Respiratory changes related to prematurity in neonatal intensive care by Francieli Cristina Krey, Joseila Sonego Gomes, Eliane Raquel Rieth Benetti, Cibele Thomé da Cruz, Mariléia Stübe, Eniva Miladi Fernnades Stumm

“…Conclusion: a high incidence of preterm births was observed, with significant respiratory changes.…”
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Examining the Prevalence of Congenital Anomalies in Newborns: A Cross-Sectional Study at a Tertiary Care Maternity Hospital in Saudi Arabia by Bayapa Reddy Narapureddy, Yousef Zahrani, Hind Eissa Musa Alqahtani, Bharat Kumar Mamilla Mugaiahgari, Lingala Kalyan Viswanath Reddy, Shaik Mohammed Asif, Mohammad Ali Abdullah Almoyad, Ali Mohieldin, Adam Dawria

“…Female neonates exhibited higher anomalies (59.3%), and preterm births accounted for 39.6%, emphasizing their vulnerability. …”
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Perinatal outcomes among immigrant mothers over two periods in a region of central Italy by Di Lallo Domenico, De Curtis Mario, Lucchini Renato, Franco Francesco, Polo Arianna, Asole Simona, Cacciani Laura, Guasticchi Gabriella

“…</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Perinatal outcomes were worse among infants of immigrant compared to Italian mothers, especially for sub-Saharan and west Africans, with the following crude ORs (in 1996-1998 and 2006-2008 respectively): 1.80 (95%CI:1.44-2.28) and 1.95 (95%CI:1.72-2.21) for very preterm births, and 1.32 (95%CI:1.16-1.50) and 1.32 (95%CI:1.25-1.39) for preterm births; 1.18 (95%CI:0.99-1.40) and 1.17 (95%CI:1.03-1.34) for a low Apgar score; 1.22 (95%CI:1.15-1.31) and 1.24 (95%CI:1.17-1.32) for the presence of respiratory diseases; 1.47 (95%CI:1.30-1.66) and 1.45 (95%CI:1.34-1.57) for the need for special or intensive neonatal care/in-hospital deaths; and 1.03 (95%CI:0.93-1.15) and 1.07 (95%CI:1.00-1.15) for congenital malformations. …”
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Determinants of adverse birth outcome in Sub-Saharan Africa: analysis of recent demographic and health surveys by Koku Sisay Tamirat, Malede Mequanent Sisay, Getayeneh Antehunegn Tesema, Zemenu Tadesse Tessema

“…Low birth weight, preterm births are associated with a variety of acute and long-term complications. …”
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Management Practices During Perinatal Respiratory Transition of Very Premature Infants by Mikko Hallman, Mikko Hallman, Eveliina Ronkainen, Eveliina Ronkainen, Timo V. Saarela, Timo V. Saarela, Riitta H. Marttila, Riitta H. Marttila

“…Basic research aims to identify deficiencies in maternal and fetal tissues that predispose to very preterm births and deteriorate the respiratory adaptation of immature infants. …”
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Safety of oral ivermectin during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Nicolas, P, Maia, MF, Bassat, Q, Kobylinski, KC, Monteiro, W, Rabinovich, NR, Menéndez, C, Bardají, A, Chaccour, C

“…Outcomes of interest were spontaneous abortions, stillbirths, congenital anomalies, and neonatal death (serious adverse events), as well as maternal morbidity, preterm births, and low birthweight (adverse events). …”

Retinopathy of Prematurity—A Brief Review by Saba Al Rashaed

“…Increasing rates of preterm births together with better survival rates but lack of efficient screening and delays in the diagnosis causes an increase in the ROP rate. …”
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Novel uterine contraction signals decomposition for enhanced preterm and birth imminency prediction by Ejay Nsugbe

“…Preterm births are one of the key causes of death in children under the age of five: they have financial implications associated with care and cause great psychological distress for the families involved. …”
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Samrakshan Yodha Dashboard of Diagnostic and Performance Metrics for Fetal Radiologists by Rijo Mathew Choorakuttil, Akanksha Baghel, Praveen K. Nirmalan

“…The dashboard was created in MS Excel (Microsoft 365 MSO version 2209) and the output provides useful information on actionable items like compliance with low-dose aspirin and estimates of preterm and term pre-eclampsia and fetal growth restriction, congenital anomalies, the proportion of preterm births, and perinatal mortality estimates. The output will help individual practitioners to generate practice-related actionable evidence and can further optimize service delivery for local populations. …”
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Short- and Long-Term Outcomes of Preeclampsia in Offspring: Review of the Literature by Sevasti Koulouraki, Vasileios Paschos, Panagiota Pervanidou, Panagiotis Christopoulos, Angeliki Gerede, Makarios Eleftheriades

