A Machine Learning Approach for Detecting Cognitive Interference Based on Eye-Tracking Data.

The Stroop test evaluates the ability to inhibit cognitive interference. This interference occurs when the processing of one stimulus characteristic affects the simultaneous processing of another attribute of the same stimulus. Eye movements are an indicator of the individual attention load required for inhibiting cognitive interference.

Elevated maternal placental protein 13 serum levels at term of pregnancy in postpartum major hemorrhage (>1000 mLs). A prospective cohort study.

Problem: To compare placental protein 13 (PP13) levels in the serum of women with primary postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) with a control population.

Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted between May 2014 and May 2016 and included 435 pregnant women at term (38 weeks gestation) without any known risk factor and with normal labor. Multiples of median (MoM) were used to evaluate differences of the PP13 values between cases and controls.

Antiphospholipid antibody profile based obstetric outcomes of primary antiphospholipid syndrome: the PREGNANTS study.

Background: Antiphospholipid syndrome is an autoimmune, hypercoagulable state that is caused by antiphospholipid antibodies. Anticardiolipin antibodies, anti-β2 glycoprotein-I, and lupus anticoagulant are the main autoantibodies found in antiphospholipid syndrome. Despite the amassed body of clinical knowledge, the risk of obstetric complications that are associated with specific antibody profile has not been well-established.

Cell-Free Fetal DNA for the Prediction of Pre-Eclampsia at the First and Second Trimesters: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Objective: A systematic review and pooled analysis was carried out to estimate whether the increase in the quantity of cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) before the onset of pre-eclampsia (PE) can predict the disease using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

Method: A comprehensive literature search of the PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Knowledge databases was conducted to identify relevant studies that included evaluated cffDNA levels in pregnant women before the clinical onset of PE. A simulation model was generated to calculate the detection rate (DR) of cffDNA for PE, and a random variable was generated using the same number of cases and same statistical measurements of central tendency and dispersion as those reported in the papers considered for the analysis.

A First-Trimester Biomarker Panel for Predicting the Development of Gestational Diabetes.

Objective: Serum markers measured early in pregnancy have been associated with the later diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). This study aims to explore the performance of a panel of first-trimester biochemical markers for the prediction of GDM.

Methods: A case-control study was performed that included 12 women who developed GDM and 60 controls matched for maternal and gestational age at blood collection.

Fetal cerebellar damage in fetuses with severe anemia undergoing intrauterine transfusions.

Objective: To evaluate radiologic findings and outcomes of cerebellar injuries in fetuses with severe anemia due to RhD alloimmunization undergoing intrauterine transfusions.

Methods: Imaging of multiplanar neurosonography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were reviewed. Pregnancy outcomes were recorded.

Vaginal delivery rate in post-term pregnancies with one versus more than one dinoprostone gel administrations: an observational study.

Aim: The study aims to calculate the probability of a successful vaginal delivery in post-term low-risk women by using a set of predictors (maternal, fetal, and ultrasonographic) according to the number of dinoprostone gel applications.

Methods: This was an observational study of a cohort of 174 low-risk post-term singleton pregnancies. Parity, cervical status and length, and amniotic fluid volume (AFI) were evaluated immediately before prostaglandin gel induction at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy between January 2010 and October 2011.