Impact of Xenon on CLIC4 and Bcl-2 Expression in Lipopolysaccharide and Hypoxia-Ischemia-Induced Periventricular White Matter Damage.

Background: Premature birth is a significant health care burden. Xenon (Xe) is a general anesthetic with neuroprotective effects.

Objectives: Here, we investigate the neuroprotective role of Xe in a lipopolysaccharide (LPS)- and hypoxia-ischemia (HI)-induced white matter damage (WMD) model.

Bax inhibiting peptide reduces apoptosis in neonatal rat hypoxic-ischemic brain damage.

Neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) has been reported to induce apoptosis in neonates. We, therefore, analyzed the ability of Bax-inhibiting peptide (BIP) to provide neuroprotective effects during hypoxic-ischemic brain damage (HIBD). Seven-day-old wistar rat pups (n = 198) were randomly divided into a sham-operated group (Group S, n = 18), saline group (Group C, n = 90) and BIP group (Group B, n = 90).

[Mode of delivery on urinary incontinence].

Objective: To evaluate the association of route of delivery in primiparae with prevalence of urinary incontinence.

Methods: One thousand primiparae who had birth deliveries from March 2001 to March 2002 in our hospital were telephone interviewed through a questionnaire about symptoms of urinary incontinence before and during pregnancy, and after delivery. Totally 548 women answered the questionnaire based on International Consultant on Incontinence completely.