Tryptophan as a biomarker of pregnancy-related immune expression and modulation: an integrative review by Stephanie Prescott, Stephanie Prescott, Natasa Billeci, Melissa Gotcher, Sapna Patel, Addison Almon, Hailey Morgan, Danielle Abukhalaf, Maureen Groer

“…We included 16 quality studies with direct measurement of TRP in pregnancy including ten prospective cohorts, four case-control studies, and two cross-sectional studies.ResultsTRP levels are reduced both pre- and postnatally in women with depressive symptoms, but not during pregnancy, though the TRP/Kynurenine pathway is disturbed during pregnancy in women with depressive symptoms, women with prolonged labor, women with gestational hypertension, and in adverse outcomes of pregnancy including prematurity and growth restriction.ConclusionTRP and its metabolites hold promise as biomarkers for various pregnancy-related outcomes. …”
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Pregnant Women's Depression and Mental Health Knowledge by Latifah Lutfatul, Setiawati Nina, Kartikasari Aprilia, Amalia Reza Fajar, Susmarini Dian

“…A Kruskal Wallis test indicated a relationship between the depression score and type of family (p=0.016), concerns about the cost of childbirth (p=0.005), history of depression (p=0.031), and gestational age (p=0.035). These results imply that the women with higher mental health knowledge were more likely to have higher EPDS scores. …”
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Analysis of Salivary Cytokines in Retinopathy of Prematurity by Hwa-Shiu Wu, Hsin-Chun Huang, I-Lun Chen

“…Methods: We recruited premature neonates born at less than 34 weeks gestational age (GA), with no history of maternal or neonatal infections. …”
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The Screening of Antiphospholipid Antibodies in Obstetric Antiphospholipid Syndrome-Like Events: A Regional Perspective by Onder Onen, Fusun Gulizar Varol

“…Study Design: Serum samples of 108 Obstetric antiphospholipid antibody syndrome cases and 50 healthy gestational matched controls with no history of thrombosis and congenital anomalies were subjected to testing for antiphospholipid antibodies with ELISA after the events. …”
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Impact of Dienogest Alone or in Combination with Ethinylestradiol on the Quality of Life of Women with Endometriosis: A Prospective Cohort Study by Mujde Canday, Suleyman Salman

“…RESULTS: There was no significant difference between drug groups in terms of education status, body mass index, family history, smoking, alcohol consumption, age, age at menarche, menstruation pattern, duration of menstruation, infertility, gestational status, job loss due to pain complaints, operation, and MRI findings (p>0.05). …”
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Bedside bilateral sequential intravitreal anti-VEGF injections for retinopathy of prematurity by Priya Bajgai, Susree Satavisa, Taraprasad Das, Subhadra Jalali, Balakrushna Samanataray, Sameera Nayak, Tapas Ranjan Padhi

“…Results: The study cohort included 192 babies (384 eyes) spread over 9 years. The mean gestational age was 30.2 ± 2.6 weeks (28.8–34.1), and the birth weight was 1098.11 ± 271.65 g (650–2000). …”
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Uric Acid: A Potential Marker For Predicting Maternal And Fetal Morbidity by Aeman Javed, Umber Arooj Tahir, Hafsa Tauseef, Syeda Luba Hussain, Sana Shaukat Siddiqui

“…The mean age of the study participants was 28.5±08.43 years with a mean gestational age of 29.35±3.08 weeks. Out of a total of 1264 women, 85.1% were normal and 14.9% had preeclampsia. …”
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Association Of Maternal Age And Hemoglobin Level With Apgar Score Of Newborns In A Tertiary Care Hospital Of Suburbs Of Islamabad by Muhammad Hassaan Farooq, Afnan Rizwan, Irfan Afzal Mughal, Syed Haider Raza Rizvi, Amna Faruqi, Asma Irfan

“…Women who suffered stillbirths had babies of unknown gestational age or showed co-morbidities were excluded. …”
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Analysis of Maternal Mortality in the Province of Imbabura in the Period 2017-2021 by Mónica Gabriela Chachalo Sandoval, Camila Dayaneth Mier Báez, Ariana Celeste Castro De la Cruz

“…The main causes of maternal death were: other maternal diseases that complicate pregnancy, any obstetric cause, gestational hypertension and postpartum hemorrhage.<br /><strong>Conclusions</strong>: adequate follow-up during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium is vital to reduce maternal deaths.…”
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Factors Influencing Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: An Eight-Year Study in a Single Tertiary Care Unit in Thailand by Pallapa Moolmai, Prattana Rattanachamnongk, Buranee Yangthara, Punnanee Wutthigate