“…Residing at the severe end of the spectrum of the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, preeclampsia occurs in 3 to 8% of pregnancies worldwide and is a major cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality, accounting for 8–10% of all preterm births. The mechanism whereby preeclampsia increases the risk of the neurodevelopmental, cardiovascular, and metabolic morbidity of the mother’s offspring is not well known, but it is possible that the preeclamptic environment induces epigenetic changes that adversely affect developmental plasticity. …”
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Pathophysiological Implication of Pattern Recognition Receptors in Fetal Membranes Rupture: RAGE and NLRP Inflammasome by Helena Choltus, Marilyne Lavergne, Coraline De Sousa Do Outeiro, Karen Coste, Corinne Belville, Loïc Blanchon, Vincent Sapin

“…Preterm prelabor ruptures of fetal membranes (pPROM) are a pregnancy complication responsible for 30% of all preterm births. This pathology currently appears more as a consequence of early and uncontrolled process runaway activation, which is usually implicated in the physiologic rupture at term: inflammation. …”
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Persistent microbial dysbiosis in preterm premature rupture of membranes from onset until delivery by Elizabeth A. Baldwin, Marina Walther-Antonio, Allison M. MacLean, Daryl M. Gohl, Kenneth B. Beckman, Jun Chen, Bryan White, Douglas J. Creedon, Nicholas Chia

“…Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes (PPROM) is a major leading cause of preterm births. While the cause for PPROM remains unidentified, it is anticipated to be due to subclinical infection, since a large proportion of PPROM patients display signs of chorioamnionitis. …”
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The effect of cerclage on pregnancy outcomes in cervical changes by Numan Çim, Erbil Karaman, Harun Egemen Tolunay, Sena Sayan, Barış Boza, Şerif Aksin, Recep Yıldızhan, İsmet Alkış, Ali Kolusarı, Hanım Güler Şahin

“…INTRODUCTION: We aimed to demonstrate the outcomes of cervical cerclage in order to prevent preterm births resulting in high neonatal morbidity and mortality. …”
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Why smokeless tobacco control needs to be strengthened? by Ravi Mehrotra MD, D.Phil, Nalini Kaushik MD, Ravi Kaushik MD

“…Several adverse health outcomes like oropharyngeal, oesophageal, and pancreatic cancers; oral potentially malignant lesions; diabetes mellitus; cardiovascular diseases; mental illness; osteopenia; low birth weight; preterm births; small for gestation age babies; and stillbirths are attributed to SLT usage. …”
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IMPACT OF MATERNAL PROFILE ON BIRTH OUTCOMES by Gracimary Alves Teixeira, Jovanka Bittencourt Leite de Carvalho, Brismark Góes da Rocha, Silvana Alves Pereira, Bertha Cruz Enders

“…Conclusion: Maternal obesity and overweight is a risk factor for preterm births, an event that demands child healthcare.…”
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Physical violence during pregnancy: prevalence and outcomes by Nojoumi M, Akrami Z

“…Outcome data included labor and delivery complications, LBW and preterm births. Statistical tests including chi - square and odds ratio were performed to determine differences between two groups and severity of associations. …”
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Assessing quality of NHS Numbers for Babies data and providing gestational age statistics. by Moser, K, Hilder, L

“…These data, previously unavailable for England and Wales as a whole, provide a reference against which to monitor trends in preterm births and can inform the planning of neonatal care provision. …”

The sFlt-1/PlGF Ratio Trend Is Useful in Predicting Preeclampsia Severity in Hyperreactio Luteinalis Complicated with Preeclampsia by Risa Miyatake, Tatsuya Fujii, Keiichi Kumasawa, Mari Ichinose, Masatake Toshimitsu, Seisuke Sayama, Takahiro Seyama, Takayuki Iriyama, Takeshi Nagamatsu, Yutaka Osuga

“…However, some obstetric complications, such as preeclampsia (PE) and preterm births, have been reported. We present a serious case of HL with subsequent PE that resulted in preterm delivery at 31 weeks of gestation. …”
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Transitional Hemodynamics in Preterm Neonates: Clinical Relevance by Tai-Wei Wu, Timur Azhibekov, Istvan Seri

“…In particular it describes the physiology of fetal circulation, summarizes the hemodynamic changes occurring during preterm births and discusses the impact of the most frequently seen clinical scenarios that place additional burden on the premature infant during immediate transition. …”
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An In-Depth Review of the Benefits of Antibiotic Use in the Treatment of Borreliosis in Pregnancy by Michael J. Cook, David Moynan, Gordana Avramovic, John S. Lambert

“…Adverse outcomes included deaths, heart anomalies, and preterm births.…”
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