Preeclampsia; short and long-term consequences for mother and neonate

A Bokslag, M van Weissenbruch, BW Mol… - Early human …, 2016 - Elsevier
Preeclampsia is a common pregnancy specific disease, that presents with hypertension and
a variety of organ failures, including malfunction of kidneys, liver and lungs. At present, the …

Vaginal progesterone decreases preterm birth≤ 34 weeks of gestation in women with a singleton pregnancy and a short cervix: an updated meta‐analysis including …

R Romero, KH Nicolaides… - … in Obstetrics & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To evaluate the efficacy of vaginal progesterone administration for preventing
preterm birth and perinatal morbidity and mortality in asymptomatic women with a singleton …

Music therapy for preterm infants and their parents: a meta-analysis

Ł Bieleninik, C Ghetti, C Gold - Pediatrics, 2016 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: To systematically review and meta-analyze the effect of MT on preterm infants
and their parents during NICU hospitalization and after discharge from the hospital. DATA …

A randomized trial of a cervical pessary to prevent preterm singleton birth

KH Nicolaides, A Syngelaki, LC Poon… - … England Journal of …, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Preterm birth is the leading cause of neonatal and infant death and of disability
among survivors. It is unclear whether a pessary inserted around the cervix reduces the risk …

Neurodevelopmental outcomes among extremely preterm infants 6.5 years after active perinatal care in Sweden

F Serenius, U Ewald, A Farooqi, V Fellman… - JAMA …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Active perinatal care increases the rate of survival of extremely preterm infants,
but there are concerns that improved survival might increase the rate of disabled survivors …

The general movement assessment helps us to identify preterm infants at risk for cognitive dysfunction

C Einspieler, AF Bos, ME Libertus… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Apart from motor and behavioral dysfunctions, deficits in cognitive skills are among the well-
documented sequelae of preterm birth. However, early identification of infants at risk for poor …

Effect of maternal stress during pregnancy on the risk for preterm birth

C Lilliecreutz, J Larén, G Sydsjö… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2016 - Springer
Background Preterm birth defined as birth prior to 37 weeks of gestation is caused by
different risk factors and implies an increased risk for disease and early death for the child …

The role of early developmental intervention to influence neurobehavioral outcomes of children born preterm

A Spittle, K Treyvaud - Seminars in perinatology, 2016 - Elsevier
Children who are born preterm are at risk of adverse long-term neurobehavioral outcomes,
including cognitive, motor, and behavioral impairments. Early developmental interventions …

Does maternal vitamin D deficiency increase the risk of preterm birth: a meta-analysis of observational studies

LL Qin, FG Lu, SH Yang, HL Xu, BA Luo - Nutrients, 2016 - mdpi.com
There are disagreements among researchers about the association between vitamin D
deficiency during pregnancy and preterm birth (PTB). Therefore, we conducted a meta …

Use of evidence based practices to improve survival without severe morbidity for very preterm infants: results from the EPICE population based cohort

J Zeitlin, BN Manktelow, A Piedvache, M Cuttini… - bmj, 2016 - bmj.com
Objectives To evaluate the implementation of four high evidence practices for the care of
very preterm infants to assess their use and impact in routine clinical practice and whether …