“…Materials and Methods: This retrospective study included infants with a gestational age (GA) < 32 weeks born between 2013 and 2020. …”
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Viable ectopic pregnancy with hemoperitoneum by Obiozor CG, Obiozor AA

“…The patient was scanned trans-abdominally and findings revealed an empty uterine cavity and a live11 weeks fetus (measured by CRL), The fetus was seen within a gestational sac in the left side of the abdominal cavity floating in a free fluid in keeping with ruptured tubal ectopic pregnancy of 11wks duration. …”
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FREQUENCY OF IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA IN PREGNANCY, AND ITSASSOCIATED MATERNAL AND PERINATAL OUTCOMES by Naila Qamar, Farukh Naheed, Nazish Ali, Nikhat Ahsan, Farah Liaquat, Sadia

“…Low birth weight (LBW), prematurity, stillbirth, Small for gestational age (SGA), and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) were different fetal outcomes. …”
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Association between maternal anthropometry and term newborn weight. Cienfuegos, 2020-2021 by Greta Margarita Arrechea García, Adys Castro Barberena, Georgina Jiménez Estrada, Ivette Gómez Fernández, Ariadna Peréz Morales, Maydelis Gómez Valdivia

“…Maternal variables: age, weight, height, gestational body mass index, overall weight gain, and mean arm circumference; in addition to the weight of the newborn were considered. …”
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Preterm Neonates with Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury and Oxidative Stress by Clarissa Gutiérrez Carvalho, Renato Soibelmann Procianoy, Eurico Camargo Neto, Rita C. Silveira

“…Results. 20 neonates (gestational age 32.2 ± 3 weeks) were evaluated. Median O2 saturation levels pre-MV were not different in both oxygen groups. …”
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Perinatal Outcomes of Pregnant Women with Cardiac Disease at the “Ramón Gonzalez Coro” Gynecologic & Obstetric Teaching Hospital. by Yanara Gutiérrez Aliaga, Ileana Chio Naranjo, Elena Guerra Chang, Viviana de la Caridad Sáez Cantero

“…They included: obstetric complications, mode of delivery, cesarean indication, gestational age at delivery and neonatal complications.…”
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Burden of Comorbidities and Healthcare Resource Utilization Among Medicaid-Enrolled Extremely Premature Infants by Meredith E. Mowitz, Wei Gao, Heather Sipsma, Pete Zuckerman, Hallee Wong, Rajeev Ayyagari, Sujata P. Sarda

“…**Background:** The effect of gestational age (GA) on comorbidity prevalence, healthcare resource utilization (HCRU), and all-cause costs is significant for extremely premature (EP) infants in the United States. …”
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The Effect of Prenatal Invasive Tests on Neonatal Birthweight by Atakan Tanacan, Emine Aydın, Ayşe Nur Çakar, Murat Çağan, Dinçer Göksuluk, Mehmet Sinan Beksaç

“…RESULTS: Matched patient groups were compared in terms of maternal age, gestational week and neonatal birth weight. We have demonstrated that “control” group and “chorionic villus sampling” group babies are statistically significantly heavier than “amniocentesis” group babies (p=0.01). …”
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Expression profile of cannabinoid receptor 2 in ovine ileum during prenatal development by Mehmet Özbek, Hidayet Tutun, Emel Ergün, Feyzullah Beyaz, Levent Ergün

“…<p> <b>Materials and Methods: </b>We used 20 ileal samples from fetal sheep whose gestational ages range from 63 to 147 days. To visualize CB2 expression in ileum, we applied labeled Streptavidin Biotin method to paraffin sections.…”
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COVID-19 and cesarean section rates: A retrospective observational study at our rural tertiary center using robson's classification by Shreya Mor, Shuchi Jain, Poonam Varma Shivkumar, Manish Jain

“…Methodology: Our study was a 6-month retrospective observational study at the Maternal and Child Health Wing where every antenatal woman who was admitted irrespective of gestational age and whether in labor or not was customarily screened for COVID-19 infection. …”
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Diagnostic value of selected fetal echocardiographic parameters in the prenatally suspected bicuspid aortic valve by Min Zheng, Yanping Ruan, Lin Sun, Xiaowei Liu, Jiancheng Han, Yihua He

“…Fetuses with BAV should be followed up prenatally for the aortic valve and ascending aorta as they progressively deteriorate with gestational age.…”
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