Publications by authors named "Juan Francisco Castro-Hernandez"
Introduction: Mortality rates in preterm births and stillbirth are high.
Objective: To identify maternal risk factors relating to stillbirth in preterm infants.
Material And Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional, analytic study of 1,022 newborns between 20 and 36 weeks of gestation, from September 2004 to August 2005.
Background: The relation between asymptomatic bacteriuria and spontaneous preterm birth is a controversial topic.
Objective: To determine the association between asymptomatic bacteriuria and spontaneous preterm birth.
Material And Method: Case-control study in 92 preterm pregnancies and 92 term pregnancies at the Hospital Civil de Guadalajara Dr.
Objective: To determine prevalence and maternal risk factors associated with preauricular tags.
Material And Method: A case-control study of 254 newborns with isolated preauricular tags not considered part of a syndrome and their controls, and who were delivered at the Hospital Civil de Guadalajara Dr. Juan I.
Objective: To assess the risk of dislypidemia associated with obesity in children and adolescents.
Material And Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted with 62 obese children (BMI > 95 centile and tricipital skinfold thickness > 90 centile) and 70 non-obese children (BMI 5-85 centile) ages 5-15 years, without chronic diseases. Subjects' characteristics and family background of chronic diseases were collected and a lipid profile was determined.
Objective: To identify the sociodemographics, obstetrical and perinatology factors of risk most frequently associated to fetal death in greater pregnancies of 27 weeks.
Patients And Methods: From January 2001 to May 2005, in the Hospital Civil de Guadalajara Dr Juan I. Menchaca, we carried out a study of cases and controls with 450 cases of fetal death of more than 27 weeks of gestation and 450 newborn alive whose birth happened immediately later.