• Shock is an independent predictor of mortality, and survivors have a greater risk for neurologic impairment. (medscape.com)
  • Parents should be informed of the risk of mortality and morbidity in the form of neurodevelopmental problems as well as the need for intensive follow-up care for medical and neurologic problems. (medscape.com)
  • To determine the incidence of foetal macrosomia and macrosomia-associated maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. (southsudanmedicaljournal.com)
  • Macrosomia is recognized as a cause of perinatal and maternal morbidity and mortality [4] . (southsudanmedicaljournal.com)
  • The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of macrosomia and macrosomia-associated maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality during a 6-months study at N'Djamena Mother and Child Hospital. (southsudanmedicaljournal.com)
  • INTRODUCTION: Low dietary calcium intake is a risk factor for pre-eclampsia, a major contributor to maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity worldwide. (bvsalud.org)
  • Vitamin D deficiency rickets is easily treated once it has been recognised, however it has significant potential for morbidity and mortality including hypocalcaemic seizures, failure to thrive, increased susceptibility to serious infections, and potential for chronic problems with growth and skeletal deformity. (bmj.com)
  • Optimizing cardiovascular (CV) health is one of the major treatment goals in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) since CV disease contributes to significant morbidity and mortality [ 1 ]. (springer.com)
  • Approximately 16% of twin pregnancies have birth weight discordance of at least 20%, which might also contribute to elevated risk of perinatal and neonatal mortality ( Blickstein and Kalish, 2003 ). (elifesciences.org)
  • Preeclampsia is a major cause of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. (ahajournals.org)
  • Additionally, childhood obesity may be an independent risk factor for adult morbidity and mortality, regardless of the persistence of childhood obesity ( 2 ). (txpeds.org)
  • Maintaining a healthy weight during gestation lowers adverse risks on infants such as birth defects, as well as chronic conditions in adulthood such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease (CVD). (wikipedia.org)
  • Studies could link higher maternal glucose to an increase in infant birth weight as well as different extents of morbidity, among other things the incidence of congenital malformations, supporting the Hypothesis, that even moderately increased blood glucose in the absence of diabetes positively influences growth in the fetus. (wikipedia.org)
  • Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as glucose intolerance of variable degree with onset or first recognition during pregnancy. (medscape.com)
  • Infants of mothers with preexisting diabetes mellitus experience double the risk of serious injury at birth, triple the likelihood of cesarean delivery, and quadruple the incidence of newborn intensive care unit (NICU) admission. (medscape.com)
  • Gestational diabetes mellitus accounts for 90% of cases of diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, while preexisting type 2 diabetes accounts for 8% of such cases. (medscape.com)
  • The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for gestational diabetes mellitus after 24 weeks of pregnancy. (medscape.com)
  • Women with prediabetes identified before pregnancy should be considered at extremely high risk for developing gestational diabetes mellitus during pregnancy. (medscape.com)
  • OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to synthesise available evidence on the efficacy of antenatal corticosteroid (ACS) therapy among women at risk of imminent preterm birth with pregestational/gestational diabetes, chorioamnionitis or fetal growth restriction (FGR), or planned caesarean section (CS) in the late preterm period. (bvsalud.org)
  • These investigators chronicled significantly increased incidences of a number of disorders including chronic hypertension, gestational diabetes , preeclampsia, fetal macrosomia, as well as higher rates of cesarean delivery and postpartum complications. (health.am)
  • But if you have gestational diabetes, being active is a must. (livingwithdiabetes.info)
  • You can do a lot to manage your gestational diabetes. (livingwithdiabetes.info)
  • Diabetes mellitus (DM) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are considered to be important additional risk factor for ASB and UTI during pregnancy. (scirp.org)
  • Gestational diabetes (GDM) has been shown to have long-term sequelae for both the mother and infant. (cdc.gov)
  • The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between ethnicity, gestational diabetes (GDM), and macrosomia in Hawaii. (cdc.gov)
  • Gestational diabetes (GDM), defined as any degree of glucose intolerance with onset or first recognition during pregnancy, complicates approximately 7% of all pregnancies, resulting in more than 200,000 cases annually [ 1 ]. (cdc.gov)
  • Longitudinal prospective cohort study where 91 preterm infants with gestational age at or below 34 weeks were followed. (bvsalud.org)
  • Thus, the objective of this study is to identify factors associated with the overall development of preterm infants at four and eight months of corrected gestational age. (bvsalud.org)
  • A more recent study in over 5000 pregnant women in the Netherlands, where currently no standard screen-and-treat policy for ASB during pregnancy is in place, found that ASB was not related to preterm birth in women with an uncomplicated singleton pregnancy. (scirp.org)
  • Furthermore, in unvaccinated individuals, SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy can adversely affect infants, increasing the odds of preterm birth by 1.5-fold and those of stillbirth or neonatal death by approximately 3-fold (Male, Nat Rev Immunol, 2022, 22:277-82).In the face of these concerning statistics, COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy seems a sensible precaution. (authorea.com)
