Clinical Anesthesia—Parturition and Perinatology

Arginine Vasopressin and Copeptin in Perinatology

Arginine vasopressin (AVP) plays a major role in the homeostasis of fluid balance, vascular tonus, and the regulation of the endocrine stress response. The measurement of AVP levels is difficult due to its short half-life and laborious method of detection. Copeptin is a more stable peptide derived from the same precursor molecule, is released in an equimolar ratio to AVP, and has a very similar...

Sensor integration for perinatology research

The numbers of high-risk pregnancies and premature births are increasing due to the steadily higher age at which women get pregnant. The long-term quality of life of the neonates and their families depends increasingly critically on the ability to monitor the health status of mother and child accurately, continuously and unobtrusively throughout the perinatal period. Advances in sensor integrat...

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Positron emission tomography in experimental perinatology.

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a new tracer technique by which short-lived radionuclides, such as 11C are used for labeling drugs, amino acids and other compounds. The concentration in the various organs is determined non-invasively after I.V. injection. Positrons, emitted by 11C attract an electron, and the two masses are annihilated by emitting photons. These can be registered by exter...

Editorial: Perinatology in the Era of Big Data and Nanoparticles

Citation: Frasch MG (2015) Editorial: Perinatology in the era of big data and nanoparticles. How do prenatal exposures to various stimuli impact postnatal development for the duration of a person's life? To answer this, the tripartite challenge is biological, medical, and technological. The biological challenge is to understand the plethora of effects causing trajectory shifts. The medical and ...