LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Metabolomics applied to maternal and perinatal health: a review of new frontiers with a translation potential

Souza, Renato Teixeira; Mayrink, Jussara; Leite, Débora Farias; Costa, Maria Laura; Calderon, Iracema Mattos; Rocha Filho, Edilberto Alves; Vettorazzi, Janete; Feitosa, Francisco Edson; Cecatti, José Guilherme.

Clinics; 74 (), 2019

The prediction or early diagnosis of maternal complications is challenging mostly because the main conditions, such as preeclampsia, preterm birth, fetal growth restriction, and gestational diabetes mellitus, are complex syndromes with multiple underlying mechanisms related to their occurrence. Limited a...

Biomarcadores/metabolismo, Salud Materna, Metabolómica/métodos, Metabolómica/tendencias, Atención Perinatal, Complicaciones del Embarazo/diagnóstico, Complicaciones del Embarazo/metabolismo, Tercer Trimestre del Embarazo/metabolismo, Nacimiento Prematuro/diagnóstico, Pronóstico, Investigación Biomédica Traslacional/tendencias

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Risk assessment for preterm delivery using the fetal fibronectin test associated with the measurement of uterine cervix length in symptomatic pregnant women

Abstract Objective To analyze the use of the measurement of uterine cervix length (MUCL) and the fetal fibronectin (fFN) rapid test as predictors of preterm delivery (PTD) in symptomatic pregnant women assisted at the Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Sobral Maternity Hospital. Methods This was a prospe...