BACKGROUND Different therapeutic approaches have been used in fetal-neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, but many centers administer immunoglobulin G infusions to the pregnant woman. We studied the effect of maternal antenatal immunoglobulin infusions on fetal platelet counts in pregnancies with fetal alloimmune thrombocytopenia. DESIGN AND METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the clinical co...

Complete List of Authors: Dello Russo, Claudio; Altamedica, Fetal-Maternal Medical Centre, Human Genetics padula, francesco; Altamedica, Fetal-Maternal Medical Centre, Prenatal Diagnosis Di Giacomo, Gianluca; Altamedica, Fetal-Maternal Medical Centre, Human Genetics Mesoraca, Alvaro; Altamedica, Fetal-Maternal Medical Centre, Human Genetics Gabrielli, Ivan; Altamedica, Fetal-Maternal Medical Ce...

Fetal well-being was estimated by the enlargement of maternal abdomen, palpation of fetus on the abdomen, maternal perception of fetal kicking, and listening to fetal heart sound with obstetric stethoscope, in old age. Antique diagnosis of fetal life was fetal QRS found on limb lead electrocardiogram (ECG) studied by Cremer, which was progressed to fetal ECG amplifier composed of vacuum tube re...

Word Count: 239 Since the 1980s, attempts at experimental fetal cardiac bypass for the purpose of correcting severe congenital heart defects in the womb have been hampered by deterioration of placental function. This placental pathophysiology in turn affects transplacental transport of nutrients and gas exchange. To date, the effects of bypass on fetal metabolism and oxygen delivery have not be...

=AbstractZFetal descending thoracic aorta blood flow velocity waveforms were measured in 63 pregnancies. They were either delivered by elective CIS before labor (56 patients) or suffered an antefartum fetal death (7 patients). There was a significant correlation between the aorta waveforms and the cord arterial pH. A cord arterial pH less than 7.20 or an intrauterine fetal death were used as ou...

many investigators have used xenogeneic, especially murine stromal cells and fetal calf serum to maintain and expand human stem cells. the proliferation and expansion of human hematopoietic stem cells in ex vivo culture were examined with the goal of generating a suitable protocol for expanding hematopoietic stem cells for patient transplantation. using primary fetal liver cells, we established...

background: to study the outcome of cases with nuchal translucency (nt) ≥ 95th centile in the first trimester of pregnancy. methods: this cross sectional study was performed at iranian fetal medicine foundation (fmf) between january 2009 and december 2011. totally, 186 cases with nt≥ 95th centile who attended for the first trimester screening were studied. all cases with increased nt including ...

Fetal growth disturbances include fetuses at risk for intrauterine growth restriction. These fetuses may have an estimated fetal weight at less than the 10% or demonstrate a plateau of fetal growth with an estimated fetal growth greater than the 10%. Uteroplacental insufficiency may play a major role in the etiology of intrauterine growth restriction. Fetuses at risk for intrauterine fetal grow...

Fetal rhabdomyomas (RM) are extremely rare benign mesenchymal tumours that occur primarily in the head and neck.This tumour exhibits immature skeletal muscle differentiation. The patients’ median age is four years and surgical resectionis the recommended treatment.Fetal RM of limbs are rare and not well described in the literature and if, predominantly in form of case reports. We reportthe seco...