National, longitudinal NASCITA birth cohort study to investigate the health of Italian children and potential influencing factors by Antonio Clavenna, Massimo Cartabia, Maurizio Bonati, Federico Marchetti, Giorgio Tamburlini, Antonio Addis, Michele Valente, Rita Campi, Stefania Manetti, Valeria Carraro, Chiara Pandolfini, Sergio Conti Nibali, Renato Sansone, Patrizia Rogari, Annalisa Campomori, Luca De Fiore, Renata Bortolus, Sergio Cattani, Cristiana Piloni, Valeria Renzetti, Chiara Segré, Rosario Cavallo, Gherardo Rapisardi, Giacomo Toffol, Vicenza Briscioli, Carla Cafaro, Cristoforo Cocchiara, Isodiana Crupi, Patrizia Del Balzo, Laura Dell’edera, Chiara Di Francesco, Alberto Ferrando, Francesca Grassa, Chiara Guidoni, Claudio Mangialavori, Stefano Marinoni, Francesca Marongiu, Fausta Matera, Paolo Moretti, Laura Olimpi, Angela Pasinato, Ilaria Porro, Ippolita Roncoroni, Raffaella Schiro’, Patrizia Seppia, Federica Zanetto, Anna Aloisio, Elisabetta Anedda, Giuliana Apuzzo, Giovanna Argo, Anna Armenio, Emanuela Ballerini, Monica Benedetti, Daniela Bertoli, Stefano Bollettini, Chiara Bottalico, Aurora Bottiglieri, Vincenza Briscioli, Antonella Bruno, Laura Brusadin, Mariantonietta Caiazzo, Patrizia Calamita, Miriana Callegari, Rosaria Cambria, Rossella Claudia Cannavò, Maria Cristina Cantù, Domenico Capomolla, Anna Caracciolo, Maria Concetta Carbone, Gaetano Carrassi, Maria Laura Cartiglia, Sara Casagranda, Ornella Castiglione, Rosario Salvatore Cavallo, Teresa Cazzato, Maria Angela Cazzuffi, Melania MariaGiuseppina Cera, Jennifer Chiarolanza, Rosaria China, Nicoletta Cimadamore, Roberto Cionini, Cristina Ciuffo, Damiano Colazzo, Anna Maria Costantini, Claudio Cravidi, Marialuisa Criscione, Rita D’Agostino, Daniela Danieli, Luigi De Carlo, Marina De Sanctis, Giuseppina De Santes, Gian Piero Del Bono, Maria Elisabetta Di Pietro, Maria Chiara Dini, Paolo Fiammengo, Micaela Foco, Maria Teresa Fonte, Maria Frigeri, Andrea Galvagno, Matteo Gaudino, Stefania Genoni, Silvia Girotto, Emma MariaLetizia Giugnini, Gianluca Gornati, Marta Gozzi, Enrica Heritier, Antonella Lavagetto, Raffaele Limauro, Alessandra Magnelli, Maria Gabriella Maiolino, Monica Malventano, Silvia Marchi, Natale Maresca, Federico Marolla, Agata Martinelli, Chiara Martinez, Nicoletta Mascarello, Carla Matiotti, Elisabetta Mazzucchi, Donatella Moggia, Manuela Musetti, Paolo Nardini, Alberto Neri, Patrizia Neri, Flavia Nicoloso, Laura Maria Olimpi, Giancarlo Ottonello, Giacinta Padula, Paolo Maria Paganuzzi, Rosanna Palazzi, Alessandra Palmero, Maria Chiara Parisini, Giovannina Pastorelli, Marilena Pavoni, Lucia Peccarisi, Antonella Pellacani, Cristina Perrera, Michela Picciotti, Ivo Picotto, Tiziana Piunti, Francesca Preziosi, Giuseppe Primavera, Miriam Prodi, Maria Letizia Rabbone, Innocenza Rafele, Laura Reali, Franziska Stefanie Rempp, Ada Riundi, Paolo Rosas, Annarita Russo, Mariagrazia Saccà, Elisabetta Sala, Francesca Sala, Francesca Santus, Vittoria Sarno, Alessandra Savino, Raffaella Schirò, Giuseppa Scornavacca, Giovanni GiulianoSemprini, Maria Francesca Siracusano, Adelisa Spalla, Gloria Sturaro, Maria Grazia Toma, Ettore Tomagra, Maria Tortorella, Fausta Trentadue, Marina Trevisan, Silvia Tulisso, Roberta Usella, Anna Valente, Mariangela Valera, Edda Vernile, Valeria Vicario, Lucia Vignutelli, Paolo Vinci, Lucia Vizziello, Rosette Zand, Marco Zanette, Graziano Zucchi, Maria Luisa Zuccolo

