INTRODUCTION Until now, studies on paracetamol given intravenously have mainly been performed with the pro-drug propacetamol or with paracetamol in preterm babies above 32 weeks of gestation. Studies in these babies indicate that intravenous paracetamol is tolerated well, however studies on the efficacy of intravenous paracetamol are lacking. There are no pharmacokinetic data on the administrat...

1. This study was designed to examine the changes in kidney morphometry during gestation in fetuses that were either appropriate or small for gestational age and the relationship between umbilical vein plasma active renin and kidney morphometry. 2. Serial ultrasound measurements of various morphometric and renal indices were performed in a cohort of 87 singleton fetuses from 22 to 38 weeks gest...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of gestational age, particularly late preterm birth (34-36 weeks gestation) and early term birth (37-38 weeks gestation) on school performance at age 7 years. DESIGN Population-based prospective UK Millennium Cohort Study, consisting of linked educational data on 6031 children. METHODS School performance was investigated using the statutory Key Stage 1 (K...

BACKGROUND Term birth is a gestational age from 259 days to 293 days. However trends in mortality according to gestational ages in days have not yet been described in this time period. METHODS AND FINDINGS Based on nation-wide registries, we conducted a population-based cohort study among all children born at term in Denmark from 1997 to 2004 to estimate differences in mortality across gestat...

OBJECTIVE The present study was undertaken to determine perinatal and maternal outcomes in severe preeclamptic women between 24-33-week gestation and compare the outcomes between expectant and aggressive management. MATERIAL AND METHOD A retrospective descriptive study of 99 women with severe preeclampsia between 24-33(+6)-week gestation who delivered at the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospit...

OBJECTIVE "Reference ranges" are developed when it is impossible or inappropriate to establish "normal ranges" by drawing blood on healthy normal volunteers. Reference ranges for the hematocrit and the blood hemoglobin concentration of newborn infants have previously been reported from relatively small sample sizes by using measurement methods that now are considered outmoded. METHODS We soug...

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of feed restriction during pregnancy on reproductive performance of rabbit does and growth performance and meat quality of their offspring. A total of 26 primiparous non lactating does were equally divided into two treatment groups: the control group (C, n=13) that was fed ad libitum throughout gestation and the feed restricted group (...

This paper analyses the effects of maternal school starting age and age-at-birth on children’s short long-term outcomes using Finnish register data. We exploit a school-starting-age rule for identification. Mothers who are born after entry cut-off give birth at higher age, but total fertility earnings unaffected. Being reduces gestation and, hence, child weight. The weight rather small, howev...

This study examines prenatal-to-postnatal stability in heart rate and variability from mid-gestation through the first year of life. Fetal heart rate data were collected from 52 healthy fetuses at 24, 30, and 36 weeks gestation, and again at 2 weeks and 12 months of age. Fetal heart rate measures were stable during gestation and positively associated with neonatal and infant measures. Maternal ...

BACKGROUND Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) activity is higher in term neonates than in adults. Some studies have suggested that activity may be even higher in preterm infants. OBJECTIVES To determine if G6PD activity is higher in preterm than term neonates, and whether higher activity would interfere with diagnosis of G6PD deficiency in premature infants. METHODS G6PD activity was ...