Dealing with Pheochromocytoma during the First Trimester of Pregnancy by Konstantinos Kiroplastis, Apostolos Kambaroudis, Apostolos Andronikou, Andromachi Reklou, Dimitris Kokkonis, Panagiotis Petras, Apostolos Mamopoulos, Eudokia Anagnostara, Charalampos Spyridis

“…Neither postoperative complications occurred nor hypertension relapse was recorded. The fetus was delivered without complications at the 36th week. …”
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Effects of Maternal Hypoxia during Pregnancy on Bone Development in Offspring: A Guinea Pig Model by Alice M. C. Lee, Janna L. Morrison, Kimberley J. Botting, Tetyana Shandala, Cory J. Xian

“…The current study investigated the effects of fetal growth restriction induced by MH during the last half of gestation on bone structure and volume in the offspring of the fetus near term and the pup in adolescence. Methods. …”
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Effects of gestational and lactational exposure to ethanol on body and bone growth of rat offspring by Natalia Viana Tamiasso, Fabiana Rocha Araújo, Natália de Melo Ocarino, Amanda Maria Sena Reis, Athelson Stefanon Bittencourt, Rogéria Serakides

“…When this consumption occurs by pregnant women, the harmful effects extend to the fetus. There are few data available on its effects on infants. …”
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Gestation Related Gene Expression of the Endocannabinoid Pathway in Rat Placenta by Kanchan Vaswani, Hsiu-Wen Chan, Hassendrini N. Peiris, Marloes Dekker Nitert, Ryan J. Wood Bradley, James A. Armitage, Gregory E. Rice, Murray D. Mitchell

“…Throughout gestation the placenta changes to accommodate, provide for, and meet the demands of a growing fetus. Gestational gene expression is a crucial part of placenta development. …”
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Cystic Fibrosis and Reproductive Outcomes: The Latest Insights into Fertility and Pregnancy by Weronika Małagocka, Karol Zagórski, Mateusz Kozik, Nina Skalska-Dziobek, Karolina Chybowska, Maria Naruszewicz, Przemysław Cetnarowski

“…Planning the pregnancy gives time to prepare the mother, optimize her nutrition status and make sure medications she takes are safe for the fetus. Data about the use of CFTR modulators during pregnancy and breastfeeding are limited. …”
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Case report: identification of novel variant in SLC26A2 gene and preimplantation genetic testing for monogenic disorders in preventing diastrophic dysplasia by Ziravard N. Tonyan, Yulia A. Nasykhova, Maria M. Danilova, Elena S. Shabanova, Olesya N. Bespalova, Igor Y. Kogan, Andrey S. Glotov

“…Case presentation This article presents a clinical case of preimplantation genetic testing for monogenic disorders (PGT-M) conducted for a family with two previous pregnancy losses due to diastrophic dysplasia in the fetus. We report a previously uncharacterized variant c.1358C > T in the SLC26A2 gene associated with diastrophic dysplasia. …”
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Perinatal consequences of a category 1 caesarean section at term by Sailesh Kumar, Leah Grace, Ristan M Greer

“…Category 1 CS were defined as one that required a decision-to-delivery time interval of <30 min when there was an immediate threat to the life of a woman or fetus. Neonatal outcomes analysed were gestation at delivery, birth weight, Apgar scores, acidosis at birth, need for resuscitation, admission to neonatal intensive care and neonatal seizures and death.Results A total of 30 719 women delivering at term were included. …”
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The Significance of Exposure to Pregestational Type 2 Diabetes in Utero on Fetal Renal Size and Subcutaneous Fat Thickness by Christy L. Pylypjuk, Chelsea Day, Yasmine ElSalakawy, Gregory J. Reid

“…To determine the relationship between exposure to pregestational type 2 diabetes (T2D) and renal size and subcutaneous fat thickness in fetuses during routine obstetrical ultrasound. Methods. …”
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Pregnancy and cardiovascular outcomes among patients post Fontan surgery: a 25-year single-centre retrospective cohort study by Ran Kornowski, Eran Hadar, Daniel Yehuda, Omri Soudry, Eyal Schwartz, Ilan Richter, Alexander Dadashev, Shahar Vig, Shimon Kolker, Ohad Houri, Rafael Hirsch, Nili Schamroth Pravda

“…Intrauterine growth retardation of the fetus was common, observed in 23% of all pregnancies and 50% of live births. …”
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Prevalence of unexpected red blood cell antibodies in pregnant women and follow-up of pregnancy outcome in pregnant women treated with intra-uterine transfusion by Sunil Golia, Aseem Kumar Tiwari, Geet Aggarwal, Anil Khetrapal, Sandeep Kumar Tyagi, Chetna Jain, Shubham Gupta, Samruddhi Pawar

“…BACKGROUND: For the management of hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN), it is important to detect unexpected red cell antibody in pregnant women. …”
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Uterine Natural Killer Cell and Human Leukocyte Antigen-G1 and Human Leukocyte Antigen-G5 Expression in Vaginal Discharge of Threatened-Abortion Women: A Case-Control Study by Saeideh Sadat Shobeiri, Zahra Rahmani, Hadi Hossein Nataj, Hossein Ranjbaran, Masoud Mohammadi, Saeid Abediankenari