  • Gestational age is not the actual embryologic age of the fetus, but it is the universal standard among obstetricians and neonatologists for discussing fetal maturation. (msdmanuals.com)
  • [ 3 ] In a study of the variation in the prevalence of hypotension among low-birth-weight infants, 16-52% received volume expansion and 4-39% received vasopressors. (medscape.com)
  • Studies have shown that Chinese and South Asian infants are smaller for their gestational age [5] . (southsudanmedicaljournal.com)
  • Infants born large for their gestational age (LGA) are at increased risk for birth complications, such as obstructed labor, and for obesity later in life. (cdc.gov)
  • To analyse the relationship between perinatal variables and the overall development of premature infants at four and eight months of corrected age. (bvsalud.org)
  • is the major cause of large-for-gestational-age (LGA) infants. (msdmanuals.com)
  • A recent study of rural Fulani infants up to age 2 years in northern Nigeria found that more than one-quarter were stunted and underweight. (jmedtropics.org)
  • The nutritional status of these infants was relatively sound at birth but progressively declined over the following 2 years. (jmedtropics.org)
  • Although the normal physiologic range for blood pressure (defined by the presence of normal organ blood flow) is not well studied in the newborn population, in clinical practice the reference range blood pressure limits are defined as the gestational age-dependent and postnatal age-dependent blood pressure values between the 5th (or 10th) and 95th (or 90th) percentiles. (medscape.com)
  • The control group were mothers who delivered a baby with a normal weight (ranging between 10th - 90th percentiles). (southsudanmedicaljournal.com)
  • if the BMI = 95th percentile, the child is considered obese. (txpeds.org)
  • For children younger than 2 years, weight-for-height values above the 95th percentile are classified as overweight. (txpeds.org)
  • Therefore, it is important to maintain a healthy gestational weight gain throughout pregnancy for achieving the optimal infant birth weight. (wikipedia.org)
  • METHODS: Using data from the Health Outcomes and Measures of the Environment (HOME) Study, a prospective pregnancy and birth cohort enrolled from 2003 to 2006, we investigated the relationship between gestational serum PBDE concentrations and anxiety symptoms in adolescents (N=236). (cdc.gov)
  • CONCLUSIONS: Gestational serum PBDE concentrations just before mid-pregnancy and during a period of active cortical and limbic neurogenesis, synaptogenesis and myelogenesis may be a risk factor for developing anxiety symptoms in early adolescence. (cdc.gov)
  • The emphasis of the report Nutrition During Pregnancy (IOM, 1990) was on the short-term consequences of gestational weight gain (GWG). (nationalacademies.org)
  • A population-based cohort study published in this issue of BJOG (please add reference) is the latest in a mounting number of observational studies that examine the risk of early pregnancy loss following COVID-19 vaccination, controlling for gestational age and relevant medical and social confounders. (authorea.com)
  • 90th percentile) on the day of hCG administration during IVF on oocyte fertilization, embryo development, implantation, clinical pregnancy and miscarriage rates. (mdm2-receptor.com)
  • Name and describe the three screenable trisomies in pregnancy, and describe how screening for these changes as first presentation changes with gestational age. (brainscape.com)
  • In obese, nonpregnant individuals, at least some of the long-term cardiovascular morbidity was thought to be due to obesity-mediated systemic inflammation and endothelial dysfunction (Brook and associates, 2001). (health.am)
  • Includes only singleton live births. (cdc.gov)
  • Data from 4735 respondents were weighted to represent all pregnancies resulting in live births in Hawaii from 2009-2011. (cdc.gov)
  • We included all live newborn singleton macrosomic babies who were delivered at or greater than 37 weeks gestation and who had no clinical evidence of congenital malformations. (southsudanmedicaljournal.com)
  • Second-trimester dilatation and evacuation was reported to take longer and be more difficult in women whose BMI was 30 kg/m 2 or greater (Dark and co-workers, 2002). (health.am)
  • Myles and co-workers (2002) found that obesity was an independent risk factor for postcesarean infection morbidity. (health.am)
  • It is further possible that the parenting of bereaved parents after the perinatal loss of one twin baby may leave the surviving twin vulnerable for mental morbidities ( Lamb, 2002 ). (elifesciences.org)
  • Approximately 17% (or 12.7 million) of children and adolescents aged 2 - 19 years had obesity. (health.am)
  • The prevalence of obesity among children aged 2 to 5 years decreased significantly from 13.9% in 2003-2004 to 8.4% in 2011-2012 . (health.am)
  • Cunningham and associates (1986) reported that obesity (weight greater than 200 pounds) and hypertension were common co-factors in causing peripartum heart failure. (health.am)
  • Adjusting for obesity, age, maternal nativity, and smoking, Asian Pacific Islander (API) women, which includes Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Filipina, and other Asian women, had a 50% increased odds of having GDM compared to white women when compared using multivariate analysis. (cdc.gov)
  • citation needed] Prenatal nutrition has a strong influence on birth weight and further development of the infant. (wikipedia.org)
  • By the same token, if the fetus growing in the womb of a healthy mother is exposed to prolonged famine after birth, the infant would be less adaptive to the harsh environment than low-birth-weight babies. (wikipedia.org)
  • The children were evaluated at four and eight months of age by cognitive scales of motor and language with the Bayley Scales of Infant Development III. (bvsalud.org)
