Selected Abstracts of the 8th International Congress of UENPS; Bucharest (Romania); October 3rd-5th 2018; Session “Follow-up programs for high risk neonates” by --- Various Authors

“…UMBILICAL CORD-DERIVED STEM CELLS FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF BRAIN INJURY AS A CONSEQUENCE OF PRETERM BIRTH: SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW • V.M. Samedi, L. …”
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Modifiers of the effect of maternal multiple micronutrient supplementation on stillbirth, birth outcomes, and infant mortality: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from 17 r... by Emily R Smith, ScD, Anuraj H Shankar, ScD, Lee S-F Wu, MHS, Said Aboud, PhD, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, PhD, Hasmot Ali, MPH, Rina Agustina, PhD, Shams Arifeen, DrPH, Per Ashorn, PhD, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, PhD, Parul Christian, DrPH, Delanjathan Devakumar, PhD, Kathryn G Dewey, PhD, Henrik Friis, PhD, Exnevia Gomo, PhD, Piyush Gupta, MD, Pernille Kæstel, PhD, Patrick Kolsteren, PhD, Hermann Lanou, MD, Kenneth Maleta, PhD, Aissa Mamadoultaibou, MS, Gernard Msamanga, ScD, David Osrin, PhD, Lars-Åke Persson, PhD, Usha Ramakrishnan, PhD, Juan A Rivera, PhD, Arjumand Rizvi, MSC, H P S Sachdev, FRCPCH, Willy Urassa, PhD, Keith P West, Jr, DrPH, Noel Zagre, PhD, Lingxia Zeng, PhD, Zhonghai Zhu, MSc, Wafaie W Fawzi, DrPH, Dr Christopher R Sudfeld, ScD

“…Multiple micronutrient supplements also had a greater effect on preterm births among underweight pregnant women (BMI <18·5 kg/m2; RR 0·84, 95% CI 0·78–0·91; p=0·01). …”
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4553 An investigation into the use of curcumin, a topical herbal agent, for the treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia by Emily Wang, Theresa Kuhn, Cecile Lahiri, Minh Nguyen, Ighovwerha Ofotokun, Rachael Abraham, Kirk Easley, Marina Mosunjac, Talaat Tadros, Catherine Finneran, Lisa Flowers

“…This procedure is unfortunately not widely available in resource-limited countries and is associated with potential significant morbidities, including decreased fertility, preterm birth, premature rupture of membranes and cervical incompetence. …”
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Effects of vitamin and mineral supplementation during pregnancy on maternal, birth, child health and development outcomes in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A systematic review... by Emily C. Keats, Christina Oh, Tamara Chau, Dina S. Khalifa, Aamer Imdad, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta

“…When compared to placebo, vitamin D supplementation may have reduced the risk of preterm births (average RR 0.64; 95% CI 0.40 to 1.04; studies = 7; participants = 1,262), though the upper CI just crosses the line of no effect. …”
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Selected Abstracts of the 9th International Workshop on Neonatology; Cagliari (Italy); October 23-26, 2013 by --- Various Authors

“…Multidisciplinary care to achieve humanization in pregnancy at high risk of preterm birth • I. Melis, M. Zonza, M. Puddu, B. Vacca, K. …”
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Planned delivery for pre-eclampsia between 34 and 37 weeks of gestation: the PHOENIX RCT by Lucy C Chappell, Peter Brocklehurst, Marcus Green, Pollyanna Hardy, Rachael Hunter, Alice Beardmore-Gray, Ursula Bowler, Anna Brockbank, Virginia Chiocchia, Alice Cox, Kate Duhig, Jessica Fleminger, Carolyn Gill, Melanie Greenland, Eleanor Hendy, Ann Kennedy, Paul Leeson, Louise Linsell, Fergus P McCarthy, Jamie O’Driscoll, Anna Placzek, Lucilla Poston, Stephen Robson, Pauline Rushby, Jane Sandall, Laura Scholtz, Paul T Seed, Jenie Sparkes, Kayleigh Stanbury, Sue Tohill, Basky Thilaganathan, John Townend, Edmund Juszczak, Neil Marlow, Andrew Shennan

“…Future work: We identified a number of further questions that could be prioritised through a formal scoping process, including uncertainties around disease-modifying interventions, prognostic factors, longer-term follow-up, the perspectives of women and their families, meta-analysis with other studies, effect of a similar intervention in other health-care settings, and clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of other related policies around neonatal unit admission in late preterm birth. Trial registration: The trial was prospectively registered as ISRCTN01879376. …”
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Contraception & Reproductive Ethic by Sophia Yin

