Establishment and maturation of gut microbiota in White King pigeon squabs: role of pigeon milk by Xiaoqin Xu, Xiaoqin Xu, Zihan Wang, Zihan Wang, Yi Jian, Long Zhang, Long Zhang, Caiquan Zhou, Caiquan Zhou, Li Liu, Hui Liu

“…Correlation analysis of the abundance of shared microbes revealed that the association between meconium and feces at the other stages was extremely low. …”
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Not All Neonatal Encephalopathies Are due to Perinatal Hypoxia by Tushar Kulkarni, Lma Dsougi Hussein Mohamed, Mahmoud El Halik, Fatma Abdulla Mohammad Bastaki

“…A late preterm female neonate, born to a consanguineously married couple by normal vaginal delivery and unremarkable family history, was admitted to our NICU soon after birth for management of respiratory distress secondary to meconium aspiration syndrome and persistent pulmonary hypertension of newborn. …”
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Hemoglobin Sunshine Seth: A Case Report of Low-Oxygen-Affinity Hemoglobinopathy by Leah S. Heidenreich, Jennifer L. Oliveira, Peter J. Holmberg, Vilmarie Rodriguez

“…The differential diagnoses for reduced peripheral oxygen saturation in an infant include congenital heart disease, respiratory distress syndrome, transient tachypnea of the newborn, persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, meconium aspiration syndrome, pneumonia, pneumothorax, and sepsis. …”
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Frequency and Intensive Care Related Risk Factors of Pneumothorax in Ventilated Neonates by Ramesh Bhat Yellanthoor, Vidya Ramdas

“…Respiratory distress syndrome, meconium aspiration syndrome, and pneumonia were the underlying lung pathology. …”
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Serum Endothelin-1 and Transforming Growth Factor-β Levels in the Newborns With Respiratory Distress by Derya Benzer, A. Denizmen Aygun, Ahmet Godekmerdan, A. Nese (Citak) Kurt, Saadet Akarsu, Erdal Yilmaz

“…The highest values of ET-1 and TGF-β were obtained from newborns with diagnosis as meconium aspiration syndrome (5.70±5.87 pg/mL and 3.75±1.94 pg/mL, resp) in the sample obtained in the first six hours after birth, and these are statistically different from control group (P<.05). …”
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Prevention of Foodborne Listeriosis by JM Farber, J Harwig, A Carter

“…Diagnosis of listeriosis usually requires isolation of the organism from sterile sites such as blood, cerebrospinal fluid, placenta and meconium and gastric aspirates from neonates. The recommended drug of choice is high dose intravenous ampicillin. …”
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Correlation between Maternal Vitamin D and Thyroid Function in Pregnancy with Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes: A Cross-Sectional Study by Salma Ahi, Mohsen Adelpour, Iman Fereydooni, Naser Hatami

“…Regarding the pregnancy outcomes, two newborns were admitted to NICU, meconium aspiration was in one case, and IUFD in another case led to pregnancy termination. …”
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The Burden of Hypoxic Respiratory Failure in Preterm and Term/Near-term Infants in the United States 2011-2015 by Shivani Pandya, Onur Baser, George J. Wan, Belinda Lovelace, Jim Potenziano, An T. Pham, Xingyue Huang, Li Wang

“…**Methods:** Preterms and T/NTs (≤34 and >34 weeks of gestation, respectively) having HRF/PPHN, with/without meconium aspiration in inpatient setting from January 1, 2011-October 31, 2015 were identified from the Vizient database (first hospitalization=index hospitalization). …”
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Bilious Vomiting in the Newborn: A Three-Year Experience in a Tertiary Medical and Surgical Centre by Rebecca A Lee, Theodore Dassios, Ravindra Bhat, Anne Greenough

“…Of the infants with a normal UGI study, no cause was identified in 20 cases, 13 infants were treated for sepsis, one had a meconium plug, one an ovarian cyst, and two infants were polycythaemic. …”
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Prenatal Diagnosis of Umbilical Cord Ulcer: A Report of Two Cases by Daisuke Katsura, Suzuko Moritani, Shunichiro Tsuji, Kaori Hayashi, Kazutaka Yamada, Shinsuke Tokoro, Kounosuke Suzuki, Fuminori Kimura, Takashi Murakami

“…Umbilical cord ulcer is related to fetal intestinal atresia or meconium; perforation of the ulcer causes fetal deterioration leading to fetal and neonatal death owing to fetal hemorrhage. …”
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COVID-19 Vaccination Status and Pregnancy Outcome during Third Wave by Madhusudan Dey, Shyamji Tiwari, Sunil Chawla, Pranjali Dhume, Abhijit Kumar, Priyanshi Chowdhary, Reshu Rawal

“…The outcomes in terms of severity of COVID-19 infection, period of gestation at the time of delivery, intrapartum/postpartum complications, fetal distress, meconium staining of liquor, the requirement of neonatal intensive care unit admission were documented and data was analyzed to assess clinical severity of the disease in fully/partially vaccinated+unvaccinated women. …”
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Induction of labour outcomes in a tertiary hospital: the Ghanaian cervix and misoprostol 25ug (GCAM-25 STUDY)—a cross-sectional study by Teresa Aba Mensah, Kwaku Asah-Opoku, Kwame Adu-Bonsaffoh, Evans Kofi Agbeno

