OBJECTIVES To assess the risk of hospitalization associated with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and to estimate the economic impact of RSV prophylaxis with either RSV immune globulin (RSV-Ig) or RSV monoclonal antibody (palivizumab) on a cohort of preterm infants born at 32 weeks' gestation or earlier. DESIGN Historical cohort study. SETTING A 12-county neonatal network served by the reg...

The study was conducted on the embryo/foeti of goat from 0-150 days of gestation, divided into group I (0-30 days), group II (31-60 days), group III (61-90 days), group IV (91-120 days) and group V (121-150 days of gestation). In group I whole embryo was processed and serial sections were cut whereas, in rest of the groups, pelvic urethra was dissected out and the tissues from the representativ...

The renin-angiotensin system is critically important to fetal cardiovascular function and organ development. The feedback regulation of renin secretion by ANG II develops early in gestation yet does not linearly progress from fetal life to adulthood. Renin secretion is elevated in late gestation compared with earlier or postnatal time periods, which suggests that some component of the negative ...

OBJECTIVE Adipose tissue has now emerged as a powerful endocrine organ via the production of adipokines. Visfatin, a novel adipokine with diabetogenic and immuno-modulatory properties has been implicated in the pathophysiology of insulin resistance in patients with obesity and Type-2 diabetes mellitus. The aim of this study was to determine whether there are changes in the maternal plasma conce...

in this paper we carried out an exact statistics on the basis of total admission due to abortions, with following results: 1- abortion incidence is 14 of total admissions. 2- 46.8 of abortions were between the 8th and 12th weeks of gestation. 3- 42,038 of the patients with abortion were 24 years old or younger (younger than 25 years of age). 4- the abortion incidence is equal in different blood...

The present study was designed to determine gestational age in Kari ewes measuring of non-conventional foetal growth parameters i.e., Abdominal Circumference (AC), Foetal Heart Beat Rate (FHBR) and Femur Length (FL).The experiment conducted at different gestational age in Kari sheep with a B-mode ultrasonograph and a 3.5 MHz transducer. The ewes were scanned in dorsal recumbency over a restrain...

In the introductory chapter of this book it is explained that in the lower vertebrates there are lymphatic vessels but no lymph nodes; the lymphoid tissue in fish and amphibia is associated with myeloid tissue in such organs as the intestines, kidney, and liver. Lymph nodes first appear in certain birds, but it is only in mammals that they are invariably present. However, even in mammals, where...

BACKGROUND The increased survival of preterm and very low birth weight infants in recent years has been well documented but continued surveillance is required in order to monitor the effects of new therapeutic interventions. Gestation and birth weight specific survival rates most accurately reflect the outcome of perinatal care. Our aims were to determine survival to discharge for a large Canad...

The development of the adult cardiac troponin complex in conjunction with changes in cardiac function and cardiomyocyte binucleation has not been systematically characterized during fetal life in a species where maturation of the cardiomyocytes occurs prenatally as it does in the human. The aim of this study was to correlate the expression of each of the major adult troponin isoforms (T, I, and...

the ultrasonic measurement of the fetal femur length is a sensitive and precise variable for estimation of fetal growth and development. tlte objective of this study was to predict gestational age in fetuses older ttian twenty-four weeks of gestation by ultrasonic measurement of the femur length. in this study, pregnant mothers were identified by the criteria of normality, such as well-known lm...