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IRON SUPPLEMENTATION ENHANCES THE RESPONSE TO HIGH DOSES OF RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN IN PREMATURE INFANTS.
No full textOutcome of pregnancy for immigrant women: a retrospective study [L'outcome della gravidanza nella donna immigrata: studio retrospettivo]
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AIM: Italy is experiencing a continuous increase in female immigration and, as a consequence, the number of births by immigrant mothers. The objective of our study was therefore to compare indices for maternal-foetal wellbeing as regards immigrant as opposed to autochthonous pregnant women.
METHODS: An analysis was made of CEDAP data from 2001 to 2008 concerning parturients at Udine Obstetric and Gynaecological Clinic, DRG clinical data for 2008 and clinical records for 2008 of foreign parturients: the focus was on which geographical area they came from, hypertensive and metabolic symptoms during pregnancy, maternal serology, gestational period up to childbirth, weight at birth, Apgar index, duration of hospitalisation for the mother and infant.
RESULTS: The study covered 13,352 women of whom 2,139 were foreigners, while 363 of the latter gave birth in 2008. In terms of geographical area the largest group of immigrants came from Eastern Europe, followed by sub-Saharan African and Arab countries. The worst outcome of pregnancy was found in African women, who showed the highest incidence of chronic hypertension, pregnancy-induced hypertension and pre-eclampsia and they also developed gestational diabetes more frequently, although a high incidence was also seen for Eastern European and Arab women. Furthermore, African women were found to be HIV-seropositive more frequently, showed a greater tendency to preterm or severely preterm birth, with a significantly lower weight and Apgar at birth compared to all other immigrant women. As a result, African women and infants remained in hospital for a longer period.
CONCLUSION: Monitoring, both pre-conceptional and during pregnancy, needs to be intensified, especially among African mothers, in order to reduce the maternal-foetal disadvantage when compared to other women
Outcome of pregnancy for immigrant women: A retrospective study
No full textAim. Italy is experiencing a continuous increase in female immigration and, as a consequence, the number of births by immigrant mothers. The objective of our study was therefore to compare indices for maternal-foetal wellbeing as regards immigrant as opposed to autochthonous pregnant women. Methods. An analysis was made of CEDAP data from 2001 to 2008 concerning parturients at Udine Obstetric and Gynaecological Clinic, DRG clinical data for 2008 and clinical records for 2008 of foreign parturients: the focus was on which geographical area they came from, hypertensive and metabolic symptoms during pregnancy, maternal serology, gestational period up to childbirth, weight at birth, Apgar index, duration of hospitalisation for the mother and infant. Results. The study covered 13,352 women of whom 2,139 were foreigners, while 363 of the latter gave birth in 2008. In terms of geographical area the largest group of immigrants came from Eastern Europe, followed by subSaharan African and Arab countries. The worst outcome of pregnancy was found in African women, who showed the highest incidence of chronic hypertension, pregnancy-induced hypertension and pre-eclampsia and they also developed gestational diabetes more fre- quently, although a high incidence was also seen for Eastern European and Arab women. Furthermore, African women were found to be HIV-seropositive more frequently, showed a greater tendency to preterm or severely preterm birth, with a significantly lower weight and Apgar at birth compared to all other immigrant women. As a result, African women and infants remained in hospital for a longer period. Conclusion. Monitoring, both pre-conceptional and during pregnancy, needs to be intensified, especially among African mothers, in order to reduce the maternal-foetal disadvantage when compared to other women
Urinary beta-2-microglobulin excretion in prematures with respiratory distress syndrome.
No full textUrinary concentrations of beta 2-microglobulin (beta 2M) were studied in 25 prematures (less than or equal to 35 weeks) with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), divided into two groups (group 1: ventilation greater than or equal to 2 days; group 2: oxygenotherapy less than or equal to 4 days), to assess the value of beta 2M in the detection of tubular damage in relation to the severity and management of the respiratory disease. The data were compared with those obtained from 10 healthy controls, matched for birth weight and gestational age. Measurements of beta 2M were made on urine collected on days 1, 3, and 5 until the recovery phase of RDS was reached. Urinary beta 2M values for infants with RDS were increased on days 1 and 3, with respect to the controls, and significantly increased in the ventilated group (8,814 +/- 4,768 vs. 2,594 +/- 3,231 micrograms/l, p less than 0.005 and 7,624 +/- 6,264 vs. 2,762 +/- 2,316 micrograms/l, p less than 0.05, respectively). Serum sodium and creatinine, creatinine clearance, fractional tubular sodium excretion and renal function index on day 1 were similar in prematures with or without RDS. However, the ventilated newborns presented higher urinary sodium excretions. On the 5th day, no significant differences in urinary beta 2M were found among the groups. The elevated levels of urinary beta 2M in the acute phase of RDS and in the more severe lung disease indicate the existence of subclinical tubular dysfunction, probably secondary to hypoxic stress and to negative hemodynamic effects of ventilatory management
’Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease, and Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Inflammatory Disorders during pregnancy: 8-years experience in a referral centre
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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