Exposure to deprived socioeconomic conditions during the peri-conception and early childhood periods can have a negative long-term impact on individuals' health and that of their progeny. We aimed to examine whether relatives' birth period affected index-child (grand-child) birthweight status in the Lifeways Cross-Generation Cohort in the Republic of Ireland. Participants were 943 mothers and o...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of models of antenatal care designed to prevent and reduce preterm birth (PTB) in pregnant women. METHODS We conducted a search of seven electronic databases and reference lists of retrieved studies to identify trials from inception up to July 2014 where pregnant women, regardless of risk factors for pregnancy complications, were randomly allocated to rec...

The administration of magnesium sulphate to mothers at risk for preterm birth for fetal neuroprotection has demonstrated to reduce the risk of cerebral palsy and gross motor dysfunction by 30-40%. Although there is controversy regarding the regimen of administration of magnesium sulphate, the gestational age limit, the extent of its potential benefit or even if it provides any benefit, current ...

OBJECTIVE To describe an intervention to provide support and encouragement to mothers of preterm newborns and to evaluate its effect on breastfeeding rates in the first 6 months after hospital discharge. METHODS One hundred newborns and their mothers were selected consecutively and prospectively according to order of birth. The mother-infant dyads were alternately assigned to one of two group...

A retrospective cohort analysis was conducted to compare the incidence of adverse birth outcomes (Caesarean delivery, small for gestational age, low birth weight, preterm birth, and congenital anomaly) among women with and without a diagnosis of psoriasis who gave birth in Newfoundland and Labrador between 1992 and 2012. Linked psoriasis patient data and birth data were used to assess the assoc...

ypertension is often viewed solely as a disease of the adult. However, early indicators of hypertenion are frequently observed in young children and neonates. Having an adequate appreciation of the ormal range of infant blood pressure is critical for the appropriate management of the conditions ssociated with elevated or abnormally low blood pressure. In healthy neonates, systolic blood ressure...

Larger body size in childhood is correlated with earlier age at menarche; whether birth and infant body size changes are also associated with age at menarche is less clear. The authors contacted female participants enrolled in the New York site of the US National Collaborative Perinatal Project born between 1959 and 1963 (n = 262). This racially and ethnically diverse cohort (38% white, 40% Afr...

Approximately 13% of births in the United States are preterm, defined as occurring before 37 weeks of gestation. This results in more than 540,000 infants a year born prematurely. In other words, one out of every 8 infants is born premature. Even more disturbing is that despite advances in neonatal and perinatal medicine, the incidence of prematurity has increased by 36% since the 1980’s. Over ...

Methods Data collection on CLABSI in VLBW newborns was made prospectively for 2009 year. Study covered 386 neonates of birth weight <1500g in 2 Polish NICUs (A and B), among which 55 cases of CLABSI were detected. CoNS strains isolated from 26 newborns with CLABSI, were determined in blood in the automatic system Vitek, drug resistance was determined by disc diffusion method. This study was sup...

The objective of this study was to examine the association of prenatal multivitamin/mineral supplement use during the first and second trimesters of pregnancy by low income, urban women in the Camden Study (1985-1995, n = 1,430) and preterm delivery (< 37 completed weeks) and infant low birth weight (< 2,500 g). Prenatal supplement use was corroborated by assay of circulating micronutrients at ...