lower rate of preterm delivery. …”
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Maternal Sevoflurane Exposure Causes Abnormal Development of Fetal Prefrontal Cortex and Induces Cognitive Dysfunction in Offspring by Ruixue Song, Xiaomin Ling, Mengyuan Peng, Zhanggang Xue, Jing Cang, Fang Fang

“…We aimed to investigate whether maternal sevoflurane exposure caused learning and memory impairment in offspring through inducing abnormal development of the fetal prefrontal cortex (PFC). Pregnant mice at gestational day 15.5 received 2.5% sevoflurane for 6 h. …”
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Effectiveness of physiological flexion swaddling and oromotor interventions in improving preterm infants' oral feeding ability in the NICU: a randomized controlled trial by Luh K. Wahyuni, Irawan Mangunatmadja, Risma K. Kaban, Elvie Zulka K. Rachmawati, Rizky K. Wardhani, Budiati Laksmitasari, Boya Nugraha

“…Methods: A randomized clinical trial in five Neonatal intensive care units (NICU) was performed involving 70 preterm infants born at 28–34 weeks gestational age. Participants were allocated to 1) the experimental group (n = 39) received physiological flexion swaddling and oromotor interventions, and 2) the control group (n = 31) received conventional swaddling and oromotor interventions. …”
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Congenital malformations in children of diabetic mothers in the province of Cienfuegos. 2016-2019 by Fanny Arbolay Sanabria, Lázaro Roberto Herrera Fragoso, Maylé Santos Solí, Gladys Bárbara Barberis Pérez, Walkiria Díaz Senra, María Soledad Vilches León

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> in the studied population the highest percentage of mothers presented gestational diabetes mellitus; Mothers between 20 and 35 years old predominated and a large number of them were overweight. …”
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Associations Between Ambient PM_2.5 and Thyroid Hormones in Pregnant Persons in Puerto Rico by Trenton Honda, Trenton D. Henry, Laura Corlin, Kipruto Kirwa, Akram Alshawabkeh, Julia R. Varshavsky, Winston Kennedy, José F. Cordero, Carmen M. Velez Vega, Zaira Y. Rosario Pabon, John D. Meeker, Helen Suh

“…Pollution concentrations were linked to participant locations using EPA air quality data and analyzed across two visits during gestational weeks 16–20 and 24–28. Results: The results suggest that PM_2.5 exposure is positively associated with maternal T3, T4, and FT4 levels but not TSH. …”
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Hemolysis, Elevated Liver Enzymes, and Low Platelets, Severe Fetal Growth Restriction, Postpartum Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, and Craniotomy: A Rare Case Report and Systematic Review by Shadi Rezai, Justin Faye, Alexander Hughes, Mon-Lai Cheung, Joel R. Cohen, Judy A. Kaia, Paul N. Fuller, Cassandra E. Henderson

“…A 37-year-old, Gravida 6, Para 1-0-4-1, Hispanic female with a history of chronic hypertension presented at 26 weeks and 6 days of gestational age. She was noted to have hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets (HELLP) syndrome accompanied by fetal growth restriction (FGR), during ultrasound evaluation, warranting premature delivery. …”
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Surviving prematurity: retrospective longitudinal study of multisystem consequences in preterm-born individuals from infancy to adolescence by Ruta Morkuniene, Ruta Levuliene, Vilmantas Gegzna, Egle Marija Jakimaviciene, Janina Tutkuviene

“…Data on 1818 diagnoses, categorised by birth weight (BW) and gestational age (GA) and documented according to ICD-10, were analysed using non-parametric tests and negative binomial regression models. …”
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Agreement Between Tele- and Face-to-Face Assessment of Neuromotor Development in High-Risk Children by Ana Isabel Rubio-López, Marie Carmen Valenza, Julia Raya-Benítez, Geraldine Valenza-Peña, Irene Cabrera-Martos, Laura López-López, Ángela Benítez-Feliponi

“…Methods: Forty-five children at high risk of developmental delays were included in this study (33% female, mean gestational age of 35.31 ± 4.03 weeks). The patients were included in a face-to-face and a tele-assessment using the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) and the level of motor evolution (<i>Niveaux d’Évolution Motrice</i>, NEM) assessments. …”
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Plasma from hypertensive pregnancy patients induce endothelial dysfunction even under atheroprotective shear stress by Sarah Viana-Mattioli, Miriam Helena Fonseca-Alaniz, Iguaracy Pinheiro-de-Sousa, Ricardo Rosa Junior, Moises Henrique Mastella, Ricardo de Carvalho Cavalli, Valeria Cristina Sandrim

“…We investigated the impact of plasma from healthy pregnant women (HP), subjects with gestational hypertension (GH), and PE patients on global gene expression of human coronary endothelial cells (HCAECs) under LSS and OSS. …”
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Angiotensin II type-1 receptor autoantibodies and effects in neonates of women with preeclampsia by Laure Ponthier, Chahrazed El Hamel, Perrine Coste Mazeau, Sophie Martinez, Sarah Wehbe, Rachel Froget, Catherine Yardin, Vincent Guigonis

“…Regarding the clinical data of newborns (birth weight, percentile of weight, gestational age, Apgar score at five minutes, mechanical or noninvasive ventilation), no significant difference was observed between the children with or without detected AT1-AAs. …”
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Correlation Between Sagittal and Transverse Plane Fetal Nuchal Translucency Measurement by Pananya Jomphansa, Suthasinee Metaneedol, Sinart Prommas, Buppa Smanchat, Kornkarn Bhamarapravatana, Komsun Suwannarurk

“…Subjects were singleton pregnant women who underwent fetal chromosome anomaly screening by NT measurement of both sagittal and transverse planes by transabdominal ultrasonography between 11 and 14 weeks of gestational age (GA). Demographic and clinical data were collected and evaluated. …”
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