OBJECTIVE To assess our prospective mother-child cohort and the national registry data to analyze the risk of asthma by delivery mode and whether cesarean delivery before or after membrane rupture affects this risk differently. STUDY DESIGN The Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood2000 is a high-risk birth cohort of 411 Danish children. Asthma was diagnosed prospectively by ph...

OBJECTIVE To study the incidence and outcome of preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM). DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University. SUBJECTS Ninety five PPROM women who were expectant management and delivered between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997. RESULTS The incidence of PPROM was 7.2 per ...

BACKGROUND Preterm birth is a leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide, resulting in a pressing need to identify risk factors leading to effective interventions. Limited evidence suggests potential relationships between maternal sleep or vital exhaustion and preterm birth, yet the literature is generally inconclusive. METHODS We examined the relationship between maternal s...

OBJECTIVES To compare pregnancy outcomes between high-order multiple pregnancies resulting from assisted reproductive technology (ART) reduced to twins and non-reduced pregnancies, and to evaluate indications for using ART.  METHODS   This is a descriptive retrospective review of women with high-order multiple pregnancies reduced to twin carried out at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecol...

BACKGROUND Preterm deliveries complicate 11% of all births within the United States. In the urban inner city population, this figure approaches approximately 18%. In one quarter to one third of these deliveries, preterm premature rupture of the membranes (PPROM) has been a causative factor. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate outcomes of pregnancies complicated by preterm prem...

The aim of the study was to demonstrate that preterm birth (PTB) is associated with altered C19MC microRNA expression profile in placental tissues. Gene expression of 15 placental specific microRNAs (miR‑512‑5p, miR‑515‑5p, miR‑516‑5p, miR‑517‑5p, miR‑518b, miR‑518f‑5p, miR‑519a, miR‑519d, miR‑519e‑5p, miR‑520a‑5p, miR‑520h, miR‑524‑5p, miR‑525‑5p, miR‑526a and miR‑526b‑5p) was compared between...