OBJECTIVES To investigate whether the timing of probiotic milk intake before, during early or late pregnancy influences associations with preeclampsia and preterm delivery. DESIGN Population based prospective cohort study. SETTING Norway, between 1999 and 2008. PARTICIPANTS 70 149 singleton pregnancies resulting in live-born babies from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (no chro...

Fetal malnutrition is an important risk factor for both early and late neonatal outcome and adult diseases. In this study, we aimed to investigate the incidence and characteristics of fetal malnutrition and its impacts on early neonatal morbidity and mortality in preterm infants by using the clinical assessment of nutritional status score (CANSCORE). Preterm infants whose gestational ages were ...

BACKGROUND In 2005-2006 when this initiative was being planned, preterm birth had risen steadily by more than 30% over the previous two decades in the United States, peaking at 12.8% in 2006. Since then, the preterm birth rate has decreased more than 8% to 11.7% in 2011. Despite the decrease, nearly half a million babies are born preterm each year, and 70% of these are late preterm.

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to determine whether acute histologic chorioamnionitis is associated with adverse neonatal outcomes in late preterm infants who were born after preterm PROM. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS The relationship between the presence of acute histologic chorioamnionitis and adverse neonatal outcome was examined in patients with preterm PROM who delivered si...

OBJECTIVE We investigated the capacity of first trimester peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) microRNA to determine risk of spontaneous preterm birth among pregnant women. STUDY DESIGN The study included 39 pregnant women with the following delivery outcomes: 25 with a full term delivery (38-42 weeks gestation) 14 with spontaneous preterm birth (<38 weeks gestation). Of the 14 women expe...

The number of late preterm newborns (gestational age 34 to 36 weeks) is increasing in the United States and Canada. The appearance of these newborns may give a false sense of security about their well-being to practitioners and parents alike. Neonatology literature has begun to address this issue; however, there is paucity of information regarding health concerns of these newborns after dischar...