We describe a pattern of connatal postural deformities observed in approximately 0.6% of otherwise healthy, mature newborn infants. It comprises unilateral flattening of the skull (dolichocephalus), ipsalateral mandibular hypoplasia and torticollis, deviation of the septum nasi, pes calcaneovalgus on one and pes adductus supinatus on the other side. The deformities occur in four distinct combinations attributable to the prenatal lie of the fetus: dorsoanterior or dorsoposterior, left or right oblique lie. The deformities respond well to manipulative therapy.
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Cureus
December 2024
Yoga and Cranial Osteopathy, ApsDEHA, Savona, ITA.
Childbirth is a dynamic process involving mutual adaptation between the maternal pelvis and the presenting fetal part. The ability of the pelvis to maintain optimal mobility during labor plays a crucial role in achieving favorable obstetric outcomes. The pubic arch angle (PAA) increases amplitude during pregnancy, showing pelvic tissue adjustment.
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January 2025
Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Gansu Provincial Maternity and Child-Care Hospital (Gansu Provincial Central Hospital), Lanzhou, Gansu, P.R. China.
Objectives: To investigate the clinical value of fetal heart quantification (fetal HQ) in the evaluation of normal fetal heart size, morphology, and cardiac function at different gestational weeks.
Materials And Methods: A total of 101 pregnant women diagnosed with a healthy fetus by fetal echocardiography from September 2021 to December 2023 were selected and classified into four different periods of gestational weeks: 20-28 weeks (25 cases), 29-32 weeks (26 cases), 33-36 weeks (26 cases), and 37-40 weeks (24 cases). Quantitative analyses were performed by automatically tracking the endocardium using fetal HQ software that comes with the Voluson E10 from GE.
Anat Sci Int
January 2025
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Üsküdar University, Istanbul, Türkiye.
This study aimed to determine the normal size of the male external genital organs and anogenital distance in human fetuses during the fetal period through the anatomic morphometric method. The study was performed on 104 spontaneously aborted human male fetuses aged between 10 and 39 weeks of gestation. Fetuses were divided into groups according to gestational weeks, months, and trimesters.
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January 2025
Division of Virology, WHO Rubella National Reference Laboratory, Paris Saclay University Hospital, APHP, Paris, France; Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM U1184, CEA, Center for Immunology of Viral, Auto-immune, Hematological and Bacterial diseases (IMVA-HB/IDMIT), Fontenay-aux-Roses, France.
The Société de Pathologie Infectieuse de Langue Française released in 2024 a new national recommendation for clinical practice on the prevention and management of varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection during pregnancy and the perinatal period. The previous recommendation was issued in 1998, at a time of anti-VZV immunoglobulins shortage; it has hence become obsolete. This recommendation is a formalized expert consensus focusing on infectious diseases management; it is drawn up by a multidisciplinary working group (infectiologists, obstetricians, pediatricians, microbiologists, midwives, hygienists).
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February 2024
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Ortahisar, Trabzon, Turkey.
Background: The effect of congenital cardiac malformation on fetal cerebral circulation has not been well known. This study aimed to compare the cerebral blood circulation of fetuses with congenital heart disease (CHD) with healthy fetuses.
Methods: This prospective cohort study included 37 pregnant women who presented to the gynecology and obstetrics department of department of Farabi Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University for anomaly screening in the second trimester.
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