“…Short interpregnancy intervals have been linked to “low birth weight, preterm birth, and small size for gestational age,” critical factors in infant health (“Guttmacher”). …”
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Phospholipid peroxidation-driven modification of chondrogenic transcription factor mediates alkoxyl radicals-induced impairment of embryonic bone development by Jie Niu, Xin Wan, Gui-Yuan Yu, Shan Jiang, Ruo-Nan Yi, Yan-Ping Wu, Shu-Hua Ouyang, Lei Liang, Hiroshi Kurihara, Wan-Yang Sun, Xiao-Feng Zhu, Rong-Hua Zhang, Yun-Feng Cao, Jian-Bo He, Wen-Jun Duan, Yi-Fang Li, Rong-Rong He

“…Maternal stress has been associated with poor birth outcomes, including preterm birth, infant mortality, and low birth weight. …”
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Association of maternal education, neighborhood deprivation, and racial segregation with gestational age at birth by maternal race/ethnicity and United States Census region in the... by Anne L. Dunlop, Mohamad Burjak, Lorraine T. Dean, Akram N. Alshawabkeh, Lyndsay A. Avalos, Judy L. Aschner, Judy L. Aschner, Carrie V. Breton, Mia A. Charifson, Jose Cordero, Dana Dabelea, Viren D’Sa, Cristiane S. Duarte, Amy J. Elliott, Stephanie M. Eick, Assiamira Ferrara, Raina N. Fichorova, Jody M. Ganiban, James E. Gern, Monique M. Hedderson, Julie B. Herbstman, Alison E. Hipwell, Kathi C. Huddleston, Margaret Karagas, Catherine Karr, Jean M. Kerver, Daphne Koinis-Mitchell, Kristen Lyall, Juliette Madan, Carmen Marsit, Cindy T. McEvoy, John D. Meeker, Emily Oken, T. Michael O’Shea, Amy M. Padula, Sheela Sathyanarayana, Susan Schantz, Rebecca J. Schmidt, Jessica Snowden, Joseph B. Stanford, Scott Weiss, Robert O. Wright, Robert O. Wright, Rosalind J. Wright, Rosalind J. Wright, Xueying Zhang, Xueying Zhang, Monica McGrath

“…When stratifying by race and ethnicity, gestational weeks at birth was lower among those with a high school education or less only for the non-Hispanic White category.ConclusionIn this study, maternal education was consistently associated with shorter duration of pregnancy and increased odds of preterm birth, including in models adjusted for NDI and ICERace.…”
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Selected Abstracts of the 1st Congress of joint European Neonatal Societies (jENS 2015); Budapest (Hungary); September 16-20, 2015; Session “Brain & Development” by --- Various Authors

“…VOICE OUTCOMES FOLLOWING VERY PRETERM BIRTH • S. Meldrum, K. Simmer, S. Vijayasekaran, N. …”
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Effects of antenatal diet and physical activity on maternal and fetal outcomes: individual patient data meta-analysis and health economic evaluation by Ewelina Rogozińska, Nadine Marlin, Louise Jackson, Girish Rayanagoudar, Anneloes E Ruifrok, Julie Dodds, Emma Molyneaux, Mireille NM van Poppel, Lucilla Poston, Christina A Vinter, Fionnuala McAuliffe, Jodie M Dodd, Julie Owens, Ruben Barakat, Maria Perales, Jose G Cecatti, Fernanda Surita, SeonAe Yeo, Annick Bogaerts, Roland Devlieger, Helena Teede, Cheryce Harrison, Lene Haakstad, Garry X Shen, Alexis Shub, Nermeen El Beltagy, Narges Motahari, Janette Khoury, Serena Tonstad, Riitta Luoto, Tarja I Kinnunen, Kym Guelfi, Fabio Facchinetti, Elisabetta Petrella, Suzanne Phelan, Tânia T Scudeller, Kathrin Rauh, Hans Hauner, Kristina Renault, Christianne JM de Groot, Linda R Sagedal, Ingvild Vistad, Signe Nilssen Stafne, Siv Mørkved, Kjell Å Salvesen, Dorte M Jensen, Márcia Vitolo, Arne Astrup, Nina RW Geiker, Sally Kerry, Pelham Barton, Tracy Roberts, Richard D Riley, Arri Coomarasamy, Ben Willem Mol, Khalid S Khan, Shakila Thangaratinam

“…Lifestyle interventions reduce Caesarean sections (OR 0.91, 95% CI 0.83 to 0.99), but not other individual maternal outcomes such as gestational diabetes mellitus (OR 0.89, 95% CI 0.72 to 1.10), pre-eclampsia or pregnancy-induced hypertension (OR 0.95, 95% CI 0.78 to 1.16) and preterm birth (OR 0.94, 95% CI 0.78 to 1.13). There was no significant effect on fetal outcomes. …”
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Selected Abstracts of the 2nd Congress of joint European Neonatal Societies (jENS 2017); Venice (Italy); October 31-November 4, 2017; Session "Neonatal Pulmonology, Neonatal Respir... by --- Various Authors

“…Elorza ABS 123. IMPACT OF PRETERM BIRTH ON RES­PIRA­TORY MUSCLE FUNCTION IN CHILDHOOD • S. …”
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Selected Abstracts of the 2nd Congress of joint European Neonatal Societies (jENS 2017); Venice (Italy); October 31-November 4, 2017; Session "Neonatal Infectious Diseases/Immunolo... by --- Various Authors

