Fetal angiotensin II receptor antagonist exposure is associated with major complications and even death when administered during pregnancy. Neonates frequently require intensive care treatment, and mortality is high. Despite this well-known risk potential, a considerable number of women still receive angiotensin II receptor antagonists during pregnancy to treat arterial hypertension. Although c...

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The chemosensory system is one of the earliest emerging systems in fetal development. Smell is detected through the epithelium of the nasopharynx and taste through the tongue. Anatomical structures and innervation are already present in the first and early second trimesters. Early fetal experience with the mother's specific diet through the amniotic fluid provide for a continuous sensory enviro...

BACKGROUND Despite its seldom occurrence, fetal tachycardia can lead to poor fetal outcomes including hydrops and fetal death. Management can be challenging and result in maternal adverse effects secondary to high serum drug levels required to achieve effective transplacental antiarrhythmic drug therapy. CASE A 33-year-old woman at 33 weeks of gestation with a diagnosis of a fetal sustained s...

This paper develops a class of equilibrium asset pricing models in continuous-time Lucas (1978) exchange economy. It distinguishes the existing literature into two parts: (a) the representative agent's preference over the life-time consumption programs is assumed to be represented by the so-called intertemporal recursive utility function formulated by Ma (2000), which generalizes that of Duffie...