Browse Items · NEOMED Bibliography Database

The Personal Social Networks of Resettled Bhutanese Refugees During Pregnancy in the United States: A Social Network Analysis.

Women comprise 50% of the refugee population, 25% of whom are of reproductive age. Female refugees are at risk for experiencing significant hardships associated with the refugee experience, including after resettlement. For refugee women, the…

A Qualitative Metasynthesis of Published Research Exploring the Pregnancy and Resettlement Experience Among Refugee Women.

The number of refugees and asylum seekers throughout the world continues to increase, leading to increasing challenges in meeting healthcare needs of these individuals. Women's antenatal health is of particular concern due to their vulnerability to…

Tags: 2019, Chatfield Sheryl L, Journal Article, Kingsbury Diana M, Medical care, Meta-Themes, Metasynthesis, NEOMED College of Medicine, NEOMED College of Medicine Postdoc, NEOMED Postdoc Publications, November 2019 Update, Pregnancy, Pregnant Women, Qualitative Report, Qualitative Research, Refugee, REFUGEE resettlement, REFUGEE services, SYRIAN refugees

Inhibition of nerve growth factor-stimulated neurite outgrowth by methylamine-modified alpha 2-macroglobulin.

alpha 2-Macroglobulin (alpha 2M) is a rather ubiquitous protein in extracellular spaces of mammals. It is an inhibitor of endopeptidases, can be modified by aliphatic amines, and combines with a number of hormones/cytokines such as beta-nerve growth…

The prevalence of thromboembolic events among women with extended bed rest prescribed as part of the treatment for premature labor or preterm premature rupture of membranes.

OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of thromboembolic events among women with extended bed rest prescribed as part of the treatment of premature labor or preterm premature rupture of membranes. STUDY DESIGN: A…

The Ability Of The Quadruple Test To Predict Adverse Perinatal Outcomes In A High-risk Obstetric Population

`Objective To determine the ability of the quadruple Down's syndrome screening test (quad screen) to predict other adverse perinatal outcomes (APO) in a high-risk obstetric population. Setting A tertiary medical centre in West Virginia. Methods We…

A comparison of costs associated with screening for gestational diabetes with two-tiered and one-tiered testing protocols.

OBJECTIVE: The Fourth International Workshop on Gestational Diabetes recently suggested that two techniques, a 2-tiered protocol and a 1-tiered protocol, to screen for gestational diabetes mellitus are acceptable alternatives. This study was…

Tags: 2001, American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Diabetes, Female, Gestational/*diagnosis/*economics, Glucose Tolerance Test/*economics/*methods, Humans, Lavin B, Lavin J P Jr, Mass Screening/economics, O'Donnell N, Pregnancy, Time Factors

Teaching Vaginal Breech Delivery And External Cephalic Version - A Survey Of Faculty Attitudes

OBJECTIVE: To ascertain current faculty attitudes regarding teaching of vaginal breech delivery (VBD) and external cephalic version (ECV). STUDY DESIGN: A questionnaire was sent to obstetrics ann gynecology residency programs. Respondents were…

Analyzing the most frequent disease loci in targeted patient categories optimizes disease gene identification and test accuracy worldwide.

BACKGROUND: Our genomewide studies support targeted testing the most frequent genetic diseases by patient category: (1) pregnant patients, (2) at-risk conceptuses, (3) affected children, and (4) abnormal adults. This approach not only identifies most…

Impact Of Parturition On Chemokine Homing Factor Expression In The Vaginal Distention Model Of Stress Urinary Incontinence

Purpose: Human childbirth simulated by vaginal distention is known to increase the expression of chemokines and receptors involved in stem cell homing and tissue repair. We hypothesized that pregnancy and parturition in rats contributes to the…

RNA interference for CFTR attenuates lung fluid absorption at birth in rats.

Background: Small interfering RNA (siRNA) against αENaC (α-subunit of the epithelial Na channel) and CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) was used to explore ENaC and CTFR function in newborn rat lungs. Methods: Twenty-four…

IL-1beta-induced cortisol stimulates lung fluid absorption in fetal guinea pigs via SGK-mediated Nedd4-2 inhibition.

We tested the hypothesis that interleukin (IL)-1beta-induced cortisol synthesis stimulates distal lung fluid absorption in fetal guinea pigs via induction of serum- and glucocorticoid-regulated kinase (SGK) and inhibition of neural precursor cell…

RNA interference for CFTR attenuates lung fluid absorption at birth in rats.

