Diagnostic utility of biomarkers for neonatal sepsis--a systematic review.

Neonatal sepsis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Early diagnosis and treatment of the neonate with suspected sepsis are essential to prevent life-threatening complications. Diagnosis of neonatal sepsis is a challenge due to non-specific clinical signs and the fact that infection markers are difficult to interpret in the first and critical phase of neonatal sepsis.

[Foetal brain damage may follow gastric bypass surgery].

Bariatric surgery is performed on an increasing number of women of childbearing age. During pregnancy they have reduced risk of obesity-related complications but increased risk of bariatric surgery-related complications, including internal hernias. We present a case in which a pregnant woman required acute surgery for internal herniation and later gave birth to a child with cerebral palsy.

In vitro fertilization and preterm delivery, low birth weight, and admission to the neonatal intensive care unit: a prospective follow-up study.

Objective: To compare the risk of preterm delivery, low birth weight, and admission of the newborn to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in women pregnant after fertility treatment and subfertile women with the risk in fertile women.

Design: Prospective follow-up study.

Setting: Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark, 1989-2006.

IVF and stillbirth: a prospective follow-up study.

Background: Previous studies have indicated that the risk of stillbirth is increased in singleton pregnancies achieved after assisted reproduction technology (ART). However, no previous study fully accounted for factors with potential influence on the risk of stillbirth. Further, whether fertility treatment, the possible reproductive pathology of the infertile couples or other characteristics related to being subfertile may explain a possible association with stillbirth remains unclear.

Coffee consumption during pregnancy and the risk of hyperkinetic disorder and ADHD: a prospective cohort study.

Aim: Based on hypotheses from experimental studies, we studied the association between intrauterine exposure to coffee and the risk of clinically verified hyperkinetic disorder and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Methods: A cohort study with prospectively collected data from the Aarhus Birth Cohort, Denmark. We included 24 068 singletons delivered between 1990 and 1998.