“…Fetal heart rate abnormalities occurred in 8.9% of participants, meconium staining of liquor occurred in twenty-five participants (14.9%). …”
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Effectiveness and safety of herbal medicines for induction of labour: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Edward Fottrell, Carina King, Chrispin Mandiwa, Collins Zamawe, Hannah Maria Jennings

“…No significant difference in the incidence of caesarean section (RR 1.19; 95% CI 0.76 to 1.86), assisted vaginal delivery (RR 0.73; 95% CI 0.47 to 1.14), haemorrhage (RR 0.84; 95% CI 0.44 to 1.60), meconium-stained liquor (RR 1.20; 95% CI 0.65 to 2.23) and admission to nursery (RR 1.08; 95% CI 0.49 to 2.38) was found between users and non-users of herbal medicines for IOL.Conclusions The findings suggest that herbal medicines for IOL are effective, but there is inconclusive evidence of safety due to lack of good quality data. …”
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Comparison of Modified Biophysical Profile with Doppler Ultrasonographic Analysis in Determining Fetal well Being in the Third Trimester by Kadir Bakay, Ahmet Varolan, Ali Yazgan, Atif Akyol, İnci Davas

“…The effectiveness of modified biophysical profile and obstetric Doppler analysis in determining the perinatal outcome was based on the evaluation of certain parameters such as; fetal distress, presence of meconium, admittance to NICU and APGAR score of the 5th minute. …”
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Environmental maternal exposures and the risk of premature birth and intrauterine growth restriction: The Generation Gemelli study protocol of newborn exposome. by Leonardo Villani, Angelo Maria Pezzullo, Roberta Pastorino, Alessandra Maio, Francesca Stollagli, Chiara Tirone, Marta Barba, Angela Maria Cozzolino, Denise Pires Marafon, Martina Porcelli, Annamaria Sbordone, Maria Letizia Patti, Anthea Bottoni, Angela Paladini, Simona Fattore, Domenico Marco Romeo, Ornella Parolini, Wanda Lattanzi, Guido Rindi, Luca Tamagnone, Marco Marazza, Maurizio Genuardi, Elisabetta Tabolacci, Eugenio Maria Mercuri, Antonio Chiaretti, Tina Pasciuto, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Vincenzo Valentini, Giovanni Scambia, Walter Ricciardi, Giovanni Vento, Antonio Lanzone, Stefania Boccia

“…We will collect biological samples from both mothers and newborns (including vaginal swab, placenta sample, blood, saliva, meconium, and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid) at birth and within the early hours of the newborn's life. …”
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Successful External Cephalic Version: Factors Predicting Vaginal Birth by Pei Shan Lim, Beng Kwang Ng, Anizah Ali, Mohamad Nasir Shafiee, Nirmala Chandralega Kampan, Nor Azlin Mohamed Ismail, Mohd Hashim Omar, Zaleha Abdullah Mahdy

“…They required more operative deliveries, had more blood loss at delivery, a higher incidence of meconium-stained liquor, and more cord around the neck. …”
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Pregnancy and Childbirth Outcomes of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Fatemeh Darsareh, Malihe Shirzadfard Jahromi, Amene Ranjbar, Mitra Shekari, Vahid Mehrnoush, Nasibeh Roozbeh

“…Materials and Methods: To this end, pregnancy and childbirth outcomes were investigated, including the incidence of the need for induction of labor, placenta abruption, preterm birth, intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), intrauterine fetal death (IUFD), meconium fluid, fetal distress, methods of delivery, perineal lacerations, and postpartum hemorrhage. …”
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Causal machine learning models for predicting low birth weight in midwife-led continuity care intervention in North Shoa Zone, Ethiopia by Wudneh Ketema Moges, Awoke Seyoum Tegegne, Aweke A. Mitku, Esubalew Tesfahun, Solomon Hailemeskel

“…Results The study results revealed that Causal K-Nearest Neighbors (CKNN) was the most effective classifier based on accuracy and estimated LBW using a 94.52% accuracy, 90.25% precision, 92.57% recall, and an F1 score of 88.2%. Meconium aspiration, perinatal mortality, pregnancy-induced hypertension, vacuum babies in need of resuscitation, and previous surgeries on their reproductive organs were identified as the top five features affecting LBW. …”
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The efficacy analysis of laparoscopic-assisted Soave procedure for Hirschsprung’s disease in neonates and infants within 3 months of age by Renpeng Xia, Tidong Ma, Fan Zhao, Yong Xiao, Yong Feng, Ming Li, Chanjuan Zou, Guang Xu, Chonggao Zhou

“…There were 217 cases (81.3%) of delayed excretion of meconium, preoperative HAEC (Hirschsprung’s Disease Associated enterocolitis) 116 cases (43.4%), postoperative HAEC 54 cases (20.2%), 1 cases of postoperative death, 266 cases (99.6%) were cured. …”
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A Fetus with Imperforate Anus Developing Pulmonary Hypoplasia Triggered by Transient Urethral Obstruction by Masatake Toshimitsu, Takayuki Iriyama, Seisuke Sayama, Kan Suzuki, Satsuki Kakiuchi, Mari Ichinose, Takahiro Seyama, Kenbun Sone, Keiichi Kumasawa, Takeshi Nagamatsu, Tomoyuki Fujii, Yutaka Osuga

“…Prenatal and postnatal findings strongly suggested that the meconium in the colon might have passed into the urethra in the penis, resulting in the physical blockage of urine outflow to the amniotic space which leads urine flow from the bladder to the colon through the fistula, which resulted in subsequent oligohydramnios and bowel dilation. …”
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