“…Interaction between these molecules and uterine natural killer (uNK) cells inhibitory receptors prevents NK cell invasion against fetus trophoblast cells. The aim of this study was to evaluate the percentages of uNK cells and HLA-G1 and HLA-G5 isoforms expression in vaginal discharge of threatened-abortion women in comparison with control. …”
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A Case Report of Bowel Perforation in a Gravid COVID-19 Patient by A. T. Guiritan, J. G. Cataluña

“…An emergency repeat cesarean section was performed due to maternal deterioration and poor variability of the fetus. She delivered to a live preterm baby girl, with an Apgar score of 1 and 7 on the 1st and 5th minute of life respectively. …”
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BVDV comprehensive studies and species identification in high-yielding livestock populations in the Sverdlovsk Oblast by N. A. Bezborodova, V. V. Kozhukhovskaya, E. V. Pechura, N. A. Martynov, O G. Tomskikh, A. N. Vasilyeva

“…Based on typing results, the virus isolates detected in four samples (nasopharyngeal swabs of calves, suspension prepared from aborted fetus organs and placenta) were classified as BVDV-1 virulent genotypes. …”
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Impact of early versus late artificial rupture of membranes during oxytocin induction of labour on the incidence of chorioamnionitis: a randomised controlled trial (ARM trial) by Meghan G. Hill, Michelle R. Wise, Emmanuelle Pauleau, Beatrice Treadwell, Lynn Sadler

“…Chorioamnionitis entails risk to both the pregnant person and the fetus and is an important contributor to neonatal sepsis, neonatal intensive care unit admission, maternal sepsis, caesarean, wound infection and postoperative infective complications. …”
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Chromosomal analysis and short-term outcome of prenatally diagnosed congenital heart disease by Marcellino Verbeke, Laurens Hannes, Koen Devriendt, Kris Van den Bogaert, Bjorn Cools, Luc De Catte, Marc Gewillig, Jeroen Breckpot

“…We reviewed medical files from 381 fetuses, presenting at our center between 2018 and 2021 with CHD for which prenatal advice by a pediatric cardiologist was sought. 341 fetuses met the inclusion criteria for the study. …”
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REPEATED THERAPEUTIC LEUKAPHERESIS - A SOLE TREATMENT DURING PREGNANCY AS A BRIDGE BEFORE TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITORS FOR A PREGNANT WOMAN WITH CHRONIC MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA – A CASE... by Ivan Tonev, Chavdar Botev, Georgui Balatzenko, Milcho Mincheff

“…Since she was in her 6th month of pregnancy, abortion or conventional treatment (tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI), chemotherapy and/or allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant) were contraindicated due to the high risk for both the mother and the fetus. The patient was treated with two consecutive leukaphereses followed by weekly apheresis for about 3,5 months until the day of the delivery. …”
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Evolution of the umbilical cord blood proteome across gestational development by Leena B. Mithal, Nicola Lancki, Ted Ling-Hu, Young Ah Goo, Sebastian Otero, Nathaniel J. Rhodes, Byoung-Kyu Cho, William A. Grobman, Judd F. Hultquist, Denise Scholtens, Karen K. Mestan, Patrick C. Seed

“…Umbilical cord blood may represent a novel source of molecular signatures that provides a window into the state of the fetus at birth. In this study, we comprehensively characterized the cord blood proteome of infants born between 25 to 42 weeks using untargeted mass spectrometry and functional enrichment analysis. …”
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Investigation of Association with First-Trimester Free Human Chorionic Gonadotropin-ß, Pregnancy - Associated Plasma Protein-A, and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes by Gokhan Gonen, Yasam Kemal Akpak, Murat Muhcu

“… OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate the association between first-trimester screening maternal serum markers (free human chorionic gonadotropin-beta (β-hCG), pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A, and adverse pregnancy outcomes (gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, preterm delivery, intrauterine growth restriction, oligohydramnios, intrauterine ex-fetus, abruptio placentae, and gestational diabetes mellitus). …”
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Health Risk Assessment of PM2.5-bound Components in Beijing, China during 2013–2015 by Tianchu Zhang, Yangfan Chen, Xiaohong Xu

“…HQ by target organ were, in descending order, respiratory (15), reproductive (1.8), nervous (1.2), renal (0.22), fetus (0.1), and alimentary system (0.002). The seasonal variations in PM2.5 mass concentrations, risks, as well as source and element contributions were largely due to increased coal combustion in winter.…”
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Risk of Selected Fetal Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes at Advanced Maternal Age: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia by Bikila Tefera Debelo, Melaku Hunie Asratie, Abayneh Aklilu Solomon

“…The advanced maternal age group had 2.66 times the risk of delivering preterm fetus (ARR = 2.66 95% CI (1.81–3.77)) compared with the younger counterparts. …”
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