Outcomes of pregnancies with preterm premature rupture of membranes occurring before 24 weeks of gestation: An 11-year observational study.

Objective: This study describes the fetal and neonatal outcomes and their predictive factors in pregnancies with preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) before 24 weeks of gestation.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted using the patient database of a tertiary university hospital in Lyon, France. All of the medical data of women diagnosed with PPROM before 24 weeks of gestation from 2008 to 2018 were extracted.

Limited resources restrict the provision of adequate neonatal respiratory care in the countries of Africa.

Aim: Over two thirds of newborn deaths occur in Africa and South Asia, and respiratory failure is a major contributor of these deaths. The exact availability of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and surfactant in Africa is unknown. The aim of this study was to describe the availability of newborn respiratory care treatments in the countries of Africa.

[Maternal use of non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs and closure of the ductus arteriosus].

We report a case of intrauterine premature closure of the ductus arteriosus diagnosed in an anasarca fetus associated with major heart failure following mother's ingestion of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID). Second trimester obstetric ultrasound allowed detection of an asymmetry of the cardiac chambers. Caesarean section was perfomed at 30 weeks of pregnancy to remove anasarca fetus with major heart failure due to prenatal closure of the ductus arteriosus.

[Gastroesophageal reflux in premature: a case report].

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common problem in neonatology. Various physiological protective reflex responses provide a plausible biological link between gastro-esophageal reflux and apnea and bradycardia in premature. It is uncertain whether or not there is a causal relationship between the two diseases.