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Relation between fetal anthropometric parameters and cord blood adiponectin and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in gestational diabetes mellitus

ABSTRACT Objectives The objectives were to evaluate the relation between fetal anthropometric parameters and cord blood concentration of adiponectin and high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP). Subjects and methods: A total of 104 pregnant women (52 with gestational diabetes mellitus [GDM], 52 wit...

Serum Fluorescent Advanced Glycation End (F-AGE) products in gestational diabetes patients

ABSTRACT Objectives Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are involved in the pathogenesis and complications of diabetes mellitus (DM). Gestational DM (GDM) is characterized by increased glycemia and oxidative stress, which are factors associated with high serum AGE concentrations. The aim of this stu...

Uterine artery Doppler flow velocimetry parameters for predicting gestational trophoblastic neoplasia after complete hydatidiform mole, a prospective cohort study

Clinics; 72 (5), 2017
OBJECTIVES: Doppler ultrasonography can be used to assess neoangiogenesis, a characteristic feature of postmolar gestational trophoblastic neoplasia. However, there is limited information on whether uterine artery Doppler flow velocimetry parameters can predict gestational trophoblastic neoplasia followi...

Placental weight and birth weight to placental weight ratio in monochorionic and dichorionic growth-restricted and non-growth-restricted twins

Clinics; 72 (5), 2017
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to compare the placental weight and birth weight/placental weight ratio for intrauterine growth-restricted and non-intrauterine growth-restricted monochorionic and dichorionic twins. METHODS: This was a retrospective analysis of placentas from twin pregnancies...

ECLAMC Study: prevalence patterns of hypospadias in South America: multi-national analysis over a 24-year period

Int. braz. j. urol; 43 (2), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate prevalence trends of hypospadias in South-America it is essential to perform multicenter and multinational studies with the same methodology. Herein we present systematic data as part of an international multicenter initiative evaluating congenital malformations in South ...

Resúmenes de trabajos seleccionados publicados en las revistas de las Sociedades de Pediatría del Cono Sur 2015
Selected abstracts of papers published in the journals of the Pediatric Societies of Southern Countries 2015

Arch. argent. pediatr; 115 (1), 2017

A comparison between preterm and full-term infants' preference for faces

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 93 (1), 2017
Abstract: Objective: Visual preference for faces at birth is the product of a multimodal sensory experience experienced by the fetus even during the gestational period. The ability to recognize faces allows an ecologically advantageous interaction with the social environment. However, perinatal events s...

¿Es posible disminuir la incidencia de encefalopatía hipóxico isquémica?
Is it possible to reduce the incidence of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy?

Objetivo: Determinar si una política local, establecida en la Maternidad del Hospital Padre Hurtado (HPH), para bajar la incidencia de Encefalopatía Hipóxico Isquémica es efectiva, sin incrementar en forma relevante la tasa de cesáreas. Diseño: Estudio de cohorte. Escenario: Unidad de Gestión Clí...

Late preterm infants' motor development until term age

Clinics; 72 (1), 2017
OBJECTIVES: To analyze the motor development of late preterm newborn infants (LPI) from birth to term-corrected age using the Test of Infant Motor Performance (TIMP) and to compare the obtained results with those of term infants at birth. METHODS: Prospective cohort study, 29 late preterm newborn infant...