In this article results of first Russian study on premature infants body composition in association with trend of their physical development within the first month and according to way of feeding. 30 preterm newborns without signs of intrauterine hypotrophy at birth with gestational age less than 35 month were examined by air body plethysmography. The infants were examined reaching term correct...

BACKGROUND Preterm birth (PTB) is a major cause of infant morbidity and mortality, but the relationship between comorbidity and PTB by clinical subtype and severity of gestational age remains poorly understood. We evaluated associations between maternal comorbidities and PTB by clinical subtype and gestational age. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 1,329,737 singleton birth...

The aim of the study was to find out the neonatal outcome of infants born with history of preterm premature rupture of membrane (PPROM) and to compare with infants born without history of PPROM. It was a retrospective study that included 187 preterm newborn with history of PPROM admitted in neonatal intensive care unit of the third affiliated hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2008 t...

BACKGROUND There is an association between periodontal diseases and preterm delivery. AIM To assess the relationship between periodontal diseases, ascending bacterial infection and placental pathology with preterm delivery. PATIENTS AND METHODS A periodontal examination and collection of amniotic fluid and subgingival plaque samples were performed in women with preterm labor with intact mem...

INTRODUCTION Patients with threatened miscarriage associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes because of associated pregnancy and labor complications. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effect of threatened miscarriage on early and late pregnancy outcome. METHODS A retrospective case-controlled study was performed on 89 women with threatened miscarriage (study group) at Maternity and Children Hospit...

AIMS Our aim is to investigate, in 13 cases (delivering preterm) and 21 matched (for age, parity, and gestational age) controls (delivering at term), whether midtrimester amniotic fluid concentrations of elastase, secretory leukocyte proteinase inhibitor (SLPI), soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1, and soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule predict asymptomatic intra-amniotic inflammatio...

OBJECTIVE To compare inflammatory mediators in the cord blood of premature newborn infants with premature rupture of membranes (PROM) and intact membranes. METHODS Eighty-nine premature neonates with gestational age of 27-34 weeks that delivered in Ghaem Hospital in Mashhad, Iran from June 2005 to March 2006 were enrolled in a prospective observational study, and their umbilical cord plasma w...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess the correlation between antenatal corticosteroids and peri-intraventricular haemorrhage (PIVH) using transfontanelle ultrasonography, as well as to evaluate the risk factors for its incidence. METHODS We performed a retrospective cohort study using medical records of preterm newborns. The protocol for maternal corticoid administration for fo...

The problem Unfortunately there are too many examples in obstetrics of very important conditions for which there is no consensus of professional opinion about definition, diagnosis, risks, and above all, management. Preterm prelabour rupture of the membranes (PPROM) is such a case. The best, most widely used, and simplest definition of PPROM is membrane rupture occurring before the onset of reg...