Successful pregnancy requires carefully-coordinated communications between the mother
and fetus. Immune cells and cytokine signaling pathways participate as mediators of these …

Events in fetal life impact long-term health outcomes. The placenta is the first organ to form
and is the site of juxtaposition between the maternal and fetal circulations. Most diseases of …

Background Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) is a strategy to maintain
positive airway pressure throughout the respiratory cycle through the application of a bias …

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in
preterm infants. A key histopathological feature of BPD is stunted late lung development …

Importance The safety of postnatal corticosteroids used for prevention of bronchopulmonary
dysplasia (BPD) in preterm neonates is a controversial matter, and a risk-benefit balance …

Approximately 11.1% of all newborns worldwide are born preterm. Improved neonatal
intensive care significantly increased survival rates over the last decades but failed to …

Supportive care with mechanical ventilation continues to be an essential strategy for
managing severe neonatal respiratory failure; however, it is well known to cause and …

The hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus (hsPDA) is a controversial topic in
neonatology, particularly among neonates at the earliest gestational ages of 22+ 0-23+ 6 …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease with high incidence rate and
mortality rates worldwide. It is the third leading cause of death in the world. Nevertheless …

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), also known as chronic lung disease, is the most
common respiratory morbidity in preterm infants.“Old” or “classic” BPD, as per the original …