The anticipated delivery of an extremely low gestational age infant raises difficult questions for all involved, including whether to initiate resuscitation after delivery. Each institution caring for women at risk of delivering extremely preterm infants should provide comprehensive and consistent guidelines for antenatal counseling. Parents should be provided the most accurate prognosis possib...

Background: Premature rupture of membranes (PROM) is a the before delivery which poses serious threat in form an increased risk cesarean delivery. The greater morbidity and mortality needs to be considered compared vaginal delivery.Objective: This study aims determine relationship between premature by section at Sultan Agung Islamic Hospital, Semarang.Methods: research analytic observational wi...

A female infant was born at 35 weeks’ gestation by spontaneous vaginal delivery, following induction of labor for premature rupture of membranes. The pregnancy was otherwise uncomplicated. The newborn required three minutes of positive pressure ventilation, but transitioned well on room air over the next hour and did not require further treatment in the neonatal intensive care unit. At the time...

The aim of the study was to compare sRAGE and esRAGE plasma levels in pregnant women with (A) threatened premature labor (n = 41), (B) preterm premature rupture of membranes (n = 49), and (C) preterm rupture of membranes at term (n = 48). The relationship between these and classic intrauterine infection markers and the latent time from symptoms up to delivery depending on RAGE's concentration w...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of longstanding juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) on menstrual irregularity and the incidence of premature ovarian failure in women. METHODS Women with longstanding JIA who had abnormal or absent menstrual cycles had their circulating levels of gonadotrophins measured to check for the presence of ovarian failure. Disease demographics and subsets, function, ag...

OBJECTIVES Premature rupture of the membranes (PROM) in pregnancy refers to rupture of membranes of the amniotic sac and chorion. The aim of the study was to review the literature and analyze the course of pregnancy (primipara) complicated by the premature rupture of the membranes, and consequent loss of amniotic fluid after 19 weeks of gestation. STUDY DESIGN A 27-year old primiparous patien...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the potential savings, both in terms of costs and lengths of stay, of one-week increases in gestational age for premature infants. The purpose is to provide population-based data that can be used to assess the potential savings of interventions that delay premature delivery. DATA Cohort data for all births in California in 1998-2000 that linked vital records data with th...

The accumulation of fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs) in meconium of term newborns has been described as one potential biomarker of maternal alcohol use during pregnancy. FAEEs accumulate in multiple alcohol-exposed fetal tissues and in the placenta. Limited research has focused on the identification of the premature newborn exposed to alcohol in utero. We hypothesized that maternal alcohol use o...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the association between subchorionic hematoma and adverse perinatal outcomes. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library. METHODS OF STUDY SELECTION We searched English language publications from January 1981 to August 2010 for cohort and case-control studies evaluating subchorionic hematoma and perinatal outcomes. The primary outcome was pregnancy loss (sp...