Publications by authors named "Anita C Windhorst"
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- Population-based studies show conflicting data on preterm birth rates during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting a need for better understanding of birth characteristics.
- This study compared perinatal care and very preterm birth rates before and during different phases of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hesse, Germany, using data from a quality assurance registry.
- Findings indicated that very preterm birth rates decreased during the pandemic, especially during the second lockdown, with fewer births among mothers with serious health issues contributing to this decline.
Introduction: Establishing peripheral vein access is challenging for pediatric residents and a painful procedure for neonates. We assessed the efficacy of a red light-emitting diode transilluminator during peripheral vein catheter insertion performed by pediatric residents.
Methods: Patients were stratified by current weight (≤1,500 g, >1,500 g) and randomized to the transillumination or the control group.
Introduction: Inflammation is a key driver of morbidity in the vulnerable preterm infant exposed to pre- and postnatal hazards and significantly contributes to chronic lung disease, bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). However, the early changes in innate immunity associated with BPD development are incompletely understood.
Methods: In very immature preterm infants below 32 weeks gestational age (GA; n=30 infants), monocyte subtypes were identified by Flow Cytometry at birth and throughout the postnatal course including intracellular TNF expression upon LPS stimulation.
Genetic, epigenetic, and environmental factors contribute to the multifactorial disorder progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). Here, we study epigenetic changes by genome-wide analysis of DNA from postmortem tissue of forebrains of patients and controls and detect significant (P < 0.05) methylation differences at 717 CpG sites in PSP vs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFListeria monocytogenes is a bacterial pathogen and causative agent for the foodborne infection listeriosis, which is mainly a threat for pregnant, elderly, or immunocompromised individuals. Due to its ability to invade and colonize diverse eukaryotic cell types including cells from invertebrates, L. monocytogenes has become a well-established model organism for intracellular growth.
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