BACKGROUND: Small interfering RNA (siRNA) against alphaENaC (alpha-subunit of the epithelial Na channel) and CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) was used to explore ENaC and CTFR function in newborn rat lungs. METHODS:…

A noninflammatory interleukin-1beta fragment stimulates fetal lung fluid absorption in guinea pigs.

We have previously demonstrated that full-length interleukin (IL)-1beta can induce and stimulate lung fluid absorption in near-term guinea pig fetuses via stimulation of fetal cortisol synthesis and release. To develop a potentially clinically useful…

Prenatal cocaine exposure leads to enhanced long-term potentiation in region CA1 of hippocampus.

Cocaine use by pregnant women is currently of concern for its social and economic impact. Clinical studies of cocaine exposed offspring are limited by methodological constraints. In this study we used a rabbit model to examine the effects of…

Tags: *Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects, 1996, Animals, Brain research. Developmental brain research, Cocaine/*administration & dosage/pharmacology, Electrophysiology, Female, Hippocampus/*drug effects/physiology, In Vitro Techniques, Little J Z, Long-Term Potentiation/*drug effects, Narcotics/*administration & dosage/pharmacology, Neuronal Plasticity/drug effects, Pregnancy, Rabbits, Reference Values, Synapses/drug effects, Teyler T J

GABAa receptor-mediated field potentials are enhanced in area CA1 following prenatal cocaine exposure.

Prenatal cocaine exposure results in several documented changes in neurotransmitter receptor number and structure. Increases have been reported for cortical catecholamine and indoleamine receptor number and binding affinity, in the subunit expression…

Developmental pyrethroid exposure causes long-term decreases of neuronal sodium channel expression.

Pyrethroid insecticide use has increased over recent years because of their low to moderate acute toxicity in mammals. However, there is increasing concern over the potential detrimental effects of pyrethroids on developing animals. Most recently, we…

Spontaneous prolonged hypertonic uterine contractions (essential uterine hypertonus) and a possible infective etiology.

The management of a pregnant woman presenting with prolonged hypertonic uterine contractions (essential uterine hypertonus) and mildly elevated temperature at term is described. Histology of the placenta, cord and membranes, following delivery,…

A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO ANTIBIOTIC-TREATMENT IN WOMEN TAKING ORAL-CONTRACEPTIVES

Clinical situations that require the use of systemic antibiotic therapy are common. Because millions of women choose oral contraceptives for birth control, the potential for interaction between these drugs frequently has to be considered. We review…

Tags: 1994, ampicillin, Brodell R T, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Dermatology, drug-interactions, enterohepatic circulation, estradiol, Helms S E, Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Miller D M, NEOMED College of Medicine, norethisterone, norgestimate, pharmacokinetics, Pregnancy, rifampicin, tetracycline

Thrombosed external hemorrhoids in pregnancy: a retrospective review of outcomes.

Tags: 2016, Adult, Female, Hemorrhoids/*complications, Humans, International journal of colorectal disease, Mirhaidari Shayda J, Porter Joel A, Pregnancy, Retrospective Studies, Slezak Frederick A, Thrombosis/*complications, Treatment Outcome

Characterization of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the uterine cervix over pregnancy: effects of denervation and implications for cervical ripening.

Bilateral neurectomy of the pelvic nerve (BLPN) that carries uterine cervix-related sensory nerves induces dystocia, and administration of its vasoactive neuropeptides induces changes in the cervical microvasculature, resembling those that occur in…

Tags: 2004, Animal/*metabolism, Animals, Cervical Ripening/*metabolism, Cervix Uteri/blood supply/innervation/*metabolism, Denervation, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Down-Regulation, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Female, Hattori Y, Immunohistochemistry, Jesmin S, Microcirculation, Mowa C N, NEOMED College of Medicine, Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III, Nitric Oxide Synthase/biosynthesis, Papka R, Phosphorylation, Pregnancy, Protein Isoforms/biosynthesis/metabolism, Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/biosynthesis, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, Proto-Oncogene Proteins/biosynthesis, Rats, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Sakuma I, The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society, Togashi H, Usip S, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/biosynthesis/*metabolism, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2/biosynthesis, Wistar, Yoshioka M

The role of sensory neurons in cervical ripening: effects of estrogen and neuropeptides.