“…Concerning the newborns, 5.8% had a low birth weight and 6.2% were born prematurely. The majority (87.7%) slept in the supine position, and 63.6% were exclusively breast fed at 1 month, with a decreasing north to south prevalence (χ2t 52; p<0.001). …”
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Effects of therapeutic approach on the neonatal evolution of very low birth weight infants with patent ductus arteriosus by Lilian S.R. Sadeck, Cléa R. Leone, Renato S. Procianoy, Ruth Guinsburg, Sergio T.M. Marba, Francisco E. Martinez, Ligia M.S.S. Rugolo, M. Elisabeth L. Moreira, Renato M. Fiori, Ligia L. Ferrari, Jucille A. Menezes, Paulyne S. Venzon, Vânia Q.S. Abdallah, José Luiz M.B. Duarte, Marynea V. Nunes, Leni M. Anchieta, Navantino Alves Filho

“…Keywords: Preterm, Very low birth weight, Ligation, PDA management, Palavras-chave: Prematuridade, Muito baixo peso, Ligadura cirúrgica, Canal arterial…”
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Mode of Delivery and Neonatal Outcome in Adolescent Pregnancy (13–16 Years Old) Associated with Anemia by Ana Veronica Uzunov, Monica Mihaela Cîrstoiu, Diana Cristina Secară, Antoniu Crîngu-Ionescu, Alexandra Matei, Claudia Mehedințu, Valentin Nicolae Varlas

“…Adolescent patients are predisposed to multiple obstetrical complications, including anemia and preterm birth which has a higher incidence among this population; withal, in the specialty literature, anemia is considered to be a risk factor for preterm delivery; furthermore, multiple studies have demonstrated that a very young age is an independent risk factor for preterm birth. …”
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Knowledgment of Birth Spacing Among Women Attending Primary Health Care Centers in Mukalla District, Yemen by Najla Saeed Abaddan, Asrar Saleh Sayad , Jalil I Alezzi

“… Background: Short birth spacing linked with adversative health consequences for infant, child and maternal mortality also increases the chances of mother and their children survival. …”
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The physical and emotional health of South Korean mothers of preterm infants in the early postpartum period: a descriptive correlational study by Jiyun Park, Kyung-Sook Bang

“…Postpartum depression significantly was correlated with physical health (r=.35, p=.001), anxiety (r=.84, p<.001), and guilt (r=.75, p<.001) and was significantly higher for women with multiple births, and preterm infants who required ventilator and antibiotic treatment. …”
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Risk factors for executive function impairment in adolescence: an analysis of data from the 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort study by Júlia de Souza Rodrigues, Alicia Matijasevich, Luciana Tovo-Rodrigues, Tiago N. Munhoz, Iná S. Santos, Maria Pastor-Valero

“…Additional risk factors included low household income, black or brown maternal skin color, high parity, prematurity, low birth weight, and multiple siblings. Breastfeeding, regardless of duration, was found to be a protective factor against impaired cognitive flexibility (OR = 0.38; 95%CI 0.22-0.65). …”
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Structural racism, air pollution and the association with adverse birth outcomes in the United States: the value of examining intergenerational associations by Miatta A. Buxton, Nancy L. Fleischer, Annie Ro, Marie S. O’Neill, Marie S. O’Neill

“…We describe a conceptual framework and opportunities to use existing historical data from multiple sources to evaluate multi-generational influences of air pollution and structurally racist policies on birth and other relevant health outcomes. …”
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Growth of preterm low birth weight infants until 24 months corrected age: effect of maternal hypertension by Alice M. Kiy, Ligia M.S.S. Rugolo, Ana K.C. De Luca, José E. Corrente

“…Inclusion criteria: gestational age < 37 weeks and birth weight of 1,500-2,499 g. Exclusion criteria: multiple pregnancies, major congenital anomalies, and loss to follow up in the 2nd year of life. …”
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Estimated neonatal survival of very preterm births across the care pathway: a UK cohort 2016–2020 by Seaton, SE, Agarwal, R, Draper, ES, Fenton, AC, Kurinczuk, JJ, Manktelow, BN, Smith, LK

“…Due to ongoing improvements in neonatal care, here we update estimates of survival for singleton and multiple births at 22+0 to 31+6 weeks gestational age across the perinatal care pathway by gestational age and birth weight.…”

Early life microbial exposure, child neurocognition and behaviour at 2 years of age: A birth cohort study by Senn, E, Symeonides, C, Vuillermin, P, Ponsonby, A

