» Optimal Gestational Weight Gain—Reply
17/09/19 00:00 from JAMA Current Issue
In Reply Dr Bodnar and colleagues question the use of a composite outcome based on equally weighted outcomes in our study on the associations of gestational weight gain with adverse maternal and infant outcomes because the individual out...

» Optimal Gestational Weight Gain
17/09/19 00:00 from JAMA Current Issue
To the Editor The LifeCycle Project-Maternal Obesity and Childhood Outcomes Study Group compiled 196 670 participant records from 25 cohorts to estimate optimal pregnancy weight gain ranges. We are concerned that the methods used to esta...

» Epidemiology of group B streptococcal infection in pregnant women and diseased infants in mainland China
21/08/19 00:00 from Pediatrics & Neonatology
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a leading cause of neonatal sepsis and an important cause of maternal disease in many countries; however, no accurate population-based epidemiological data on GBS is yet available in mainland China. In this...

» New insights into fetal pain
31/05/19 00:00 from Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Fetal pain is difficult to assess, because the main feature needed to spot pain, is the subject's capability of declaring it. Nonetheless, much can be affirmed about this issue. In this review we first report the epochs of the developmen...

» Impact of maternal intrapartum antibiotics on the initial oral microbiome of neonates
02/05/19 00:00 from Pediatrics & Neonatology
Prior studies have proposed that maternal intrapartum antibiotic exposure shapes the gut microbiota and, subsequently the child's health. However, the effect of maternal intrapartum antibiotic exposure and its influence on the developmen...

» Secular trends of birthweight in boys from 1950 to 2010
23/02/19 00:00 from Pediatrics & Neonatology
Birthweight is an indicator of fetal development and intrauterine conditions and is associated with future health outcomes. Secular birthweight trends prior to the 1970s are mostly unknown. Our aim was to explore secular birthweight tren...

» Maternal HBeAg positivity and viremia associated with umbilical cord blood hepatitis B viremia
22/01/19 00:00 from Pediatrics & Neonatology
Hepatitis B (HBV) transmission may result from in utero transmission. We aimed to determine the correlation between maternal serum and umbilical cord blood HBV DNA levels in infants delivered by chronic HBV-infected mothers and to descri...

» DNA methylation of the Rtl1 promoter in the placentas with fetal growth restriction
21/01/19 00:00 from Pediatrics & Neonatology
Small for gestational age (SGA) babies experience fetal growth restriction because of placental insufficiency, and aberrant fetal growth has been linked to DNA methylation in the placenta. An imprinted gene encoding retrotransposon-like ...

» Different degrees of maternal Ureaplasma colonization and its correlation with bronchopulmonary dysplasia in <32 weeks' preterm infants
14/12/18 00:00 from Pediatrics & Neonatology
Ureaplasma spp. is a known risk factor for bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). However, little is known about the effect of different degrees of maternal Ureaplasma colonization and their adverse outcomes. Hence, the aim of this study was ...

» Intrauterine volvulus that had been misunderstood as an antenatal mesenteric cyst
29/11/18 00:00 from Pediatrics & Neonatology
A 29-year-old mother gave birth to a full-term boy. He was hospitalized in our clinic due to suckling difficulty, bilious vomiting, and a mesenteric cyst diagnosed via antenatal ultrasonography at the 12th week of intrauterine life. In t...

» Maternal High-Fat Diet Modifies the Immature Hippocampus Vulnerability to Perinatal Asphyxia in Rats
22/08/18 10:24 from NEO : Last 10 articles
Background: High-fat diet (HFD) is a detrimental habit with harmful systemic consequences, including low-grade, long-lasting inflammation. During pregnancy, HFD can induce developmental changes. Moreover, HFD-related maternal obesity mig...