Umbilical Artery Thrombosis with Associated Acute and Severe Fetal Growth Restriction and Transient Severe Protein S Deficiency: Report of a Case with Prenatal Ultrasound Diagnosis... by Ali Alhousseini, Sunil Jaiman, Edgar Hernandez-Andrade, Salam Zeineddine, Faisal Qureshi, Suzanne M. Jacques

“…Placental pathology showed thrombosis of one of the umbilical arteries. At birth, a transient protein S deficiency was detected (activity 13%) and resolved at two months of age (activity 66%). …”
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Risk Factor-Specific Mortality Analysis of the Outborn Newborns to Improve the Neonatal Mortality Rate: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study by Tapan K. Kundu, Abhilash Chatterjee, Mitali Bera, Aditi Chowdhury, Riya Guchhait

“…The 2030 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) envisions eliminating preventable newborn deaths and reducing neonatal mortality to 12 per 1000 live births. There is a paucity of data on outborn newborns. …”
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Homeostatic antiviral protection of the neonatal gut epithelium by interferon lambda by Bryan Ramirez Reyes, Shelby Madden, Kimberly A. Meyer, Brenden Bartsch, Austin P. Wright, David A. Constant, Timothy J. Nice

“…This intrinsically programmed antiviral response in early life is particularly important due to the absence of a robust microbiota or protective immune memory at birth, when the risk of enteric infection is high.…”
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Obstetric Simulation Training to Breech Delivery, Shoulder Dystocia, Forceps, and Vacuum Experience by Jule Eric Horasanlı, NUR DEMİRBAS, Seyma Cıcek

“…We believe that giving and disseminating an effective and accessible simulation protocol to healthcare professionals can reduce birth complications. …”
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Female Offenders at the Confluence of Medical and Penal Discourses: Towards a Gender-Specific Criminology (1860s-1920s) by Alice Bonzom

“…Criminology and penology were, in the case of women, combined with psychiatry, biology and gynaecology. The birth of male criminology can be contrasted with the emergence of female criminology, at the crossroads between science, eugenics and sexuality. …”
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Evolution of access to prenatal care in Pernambuco: maternal schooling as a marker of health inequities by Daniella Oliveira Albuquerque Lins, Maria Tatiane Alves da Silva, Lívia Teixeira de Souza Maia

“…Methods: this is an ecological study of pregnant women who attended seven or more prenatal consultations and resided in Pernambuco between 2011 and 2020, stratified by maternal education level and year of birth. Data were obtained from the Live Birth Information System. …”
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Does Fetal Fibronectin Predict the Delivery Route in Nulliparous Women at Postterm Induced by Dinoprostone? by Hale Goksever Celik, Engin Celik, Gonca Yetkin Yildirim

“…Results: The women having positive fetal fibronectin test result gave birth through vaginal route, except one case. Although there is no statistically significant difference, the shorter cervical length was associated with vaginal delivery in our population. …”
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Health Literacy Level and Quality of Life among Post-Partum Mothers by Maria Ulfah, Anny Fauziah

“…Apart from that, pregnancy and birth can disrupt physical and mental health, so it has a significant impact on the quality of life of postpartum mothers. …”
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Heart Morphometry in Rats with Intrauterine Growth Restriction by Claudia Joffre Fríaz, Ninive Nuñez López, Laura López Marín, María Antonia Cruz, Laymit Alonso Padilla

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> low birth weight resulting from intrauterine growth restriction caused changes in heart morphometry, especially in heart weight and thickness of the left ventricle. …”
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Social Strata Differentials in Reproductive Behavior among Agricultural Families in the Krummhörn Region (East Frisia, 1720-1874) by Kai Willführ, Charlotte Störmer

“…While the upper class did not have lower infant and child mortality than the lower class, they had more surviving children because of their shorter birth intervals and lower female age at marriage. …”
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Analysis of Maternal and Child Health Indicators in an Area at Paraná State, Brazil by Emiliana Cristina Melo, Ana Beatriz Guedes Ribeiro, Rosana Rosseto de Oliveira, Robsmeire Calvo Melo Zurita, Thais Aidar de Freitas Mathias

“…In this ecological study we analyzed all live births and infant deaths which occurred from 2000 to 2009 at the 18th HD, collecting data from the Mortality Information Database and the Live Births Information Database. …”
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Human TCR repertoire in cancer by Lin Chen, Yuan Hu, Bohao Zheng, Limei Luo, Zhenzhen Su

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Association of Acute Kidney Injury with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Preterm Infants by Saime Hacer OZDEMIR, Husnu Fahri OVALI

“…Conclusions: AKI was associated with a greater need for resuscitation at birth, a greater need for invasive mechanical ventilation, fewer ventilatorfree days, and a higher incidence of sepsis, patent ductus arteriosus, and necrotizing enterocolitis in premature infants. …”
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A Japanese Patient with Genitopatellar Syndrome Transiently Presenting with Cardiac Intramural Cavity during the Neonatal Period by Kiichi Takahashi, Hiroyuki Adachi, Manatomo Toyono, Masato Ito, Akie Kato, Atsuko Noguchi, Tsutomu Takahashi

“…Because patients with GPS may exhibit various forms of cardiac malformation, careful cardiac examination and follow-up are required from birth in cases of suspected GPS.…”
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Lung Ultrasound Diagnostic Accuracy in Neonatal Pneumothorax by Luigi Cattarossi, Roberto Copetti, Giacomo Brusa, Stefano Pintaldi

“…Twenty-three had PTX requiring aspiration or chest drainage (birth weight 2120 ± 1640 grams; gestational age = 36 ± 5 weeks), and 26 were suffering from respiratory distress without PTX (birth weight 2120 ± 1640 grams; gestational age = 34 ± 5 weeks). …”
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Maternal-Cord Blood Vitamin D Correlations Vary by Maternal Levels by Ganesa Wegienka, Hareena Kaur, Roopina Sangha, Andrea E. Cassidy-Bushrow

“…Most children had a 25(OH)D cord blood level less than half of their mother’s; 15.4% had a level that was <25% of their mother’s. Winter birth and maternal level were associated with the level being less than 25%. …”
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Prevalence and Determinants of Home Delivery among Women with Easy Access to Health Facilities in Sub-Saharan African Countries: A Multi-level Mixed Effect Analysis by Berhan Tekeba, Alebachew Ferede Zegeye, Deresse Abebe Gebrehana, Tadesse Tarik Tamir

“…A total weighted samples of 493,396 women who gave birth at home despite having access to health facilities were included in the study. …”
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Insufficient gene expression and lost gene regulatory network may underlie the mechanism of Hirschsprung Disease in 5p–syndrome by Yizhao Luan, Peng Li, Yuanyuan Luo, Hong Zhang, Xiaochun Zhu, Yan Zhang, Aihua Yin, Qiang Wu, Chengwei Chai

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Autistic and transgender/gender diverse people’s experiences of health and healthcare by Kate Green, Elizabeth Weir, Lily Wright, Carrie Allison, Simon Baron-Cohen

“…All individuals whose sex assigned at birth did not match their current gender identity were categorized as transgender/gender diverse; this was possible to determine, as the survey asked about sex assigned at birth and gender in separate questions. …”
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Long COVID and its risk factors in migrants: a nationwide register study from Sweden by Agneta Cederström, George Frederick Mkoma, Thomas Benfield, Charles Agyemang, Marie Nørredam, Mikael Rostila

“…We studied the risk of a long COVID diagnosis among adult residents in Sweden, dependent on country of birth and accounting for known risk factors for long COVID. …”
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