Reference curves for the normal fetal small bowel and colon diameters; their usefulness in fetuses with suspected dilated bowel.

To establish reference curves of normal fetal small bowel and colon diameters and to assess the clinical applicability. Serial longitudinal ultrasound examinations at 4-week intervals between 20 to 41 weeks of gestation in 39 low-risk fetuses. The largest loop of the small bowel and colon was identified.

Functional outcome at school age of children born with gastroschisis.

Objective: We aimed to determine motor, cognitive and behavioural outcomes of school aged children born with gastroschisis compared to matched controls.

Study Design: We compared outcomes of 16 children born with gastroschisis treated at the University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands, between 1999 and 2006 with 32 controls matched for gender, gestational age, birth weight, and corrected for small for gestational age (SGA) and parental socioeconomic status (SES). Intelligence, auditory-verbal memory, attention, response inhibition, visual perception, motor skills, visuomotor integration, problem behaviour and executive functioning were evaluated.

Outcome of isolated gastroschisis; an international study, systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: To determine outcome of children born with isolated gastroschisis (no extra-gastrointestinal congenital abnormalities).

Study Design: International cohort study and meta-analysis.

Primary Outcome: time to full enteral feeding (TFEF); secondary outcomes: Duration of mechanical ventilation, length of stay (LOS), mortality and differences in outcome between simple and complex gastroschisis (complex; born with bowel atresia, volvulus, perforation or necrosis).