The maternal immune response is essential for successful pregnancy, promoting immune
tolerance to the fetus while maintaining innate and adaptive immunity. Uncontrolled …

This review provides a status on the definition, prevalence, causes, and consequences of
anemia in women who have given childbirth, ie, postpartum anemia. The diagnosis of iron …

Background Earlier studies have shown that delivery by cesarean section (CS) is associated
with an increased risk of disease associated with immune function in the offspring, but these …

The incidence of preterm birth in developed countries has risen in the past decades.
Underlying causes for this enigmatic pregnancy complication are numerous, yet infectious …

Background Carbapenem-resistant and susceptible Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB and
CSAB) have emerged as serious threats among critically ill neonates. We aimed to identify …

Innate immunity instructs adaptive immunity, and suppression of innate immunity is
associated with an increased risk for infection. We showed previously that whole-blood …

Background This study aimed to investigate the effects of combined spinal-epidural
anesthesia (CSEA) with acupoint injection (AI) on the maternal-fetal expression of …

Objectives Determine if chronologic age and/or chorioamnionitis exposure alter normal
serum cytokine and chemokine levels in uninfected preterm neonates during their initial …

Objective: Inflammatory mechanisms are thought to play an important role in the process of
labor, both in preterm and spontaneous term delivery. We aimed to determine whether …

Being born small for gestational age (SGA) can be a reference to intrauterine growth
retardation (IUGR) and is associated with increased neonatal morbidity and mortality. In …