This review aimed to examine the existing evidence about interventions proposed for the
treatment of clinical chorioamnionitis, with the goal of developing an evidence-based …

This is an executive summary of a workshop on the management and counseling issues of
women anticipated to deliver at a periviable gestation (broadly defined as 20 0/7 through 25 …

Magnesium plays a fundamental role in many cellular functions, and thus there is increasing
interest in its role in clinical medicine. Although numerous experimental studies indicate …

Introduction Interventions directed toward mothers before and during pregnancy and
childbirth may help reduce preterm births and stillbirths. Survival of preterm newborns may …

The transcriptional factor NF-κB is a nuclear factor involved in both physiological and
pathological processes. This factor can control the transcription of more than 400 genes …

Background Most babies are born healthy and grow and develop normally through
childhood. There are, however, clearly identifiable high-risk groups of survivors, such as …

Women whose pregnancy is complicated by PPROM after 24+ 0 weeks' gestation and who
have no contraindications to continuing the pregnancy should be offered expectant …

Acute pulmonary oedema in pregnant women is an uncommon but life‐threatening event.
The aims of this review are to address why pulmonary oedema occurs in pregnant women …

Cervical cerclage is an intervention which when given to the right women can prevent
preterm birth and second‐trimester fetal losses. A history‐indicated cerclage should be …

BACKGROUND: There are increasing numbers of surviving children who were born
extremely preterm (EP; gestational age< 28 weeks) or extremely low birth weight (ELBW; …