BACKGROUND Preterm birth and other pregnancy complications have been linked to maternal stress during pregnancy. We investigated the association between maternal exposure to severe life events and risk of preterm birth. METHODS Mothers of all singleton live births (n = 1.35 million births) in Denmark between 1 January 1979 and 31 December 2002 were linked to data on their children, parents, s...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the extent of lipid peroxidation and the response of the enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant defence system in erythrocytes from full-term and premature infants at birth, after 3 and after 72 h of life. STUDY DESIGN Twenty infants were selected and divided in two groups according to their gestational age. Blood samples were taken at birth, a...

UNLABELLED This study is to investigate the characteristics of premature infants' general movements (GMs) and the effect of early intervention on their GMs. METHODS The survey was carried among 285 premature infants. (1) Before intervention, the correlation between the gestational age/ birth weight and the GMs was evaluated. (2) The cases were divided into early intervention group (n=145) and...

BACKGROUND Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a vascular retinal disease that can cause low vision or blindness and affects premature newborns of very low birth weight. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence and risk factors for ROP among very premature infants in Mashhad located northeast of Iran. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study performed be...

Introduction: Newborns with extreme prematurity are considered those who have a birth weight under 1000 grams. Morpho-functional plurivisceral imaturity lead to particular diseases, through frequency and gravity. Objectives: The authors aim to study a lot of newborns with extremely low birth weight and to determine the major complications specific for this category. Material and method: the stu...

BACKGROUND Stillbirths are insufficiently reported in many countries. In Nablus, reporting has recently started; little is published in Palestine on the stillbirth rate and its risk factors. OBJECTIVE To study the rate of stillbirths at Rafidia Hospital in 2010 and some of its risk factors. DESIGN A retrospective cohort design. METHODS Data were collected from the delivery registry for al...

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) affects over 15,000 infant births per year in the United States and is one of major causes mortality preterm infants. BPD most common long-term adverse effects from premature birth. Unlike ..

abstract background: in recent years, there has been a rise in the number of premature births. mothers of these newborns experience a high degree of stress over time. since a more comprehensive understanding of this phenomenon can help the healthcare teams in detecting the deficiencies and needs of such newborns’ mothers for a better and more effective intervention, the present study was carrie...

Premature infants < 32 weeks’ gestation often require resuscitation during fetal to neonatal transition, which includes administration of supplemental oxygen. Hyperoxia is one of the important generators of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and excess ROS is kept in check by antioxidant defense mechanisms. Premature infants have reduced antioxidant defense mechanisms at birth and hence are at risk ...

BACKGROUND The nutrition and epidemiologic transition has been associated with an increasing incidence of preterm birth in developing countries, but data from large observational studies in China have been limited. Our study was to describe the trends and factors associated with the incidence of preterm birth and infant mortality due to prematurity in Hubei Province, China. METHODS We conduct...