Survival beyond 32nd gestational week fetal diseases. Medical search. Frequent questions

Occurring at 20-37 weeks' gestation, preterm labor precedes almost half of preterm births and is the leading cause of neonatal mortality in the United States. (medscape.com)
Contractions of sufficient frequency and intensity to effect progressive effacement and dilation of the cervix at 24-37 weeks' gestation are indicative of active preterm labor. (medscape.com)
A 36-year-old Caucasian woman at the 32nd week of gestation presented with a few days history of asthenia and pharyngodynia without fever. (biomedcentral.com)
The third day after admission, however, the patient's membrane ruptured spontaneously and she delivered a female infant after a gestation of 33 weeks and 3 days. (biomedcentral.com)
The regimen used in this trial included antenatal oral administration of ZDV beginning at 14-34 weeks of gestation and continuing throughout pregnancy, followed by intrapartum intravenous ZDV and postnatal oral administration of ZDV to the infant for 6 weeks after delivery. (cdc.gov)

A slightly milder phenotype with survival beyond 32nd gestational week also characterized by foetal akinesia, arthrogryposis and anterior horn cell loss (Lethal arthrogryposis with anterior horn cell disease, LAAHD) was also shown to result from mutations in GLE1. (wikipedia.org)
It is predicted that MCPH gene mutations may lead to the disease phenotype due to a disturbed mitotic spindle orientation, premature chromosomal condensation, signalling response as a result of damaged DNA, microtubule dynamics, transcriptional control or a few other hidden centrosomal mechanisms that can regulate the number of neurons produced by neuronal precursor cells. (biomedcentral.com)

Lethal congenital contracture syndrome 1 (LCCS1), also called Multiple contracture syndrome, Finnish type, is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized by total immobility of a fetus, detectable at around the 13th week of pregnancy. (wikipedia.org)
Infective endocarditis in pregnancy has a low incidence, often being associated with a previous history of rheumatic or congenital heart disease. (biomedcentral.com)
Microcephaly is characterised by a reduced occipitofrontal circumference (OFC) of the head that is at least 4 standard deviations (SD) and is caused by congenital insufficiency during fetal brain development, which chiefly affects the cerebral cortex. (biomedcentral.com)

If the diagnosis of preterm labor is suspected, but not confirmed, it may be prudent to first obtain a vaginal fetal fibronectin (FFN) sample before pelvic cervical examination. (medscape.com)
Ultrasound examination showed an appropriate for gestational age foetus in vertex presentation. (biomedcentral.com)

LCCS1 is characterized by total lack of the movements of the fetus, and is detectable at 13th week of pregnancy. (wikipedia.org)
In most reports the disease tends to run a subacute course and to appear more frequently in the third trimester of pregnancy. (biomedcentral.com)
We present the case of a 36-year-old woman with large vegetations on the mitral valve due to infective endocarditis detected at the 32nd week of her first pregnancy. (biomedcentral.com)

LCCS1 invariably leads to prenatal death before the 32nd gestational week. (wikipedia.org)
We linked 2006-2019 Georgia hospital discharge records with vital statistics birth and fetal death records for NH Black and NH White birthing persons. (bvsalud.org)

citation needed] LCCS1 belongs to Finnish heritage of diseases and cases have been confirmed until now (2009) only in Finland. (wikipedia.org)

In a study, a cervical length of 25 mm or less at 28 weeks had a 49% sensitivity for prediction of preterm delivery at less than 35 weeks. (medscape.com)

The increasing ownership of mobile phones and advances in hardware and software position these devices as cost-effective personalized tools for health promotion and management among women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). (jmir.org)
This is an interview with Dr. Griffin P. Rodgers for the NIDDK [National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases] Oral History Project. (nih.gov)

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