Gastroschisis is a defect in the abdominal wall, typically on the right side of a normally
inserted umbilical cord through which bowel and other abdominal contents herniate …

Understanding the airborne survival of viruses is important for public health and
epidemiological modeling and potentially to develop mitigation strategies to minimize the …

Newborn Surgery, Third Edition provides a comprehensive compendium of the
pathophysiology, investigation and management of neonatal disorders. Areas covered …

Background/Purpose: Increasing evidence of physiologic in utero defecation supports the
hypothesis that bowel damage in gastroschisis may be meconium dependent. In this study …

BACKGROUND: The delayed onset of intestinal function in children with gastroschisis may
be because of the injurious effects of amniotic fluid on the exposed bowel. This has led to …

Objective: Following recent data showing that an inflammatory response exists in the
amniotic fluid of gastroschisis-affected fetuses, we hypothesized that amniotic fluid …

Background/Purpose: Contact with amniotic fluid (AF) causes intestinal damage in
gastroschisis, which has been shown to be caused by intraamniotic meconium. However …

(1) Background: The morbidity of gastroschisis is defined by exposure of unprotected
intestines to the amniotic fluid leading to inflammatory damage and consecutive intestinal …

The advent of animal models of pediatric surgical diseases has not only allowed us to study
the etiology and pathogenesis of complex congenital anomalies but has also led to major …

Objective In gastroschisis, an inflammatory process related to the presence of digestive
compounds may be involved in intestinal damage. We measured the amniotic fluid …