“…THE ANTISECRETORY FACTOR IN RELATION TO PRETERM BIRTH AND INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE • A. Gustafsson, E. …”
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Setting research priorities to improve global newborn health and prevent stillbirths by 2025 by José Martines, Joy E Lawn, Stephen Wall, Joăo Paulo Souza, Igor Rudan, Simon Cousens, The neonatal health research priority setting group, Peter Aaby, Ishag Adam, Ramesh Kant Adhikari, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Shams EI Arifeen, Dhana Raj Aryal, Sk Asiruddin, Abdullah Baqui, Aluisio JD Barros, Christine S Benn, Vineet Bhandari, Shinjini Bhatnagar, Sohinee Bhattacharya, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Robert E Black, Hannah Blencowe, Carl Bose, Justin Brown, Christoph Bührer, Wally Carlo, Jose Guilherme Cecatti, Po–Yin Cheung, Robert Clark, Tim Colbourn, Agustin Conde–Agudelo, Erica Corbett, Andrew E Czeizel, Abhik Das, Louise Tina Day, Carolyn Deal, Ashok Deorari, Uğur Dilmen, Mike English, Cyril Engmann, Fabian Esamai, Caroline Fall, Donna M Ferriero, Peter Gisore, Tabish Hazir, Rosemary D Higgins, Caroline SE Homer, DE Hoque, Lorentz Irgens, MT Islam, Joseph de Graft–Johnson, Martias Alice Joshua, William Keenan, Soofia Khatoon, Helle Kieler, Michael S Kramer, Eve M Lackritz, Tina Lavender, Laurensia Lawintono, Richard Luhanga, David Marsh, Douglas McMillan, Patrick J McNamara, Ben Willem J Mol, Elizabeth Molyneux, G. K Mukasa, Miriam Mutabazi, Luis Carlos Nacul, Margaret Nakakeeto, Indira Narayanan, Bolajoko Olusanya, David Osrin, Vinod Paul, Christian Poets, Uma M Reddy, Mathuram Santosham, Rubayet Sayed, Natalia E Schlabritz–Loutsevitch, Nalini Singhal, Mary Alice Smith, Peter G Smith, Sajid Soofi, Catherine Y Spong, Shahin Sultana, Antoinette Tshefu, Frank van Bel, Lauren Vestewig Gray, Peter Waiswa, Wei Wang, Sarah LA Williams, Linda Wright, Anita Zaidi, Yanfeng Zhang, Nanbert Zhong, Isabel Zuniga, Rajiv Bahl

“…A much greater number suffer from long term impairment associated with preterm birth, intrauterine growth restriction, congenital anomalies, and perinatal or infectious causes. …”
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Selected Abstracts of the 2nd Congress of joint European Neonatal Societies (jENS 2017); Venice (Italy); October 31-November 4, 2017; Session "Neurology and Follow-up" by --- Various Authors

“…Saugstad, Petra Hüppi, Agnes van den Hoogen Session "Neurology and Follow-up" ABS 1. PRETERM BIRTH AND THE TIMING OF PUBERTY • E. James, C. …”
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Premature birth carries a higher risk of nephrotic syndrome: a cohort study by Chih-Chia Chen, Tsung Yu, Hsin-Hsu Chou, Yuan-Yow Chiou, Pao-Lin Kuo

“…After adjustment, preterm births remained significantly associated with NS (p = 0.001). …”
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Do Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Abnormal Placentation Mediate the Association between Advanced Maternal Age and Adverse Perinatal Outcomes? by Hui Li, Nawsherwan ., Abbas Kkhan, Ijaz Ul Haq, Shi Yuan Mei

“…Furthermore, abnormal placentation mediates the association between advanced maternal age and preterm births by 18% and low birth weight by 23%.   …”
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Spatial patterns of prematurity and its determinants in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, Brazil, 2010-2019 by Elias Carlos Aguirre Rodríguez, Elen Yanina Aguirre Rodríguez, Fernando Augusto Silva Marins, Aneirson Francisco da Silva, Luiz Fernando Costa Nascimento

“…ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze spatial distribution of preterm births and their association with maternal, social, and health services indicators in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, Brazil, 2010-2019. …”
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Special Issue: Prematurity, Preterm-Born Adults, and Long-Term Effects on Children and Adults by Vasantha H. S. Kumar

“…The incidence of preterm births is increasing globally, with increasing survival into adulthood [...]…”
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Influence of maternal age on the birthweight of infants delivered from frozen-thawed blastocyst transfer cycles by Xue Wang, YaLing Xiao, Tao Tao, Wei Xiong

“…Main outcomes measured included singleton birthweights, preterm births, large-for-gestational-age (LGA) and small-for-gestational-age (SGA) live births among the groups. …”
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