Background: Both infectious and noninfectious causes of maternal fever have been linked to adverse neonatal outcomes including low Apg0ar scores, respiratory distress, hypotonia, and neonatal seizures. Even in the absence of infection, the occurrence of intrapartum fever is a strong risk factor for poor long-term neonatal developmental outcomes, including encephalopathy, cerebral palsy, and neonatal death.
Objective: The primary objective of this study was to compare intrapartum and postpartum maternal and fetal umbilical cord serum levels of cytokines RANTES, interferon-ɣ, interleukin-1β, interleukin-2, interleukin-4, interleukin-6, interleukin-8, interleukin-10, interleukin-13, and tumor necrosis factor-α among nonfebrile patients, febrile patients without clinical chorioamnionitis, and febrile patient with clinical chorioamnionitis.
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med
December 2022
Background: The primary objective was to identify predictive risk factors of preterm delivery following blunt abdominal trauma. The secondary objective was to identify risk factors of other adverse outcomes, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) admission, placental abruption, fetal demise, and Cesarean Delivery (CD).
Methods: This retrospective study included pregnant patients with gestational age (GA) ≥23 weeks who presented after blunt abdominal trauma to Richmond University Medical Center from October 2015 to January 2020.
INTRODUCTION Type 1 diabetes in the mother is associated with high risk of adverse neonatal outcomes. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to identify maternal factors associated with low arterial pH values (pH <7.10) in infants of mothers with type 1 diabetes.
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