The human Ureaplasma species are the most frequently isolated microorganisms from the
amniotic fluid and placentae of women who deliver preterm and are also associated with …

Structural evaluation of the fetal heart is well established. Functional evaluation using
pulsed-wave Doppler may also be performed. E/A ratios express the relationship between …

Preterm birth is the leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. One of
every 4 preterm neonates is born to a mother with intra-amniotic inflammation driven by …

Fetal echocardiography was initially used to detect structural anomalies but has more
recently also been proposed to assess fetal cardiac function. This review summarizes …

The fetus can deploy a local or systemic inflammatory response when exposed to
microorganisms or, alternatively, to non-infection-related stimuli (eg, danger signals or …

The syndromic nature of spontaneous labour was a concept first proposed in 1994 [1]. It has
important implications for understanding the biology of preterm parturition, and also, setting …

Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common cause of severe physical disability in childhood.
The precise etiological factor for the development of the majority of cases of CP has not …

Background Each newborn enters this world facing tremendous respiratory, hemodynamic
and neuroendocrine challenges while going through drastic physiological changes during …

Problem The fetal inflammatory response syndrome (FIRS) is considered the counterpart of
the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), but similarities in their regulatory …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether there is a relationship
between the sonographic fetal thymus size and the presence of an intrauterine infection in …