Systematic Review Uncovers Vast Disparities in Preterm Infant Medication Costs
A systematic review of forty-two studies reveals that medication costs for preterm infants vary from under one hundred dollars to ...
Tag: Preterm Birth
Documented Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder Burden Linked to Adverse Perinatal Outcomes
A retrospective cohort study found that a higher burden of documented perinatal mood and anxiety disorders was associated with increased ...
Immune System Digital Twins Identify Drug Combination to Prevent Preterm Birth
Stanford Medicine researchers used AI-driven digital twins of the maternal immune system to identify an aspirin and lansoprazole combination that ...
Vaginal Progesterone Alters Cervical Biomechanics and Hydration in Pregnant Mice
A study in pregnant mice reveals that vaginal progesterone strengthens cervical tissue during cyclic fatigue loading by reducing tissue hydration ...
WHO Study Links Early-Pandemic Infection to Higher Pregnancy Risks
A multi-country WHO cohort study found that SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy was associated with significantly higher risks of adverse maternal ...
Maternal Oxygen Supplementation Stabilizes Cardiovascular Transition at Birth in Preterm Lambs
A study in preterm lambs demonstrates that maternal oxygen supplementation enhances fetal pulmonary blood flow and prevents carotid blood pressure ...
Fetal Adrenal Gland Biometry Accurately Predicts Spontaneous Preterm Birth Risk
A systematic review indicates that fetal adrenal gland measurements, especially corrected adrenal gland volume, offer high diagnostic performance for predicting ...
Rural life, big families and preterm birth linked to developmental delay in Ethiopian children under three
A case-control study in Ethiopia identifies rural residence, large family size, preterm birth, recent illness and obstetric complications as factors ...
Cervical Length and Dilation at Cerclage Track Pregnancy Duration in Ten-Year Cohort
A ten-year retrospective cohort of 66 cerclage patients found that cervical length and dilation at the time of the procedure ...
Botswana Trial to Test Whether Screening for Chlamydia Can Prevent Preterm Birth
A new protocol details the HERA randomized controlled trial, which will enrol 2,000 pregnant women in Botswana to test whether ...
Placental Bacteria Found in Over 40% of Preterm Births at Ugandan Hospital
A cross-sectional study of 383 women at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda found aerobic bacterial culture positivity in placental ...
Exploratory model links vaginal microbiota and metabolites to preterm birth risk
An exploratory second-trimester model combining vaginal microbiota sequencing and metabolomics showed internally validated discrimination for preterm birth risk.
Machine Learning Flags Preterm Birth Risk Across Eleven African Countries
A machine learning study of 411,863 women across eleven Sub-Saharan African countries achieved 90.2 percent accuracy in predicting preterm birth ...
Quantitative Ultrasound Cervix Measurements Show Moderate Reliability in Pregnancy Study
A prospective study of 81 pregnant women found that averaged quantitative ultrasound measurements of cervical attenuation coefficient and LF midband ...
One in Five Surviving Twins Suffers Severe Brain Injury After Their Twin Dies in the Womb
An international cohort of 395 monochorionic twin pregnancies found severe brain injury in 18 percent of surviving cotwins after a ...
Gut Dysbiosis Signatures Found in Five Newborns With Complex Surgical and Urological Conditions
A case series of five newborns with complex surgical, gastrointestinal, and urological conditions found reduced beneficial gut bacteria and overgrowth ...
Simple Four-Point Score Predicts Preterm Birth Risk at Hospital Admission
A retrospective Chinese cohort study validated a four-variable admission score that stratified vaginal deliveries into low, moderate and high preterm ...
Iron Deficiency in Pregnancy May Disrupt Infant Microbiome Inheritance, Review Proposes
A narrative review proposes that maternal iron deficiency may alter maternal microbial inputs to the infant and that preterm birth ...
Ultrasound radiomics model shows promise for predicting spontaneous preterm birth
A nested case-control study of 272 pregnancies found that a combined ultrasound radiomics and clinical model predicted spontaneous preterm birth ...
No single short 16S region matches full-length vaginal microbiota sequencing
A benchmarking study found no single short 16S rRNA region consistently matched full-length sequencing of the vaginal microbiota during pregnancy.
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