Publications by authors named "Ibuki Kondo"

In this retrospective study, we analysed clinical and demographic data from the medical records of 31 pregnant women with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who were treated at our hospital between April 2020 and April 2021. The most common symptom was a fever; ∼10% of patients were asymptomatic. One patient with rapidly worsening pneumonia needed a Caesarean Section at 30 weeks and was admitted for intensive care.

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Aim: To confirm that variations in cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) are indicators of external placental damage, we quantitatively investigated cffDNA alterations in maternal peripheral blood during external cephalic version (ECV).

Methods: We recruited 48 singleton pregnant women who underwent ECV in our hospital. Before and immediately after ECV, we harvested 10 ml of maternal peripheral blood samples for cffDNA analysis.

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