BACKGROUND Mesenchymal stromal cells are employed in various different clinical settings in order to modulate immune response. However, relatively little is known about the mechanisms responsible for their immunomodulatory effects, which could be influenced by both the cell source and culture conditions. DESIGN AND METHODS We tested the ability of a 5% platelet lysate-supplemented medium to s...

Intrauterine passage of meconium may be due to fetal hypoxia, or it simply indicate a normal gastrointestinal tract maturation. Umbilical cord blood pH is the best available criterion for detecting hypoxia and making appropriate decisions about care after birth. To determine correlation umbilical arterial with stained liquor neonatal outcome. whether mode delivery had any influence on occurrenc...

Umbilical cord blood stem cell transplants are used to treat a variety of oncologic, genetic, hematologic, and immunodeficiency disorders. Physicians have an important role in educating, counseling, and offering umbilical cord blood donation and storage options to patients. Parents may donate their infant's cord blood to a public bank, pay to store it in a private bank, or have it discarded. Th...

Objectives: In multifetal pregnancies abnormalities within the umbilical cord occur much more frequently than in single pregnancy. This may be related to the presence of intra-uterine congestion, which is observed in the case of simultaneous development of a greater number of fetuses. These abnormalities may be responsible, at least in some cases, for high rate of perinatal morbidity and mortal...

Umbilical cord knots occur in 1-2% of all deliveries can lead to increase fetal death and asphyxia. A thorough examination is important discern abnormalities. Although there are not set guidelines for diagnosing managing umbilical knots; reporting with complications will aid decision making better future patient management. We describe one such case a primigravida who was found have an knot.

Recently the use of antibacterial agents to clean and dry the stump of the newborns' umbilical cord (UC) after birth has been abandoned by many neonatal units in favor of dry cord care. Aim of this study was to compare the occurrence of adverse events (AEs) and time to cord separation among newborns treated with dry cord care versus 70% alcohol in an Italian Academic Hospital (AH).From December...

Objective: In this study, we aimed to investigate umbilical cord blood CD33 and erythropoietin (EPO) levels of pregnants with abnormal umbilical and uterine artery doppler waveforms and to compare with normal pregnancies. Materials and Methods: Total 40 pregnant women were included in this study. Of these 40 women, while 20 patients had abnormal umbilical and uterine artery doppler waveforms, t...

Although early exposure to environmental pollutants may have important toxicological consequences, the mechanisms of transplacental transfer of synthetic musks are still not well understood. The objective of the present study was to learn the musk contaminations in three matrices, including maternal blood, umbilical cord blood, and breast milk; and investigate their placental transfer mechanism...