Central nervous system nuclei and circuits, such as the medial preoptic, ventromedial and paraventricular nuclei of the hypothalamus, play important roles in reproduction and parturition, and are influenced by estrogen. Peripheral autonomic and…

Tags: 2004, Afferent/metabolism/*physiology, Cervical Ripening/*physiology, Cervix Uteri/innervation, Estrogen/physiology, Estrogens/*physiology, Female, Ganglia, Humans, Mowa C N, Neurons, Neuropeptides/biosynthesis/*physiology, Papka R E, Pregnancy, Receptors, Spinal/physiology, The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society

The effects of pregnancy and estrogen on the expression of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in the uterine cervix, dorsal root ganglia and spinal cord.

Before parturition the uterine cervix undergoes a ripening process ("softens" and dilates) to allow passage of the fetus at term. The exact mechanism(s) responsible for cervical ripening are unknown, though a role for peptidergic sensory neurons is…

Oxytocin-induced labor augments IL-1beta-stimulated lung fluid absorption in fetal guinea pig lungs.

We tested the hypothesis that oxytocin-induced labor augmented

Pregnancy-related Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Associated with Herpes Simplex Virus-2 Infection: A Diagnostic Dilemma.

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a severe inflammatory disorder characterized by the uncontrolled proliferation of lymphocytes and histiocytes with hemophagocytic activity in the bone marrow. To our knowledge, there have been a few…

Tags: 2018, Albers Elizabeth, Cureus, Department of Internal Medicine, Duggal Anurag, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, HSV, Nasser M Farhan, NEOMED College of Medicine, Pregnancy, Sharma Sapna, Sharma Shorabh

Limitations of the obstetric group B Streptococcus protocol.

OBJECTIVE: To assess compliance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) screening-based protocol for obstetric group B Streptococcus (GBS) and to determine an acceptable threshold for protocol failure. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective…

Tags: 2003, Antibiotics – Therapeutic Use – In Pregnancy, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.), Female, Gill P, Human, Journal of Reproductive Medicine, Nemunaitis-Keller J, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications – Drug Therapy, Pregnancy outcomes, Record Review, Retrospective Design, Streptococcal Infections – Drug Therapy – In Pregnancy, Streptococcal Infections – Prevention and Control

Limitations of the obstetric group B Streptococcus protocol.

OBJECTIVE: To assess compliance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) screening-based protocol for obstetric group B Streptococcus (GBS) and to determine an acceptable threshold for protocol failure. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective…

Review of international clinical guidelines related to prenatal screening during monochorionic pregnancies.

We conducted a search for international clinical guidelines related to prenatal screening during monochorionic pregnancies. We found 25 resources from 13 countries/regions and extracted information related to general screening as well as screening…

Tags: 2021, AMNIOTIC liquid, April 2021 List, clinical guidelines, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Ernst-Milner S, FETAL growth retardation, Fischbein R, Journal of Clinical Medicine, journalArticle, monochorionic twin pregnancy, NEOMED College of Medicine, Nicholas L, Pregnancy, PRENATAL care, screening, UMBILICAL arteries, Wani R

Chlamydia trachomatis and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: Meta-analysis of Patients With and Without Infection.

OBJECTIVES: We conducted a meta-analysis to determine the association between Chlamydia trachomatis and adverse perinatal outcomes. METHODS: Electronic databases were searched between 1970 and 2013. Included studies reported perinatal outcomes in…

Tags: *Chlamydia trachomatis, *Perinatal infection, *Pregnancy outcomes, *Premature Birth, *Preterm birth, 2018, Adult, Balaram Kripa, Childbirth, Chlamydia Infections – Complications – In Pregnancy, Chlamydia Infections – Diagnosis, Chlamydia Infections/diagnosis/*epidemiology/microbiology, Chlamydia trachomatis, Cochrane Library, Confidence Intervals, Endometrial Diseases, Female, Fetal Membranes, Hackney David N, Human, Humans, Infant, Infectious/diagnosis/*epidemiology/microbiology, Low Birth Weight, Maternal and child health journal, Medline, Meta Analysis, Newborn, Nucleic Acid Probes, Obstetric Labor, Odds Ratio, Olson-Chen Courtney, Perinatal Death, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Pregnancy Complications – Etiology, Pregnancy Outcome/epidemiology, Pregnancy outcomes, Premature, Premature Rupture/*epidemiology, Premature/*epidemiology, PubMed, Small for Gestational Age, systematic review

Perianal versus anorectal specimens: Is there a difference in group B streptococcal detection?