“…</p><br /> <p><strong>Method:</strong><br /> The Barwon Infant Study is a birth cohort (n = 1074) in Victoria, Australia. Comprehensive questionnaire, clinical and biological measures were collected at multiple time oints. …”

Growth of preterm low birth weight infants until 24 months corrected age: effect of maternal hypertension by Alice M. Kiy, Ligia M.S.S. Rugolo, Ana K.C. De Luca, José E. Corrente

“…Inclusion criteria: gestational age < 37 weeks and birth weight of 1,500‐2,499 g. Exclusion criteria: multiple pregnancies, major congenital anomalies, and loss to follow up in the 2nd year of life. …”
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Is sporadic MS caused by an infection of adolescence and early adulthood? A case-control study of birth order position. by Gaudet, J, Hashimoto, L, Sadovnick, A, Ebers, G

“…Birth order position was examined in 164 cases with sporadic multiple sclerosis (MS), i.e. no other family members with MS, and spousal controls, matched for sibship size, socioeconomic status and opposite sex. …”

Neurodevelopmental outcomes at 6, 12, and 24 months of age in preterm infants with very low birth weights in Taiwan by Liang-Kai Wang, Chen-Yu Chen, Fang-Ju Sun, Chie-Pein Chen

“…Results: Covariates including father's education level; teenage pregnancy, multiple pregnancies; infant's gestational age, gender, and birth weight <999 gm, duration of neonatal intensive care unit stay; and presence of various diseases were adversely associated with poor MDI or PDI scores in 8517 eligible VLBW infants during the study period. …”
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Relationship between very low birth weight neonates and increased neonatal mortality for age 0 to 7 days by Hafadh J. Hussein, Nidhal M., Kadhum*, Aeshah Muneeb, Luay . M Salih

“… Background: Very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates constitute approximately 4–7 percent of all live births and their mortality is very high. …”
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Geographical and seasonal correlation of multiple sclerosis to sporadic schizophrenia by Fritzsche Markus

“…<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Clusters by season and locality reveal a striking epidemiological overlap between sporadic schizophrenia and multiple sclerosis (MS). As the birth excesses of those individuals who later in life develop schizophrenia mirror the seasonal distribution of Ixodid ticks, a meta analysis has been performed between all neuropsychiatric birth excesses including MS and the epidemiology of spirochaetal infectious diseases.…”
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Prevalence of congenital anomalies and related factors in live births in Zahedan, Southeast of Iran: A cross-sectional study by Azam Asemi-Rad, Zahra Heidari, Hamidreza Mahmoudzadeh-Sagheb, Yousef Mehdipour, Bita Moudi, Nadia Sheibak, Saeid Ebrahimi

“…Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and associated factors of single and multiple CAs in live births in Zahedan, Southeast Iran. …”
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The Value of Prenatal First Systolic Blood Pressure Can Predict Severe Preeclampsia and Birth Weight in Patients With Preeclampsia by Bei Gan, Xiuyan Wu, Lin Lu, Xuemei Li, Jianhua Li

“…Group I patients with a prenatal first SBP ≤ 119 mmHg prenatal had a higher birth weight. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that serum creatinine (p = 0.025), prenatal first SBP (p = 0.029), S-preeclampsia (p = 0.003), gestational age (p &lt; 0.001), total cholesterol (TC) (p &lt; 0.001), and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) (p &lt; 0.001) were independent risk factors for low birth weight. …”
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Relationship between Very Low Birth Weight Neonates and increased Neonatal mortality for age 0 to 7 days by Hafadh Jaleel Hussein, Nidhal M. Kadhum, Aeshah Muneeb, Luay M. Salih

“… B aa cc kk gg r oo uu nn dd : Very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates constitute approximately 4–7 percent of all live births and their mortality is very high. …”
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Birth-related brachial plexus palsy (Erb-Duchenne palsy) 1 year after diagnosis. Clinical case by Alejandro Tenorio-Pacheco

“…Birth-Related Brachial Plexus Palsy (BRBPP) results in flaccid paralysis of the arms, grouped according to the Narakas Classification. …”
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Preterm birth and the risk of chronic disease multimorbidity in adolescence and early adulthood: A population-based cohort study. by Katriina Heikkilä, Anna Pulakka, Johanna Metsälä, Suvi Alenius, Petteri Hovi, Mika Gissler, Sven Sandin, Eero Kajantie

“…However, our knowledge of the burden of multiple diseases (multimorbidity) among prematurely born individuals is limited. …”
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