  • Given the importance of the identification delay in development and its relation to infant morbidity, early identification of children at risk is key in order to minimise the resulting negative effects. (bvsalud.org)
  • All participants were evaluated at four and eight months of corrected age by the Bayley Scales of Infant Development III - Bayley III test. (bvsalud.org)
  • Birth Injuries The forces of labor and delivery occasionally cause physical injury to the infant. (msdmanuals.com)
  • In the past decade, the overall incidence of GDM significantly increased even after adjusting for age and ethnicity [ 2 ]. (cdc.gov)
  • Serum estradiol above the 90th percentile on the day of hCG administration was associated with a significantly lower rate of normal fertilization (68.6 +/- 20 vs. 71.6 +/- 21, p = 0.02) when compared with patients with a lower serum estradiol threshold. (mdm2-receptor.com)
  • The mean maternal age and mean birth parity of the study group were significantly greater than in the control group. (southsudanmedicaljournal.com)
  • Covariates included child sex, maternal race, maternal age at delivery, maternal marital status, maternal education, and household income at the 12-year study visit as well as maternal depressive and anxiety symptoms. (cdc.gov)
  • Since birth or residence in Australia does not appear to be protective, screening of at risk immigrant families should be implemented through public health policies. (bmj.com)
  • 85th percentile is considered healthy weight. (txpeds.org)
  • A retrospective cohort study using birth certificate data in California noted GDM prevalence to be 10% among Asian women, higher than white (4.6%), Black (4.5%), and Hispanic (6.9%) women [ 14 ]. (cdc.gov)
  • Another study using birth certificate data in the U.S. showed API women had a substantially higher age-adjusted prevalence of GDM (6.3%) compared to white (3.8%), Black (3.5%), or Hispanic (3.6%) women. (cdc.gov)
  • We have a really great, understanding manager who supports our growth," he said, adding that whatever technology and skills are needed for the job-such as video adapters, GoPros, software tools and HTML programming classes-Ayala and his teammates are given what they need to produce high-quality content and provide exceptional service to the Brigham community. (bwhbulletin.org)
  • The growth curves for children younger than 2 years do not include BMI percentiles, as BMI standards for children in that age group do not exist. (txpeds.org)
  • The main criticism was that confounding variables such as environmental factors could attribute to many of the chronic diseases such that low birth weight alone should not be dictated as an independent risk factor. (wikipedia.org)
  • Methods: Data from 214 pregnant women who gave birth during 2010 at the Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia where cases were women with a clinical diagnosis of (G)DM and controls were matched on date of birth. (scirp.org)
  • Although Edwards and co-workers (2003) reported a success rate of greater than 50 percent, they showed that costs for a planned trial of labor and elective cesarean delivery were equivalent. (health.am)
  • We assessed self-reported anxiety symptoms using the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) and depressive symptoms using the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI-2) at age 12 years. (cdc.gov)
  • Twins suffering a co-twin loss at birth have reported feelings of loneliness and grief while it remains unexplored if they suffer increased risk of psychiatric disorders. (elifesciences.org)
  • We contrasted rate of first-onset psychiatric disorders among all Swedish-born twins whose co-twin died within 60 days after birth between 1973 and 2011 (n = 787) to that of 3935 matched unexposed twins, 3935 matched singletons (both matched to the exposed twins by birth year, sex, and birth characteristics), and 880 full siblings of the exposed twins. (elifesciences.org)
  • We observed the strongest association for emotional disorders and for psychiatric disorders diagnosed before the age of 25. (elifesciences.org)
  • Comparisons with matched singletons and the twin's full siblings rendered similar results, corroborating an association of loss of a co-twin at birth with subsequent risk of psychiatric disorders. (elifesciences.org)
  • More frequently, however, transmission occurs by (fecal) contamination during and shortly after birth. (mdm2-receptor.com)
  • Newborns (NB) are surviving with lower birth weights as a result of scientific and technological advances that have resulted in significant changes in obstetric and neonatal assistance 1 . (bvsalud.org)
  • In contrast, with cognitive immaturity and limited (or no) afterbirth interactions, a co-twin loss at birth or during the neonatal period leaves little room for a twin bond to be established and therefore it seems implausible that the mental health of the surviving twin would be affected by such a loss. (elifesciences.org)
  • The test consists of five independent scales - cognitive, language, motor, social-emotional and adaptive behaviour - and is designed to assess children between one and 42 months of age 6 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Malnutrition is a major contributor to the death of children under 5 years of age in sub-Saharan Africa. (jmedtropics.org)
  • For children aged 2 to 20 years, age- and gender-specific references for BMI exist. (txpeds.org)
  • The current recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics is to track BMI percentile for children on a yearly basis. (txpeds.org)
  • The study included 257 children, aged 11-12. (preprints.org)
  • Males presented at a younger age, with a lower weight SDS, and more often with seizures. (bmj.com)
  • For example, swimming, water aerobics , and walking are all great choices, while high-impact aerobics or activities such as basketball, which could lead to impacts or falls, should be sidelined for a while. (livingwithdiabetes.info)