Premature Birth
Maternal socioeconomic factors and the risk of premature birth and low birth weight in Cyprus: a case–control study
... This study benefited largely by including data from consecutive births in Cyprus, accurate assessment of study outcomes, a very high response rate and a ques- tionnaire that captured responses on a wide array of ...
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Using new satellite based exposure methods to study the association between pregnancy pm2.5 exposure, premature birth and birth weight in Massachusetts
... Background: Adverse birth outcomes such as low birth weight and premature birth have been previously linked with exposure to ambient air pollution. Most studies relied on a limited number of ...
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Abstract Background Infants with low birth weight and premature birth are infants who are most at risk of dying
... The results showed that there was no relationship between parity and the incidence of preterm birth. The results of this study are in line with the review of Ariana et al. (2013) which states that there is no ...
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Diverging effects of premature birth and bronchopulmonary dysplasia on exercise capacity and physical activity – a case control study
... and premature birth on ex- ercise capacity and physical activity, general linear models were ...height, premature birth (yes/no) and status of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (yes/no) were entered ...
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Helping Parents Cope With the Trauma of Premature Birth: An Evaluation of a Trauma-Preventive Psychological Intervention
... The crisis intervention program, which took place in a 12-bed level III NICU, was evaluated in a sequential control group de- sign; this design was chosen for ethical reasons. In the critical situation after the ...
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Reduced cholinergic basal forebrain integrity links neonatal complications and adult cognitive deficits after premature birth
... in premature-born ...high-risk premature birth, as defined by VP and/or VLBW ...after birth without specifying the exact nature of these complications or their underlying ...
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Prospective organisation of neonatal arm movements : a motor foundation of embodied agency, disrupted in premature birth
... at birth 40 weeks 2 days, SD ...severe premature birth and low birthweight (“premie”, born < 29 weeks gestational age typically with body mass < 1200 grams, three female and five male), and ...
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Prevention of Premature Birth: Do Pediatricians Have a Role?
... 2. Involve existing public and private agencies with interests in adolescent health, reproductive health, prevention of disabilities, cost containment of health care, education and parent-teacher advo- cacy. Seek ...
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Increased risk of pulmonary hypertension following premature birth
... (premature birth, acute pulmonary disease, BPD, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, CHD, chronic pulmonary disease, gender, first born status, chromosomal abnormalities, large for gesta- tional age, persisting ...
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Association between vitamin D plasma concentrations and VDR gene variants and the risk of premature birth
... had birth weights of less than 1500 g were included in the case group, and the control group contained new- borns that had gestated for 37 to 41 6/7 ...of birth weight and gestational age was in accordance ...
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Use of cervicovaginal PAMG 1 protein as a predictor of delivery within seven days in pregnancies at risk of premature birth
... Upon initial evaluation, a detailed history and a sterile speculum exam followed by a digital exam, cervical length measurement with transvaginal ultrasound, ob- stetrical ultrasound and external cardiotocography were ...
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Design and Assessment of a Robust and Generalizable ANN-Based Classifier for the Prediction of Premature Birth by means of Multichannel Electrohysterographic Records
... preterm birth prediction using single-channel and multichannel EHG information, as well as uterine contractile e ffi ciency indexes, has also been com- pared for the fi rst ...
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A systematic review of concepts related to women’s empowerment in the perinatal period and their associations with perinatal depressive symptoms and premature birth
... All 11 studies on PTB and LBW were intervention stud- ies and all used the CP intervention (Table 3). Of these, one was a prospective cohort study [33], two were ran- domized controlled trials [34, 35], and eight were ...
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Late Gestation Cerebellar Growth Is Rapid and Impeded by Premature Birth
... including birth weight, gestational age, Apgar score, gender, singleton versus multiple birth, length of intuba- tion, need for high-frequency ventilation, presence of a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), and ...
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Premature birth and circadian preference in young adulthood : evidence from two birth cohorts
... preterm birth, we restricted the study to preterm adults (n = 175, of whom 166 were hospitalized as described above), and corresponding term-born (≥37 weeks) adults from the control group (n = 314), a sum of 489 ...
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ADJUSTMENT OF ELECTROLYTES AND WATER FOLLOWING PREMATURE BIRTH (With Special Reference to Edema)
... It is of interest to note from Table IV that Infant 8 showed the large N loss and high blood urea consistent with his clinical edema, whereas a small loss of Na (and retention after feed[r] ...
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Lung fluid balance in lambs before and after premature birth
... after birth and received a constant intravenous infusion of glucose- saline solution at an hourly rate of 10 ...after birth, and there was little or no pleural liquid ...
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Factors Affecting the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Stay Duration in Very Low Birth Weight Premature Infants
... low birth weight (VLBW) premature infants requires urgent intensive care, professional nursing and medical ...of premature birth and to eliminate or relieve the ...low birth weight ...
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Parental self-support:A study of parents' confront strategy when giving birth to premature infants
... The results of this study showed that mentioned strategies are solutions which parents use to manage their stress and nega- tive feelings and using them may cause some changes in their feelings, attitudes and behaviors. ...
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Cost of care and social consequences of very low birth weight infants without premature- related morbidities in Italy
... low birth weight infants (VLBWIs) [1], with a birth weight under 1500 g (401 ≤ birth weight ≤ 1500) or a gestational age (GA) under 30 weeks (22 ≤ GAweeks ...preterm birth is still as- ...
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