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether specimens obtained from the perianal area have a Group B streptococcal culture detection rate similar to anorectal specimens. METHODS: This is a prospective cohort study at a tertiary care university-affiliated…

Tags: 2002, carriage, Disease, Gill P, Hecht B, Hopkins M, Journal Article, Nelson K, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Obstetrics and gynecology, Orafu C, Pregnancy, Prevention

Estrogen receptor-alpha and neural circuits to the spinal cord during pregnancy.

Estrogen receptor immunoreactivity and mRNAs are present in spinal cord neurons in locations that are associated with sensory and autonomic innervation of female reproductive organs. The present study was undertaken to examine the expression of…

Estrogen receptors in the spinal cord, sensory ganglia, and pelvic autonomic ganglia.

Until relatively recently, most studies of the effects of estradiol in the nervous system focused on hypothalamic, limbic, and other brain centers involved in reproductive hormone output, feedback, and behaviors. Almost no studies addressed estradiol…

Tags: 2003, Animals, Autonomic/cytology/*physiology, Estrogen/*physiology, Estrogens/physiology, Female, Female/*innervation/physiology, Ganglia, Genitalia, Humans, Hypogastric Plexus/cytology/physiology, International review of cytology, Mowa C N, Neurotransmitter Agents/physiology, Papka R E, Pregnancy, Receptors, Sensory/cytology/*physiology, Spinal Cord/cytology/*physiology

Estrogen receptors in the spinal card, sensory ganglia, and pelvic autonomic ganglia

Expression of pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide in the uterine cervix, lumbosacral dorsal root ganglia and spinal cord of rats during pregnancy.

The uterine cervix is highly innervated by the sensory nerves containing neuropeptides which change during pregnancy and are regulated, in part, by estrogen. These neuropeptides act as transmitters both in the spinal cord and cervix. The present…

P2X receptors in the rat uterine cervix, lumbosacral dorsal root ganglia, and spinal cord during pregnancy.

ATP, an intracellular energy source, is released from cells during tissue stress, damage, or inflammation. The P2X subtype of the ATP receptor is expressed in rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) cells, spinal cord dorsal horn, and axons in peripheral…

Nasal granuloma gravidarum

Tags: 2002, Journal Article, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, Park Y W, Pregnancy, Surgery

Diagnosis at a glance.

Tags: 2003, Adult, Body Piercing, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Ear, Emergency Medicine (00136654), External, Female, Granuloma – Diagnosis – In Pregnancy, Ison R, Keloid – Diagnosis, Matthews M, NEOMED College of Medicine, Nose Diseases – Diagnosis – In Pregnancy, Park Y W, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications – Diagnosis

Totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection and complex congenital heart disease - Prenatal echocardiographic diagnosis and prognosis

Objective. The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of prenatal cardiac diagnosis, prognosis, and outcome of totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) and to determine echocardiographic clues in the prenatal diagnosis of…

Double-outlet right ventricle with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection - Prenatal diagnosis

Prenatal diagnosis of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) is rare. We describe a case in which the diagnosis was made at 24 weeks' gestation. The fetus had a double-outlet right ventricle, mitral atresia, a subaortic ventricular…

Tags: 2005, Acoustics, blood-flow, echocardiographic diagnosis, Fetus, Journal Article, Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging, Patel C R, Pregnancy, Radiology, Steele M A, Stewart J W

Prenatal diagnosis of obstructed normally connected pulmonary veins by a single orifice to the common atrium in a fetus with right isomerism.

Tags: *Ultrasonography, 2007, Adult, Female, Fetal Heart/diagnostic imaging/*pathology, Heart Atria/*abnormalities/diagnostic imaging/embryology, Humans, Infant, Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, Levocardia/diagnostic imaging/embryology, Male, Newborn, Patel Chandrakant R, Pregnancy, Prenatal, Pulmonary Veins/*abnormalities/diagnostic imaging/embryology, Smith Philip C, Spector Michael L, Waight David J

Distribution and origin of corticotropin-releasing factor-immunoreactive axons in the female rat lumbosacral spinal cord.

Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) is a neuropeptide traditionally known for its hormonal role in the hypothalamic/pituitary/adrenal stress axis. However, CRF has been reported in axons in sites that may be considered outside of the direct stress…

Browse Items (101 total)