background :preterm birth is a significant global health problem with serious short- and long-term consequences. this study examined the long term effects of preterm birth on vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (vemps) among preschool-aged children.   methods : thirty-one children with preterm and 20 children with term birth histories aged 5.5 to 6.5 years were studied. each child underwent v...

Background: Women with preterm labor put in an arrest phase by tocolytic therapy, are at increased risk of recurrent preterm labor. The aim of this study is to evaluate vaginal progesterone suppositories as compared to intramuscular type in order to prevent preterm labor in women with episodes of threatened preterm labor. Methods: This prospective longitudinal...

BACKGROUND Several studies have suggested an association between periodontal disease and prematurity but this finding has not been consistently observed. METHODS Case control study. Cases (n = 50) were women who had delivered after spontaneous preterm labor at <35 weeks gestation. Two groups of controls (n = 101) were recruited: women who were undelivered but at a preterm gestation and women ...

OBJECTIVE To compare healthy late-preterm infants with their full-term counterparts from age 4 through 15 years for numerous standard cognitive, achievement, socioemotional, and behavioral outcomes. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING National Institute of Child Health and Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, 1991-2007. PARTICIPANTS A total of 1298 children (5...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to characterize total homocysteine (tHcy) levels at birth in preterm and term infants and identify associations with intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and other neonatal outcomes such as mortality, sepsis, necrotizing enterocolitis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and thrombocytopenia. METHODS 123 infants < 32 weeks gestation admitted to our Level III nurs...

BACKGROUND Detection of Ureaplasma, Mycoplasma and Candida spp. in the vagina during pregnancy has previously been associated with preterm birth (PTB). However, the prevalence of these microorganisms and the associated obstetric risks (likely to be population-specific) have not been determined in Australian women; furthermore, in the case of Ureaplasma spp., very few studies have attempted char...

Preterm birth is the leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide [1]. It contributes to 70% of neonatal mortality and approximately half of long-term neurodevelopmental disabilities [2]. The obstetrics precursors leading preterm birth are delivery for maternal or fetal indications, spontaneous preterm labour with intact membranes and preterm premature rupture of membranes (pPRO...

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Evidence points towards an unfavorable cardiovascular risk profile of former preterm infants in adolescence and adulthood. The aim of this study was to determine whether cardiovascular risk predictors are detectable in former very preterm infants at a preschool age. Five- to seven-year-old children born at <32 weeks' gestational ag...