BACKGROUND: Preterm birth is a major global health challenge, the leading cause of death in children under 5 years of age, and a key measure of a population's general health and nutritional status. Current clinical methods of estimating fetal gestati...
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
Jun 15, 2020
PURPOSE: The evaluation of fetal lung maturity is critical for clinical practice since the lung immaturity is an important cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. For the evaluation of the development of fetal lung maturation degree, our study est...
BACKGROUND: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) contributes to adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes. In recent decades, extensive research has been devoted to the early prediction of GDM by various methods. Machine learning methods are flexible predi...
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
Jun 2, 2020
PURPOSE: Fetal brain abnormalities are some of the most common congenital malformations that may associated with syndromic and chromosomal malformations, and could lead to neurodevelopmental delay and mental retardation. Early prenatal detection of b...
In the past decade, there has been a tremendous increase in studies on the link between oral microbiome and systemic diseases. However, variations in study design and confounding variables across studies often lead to inconsistent observations. In th...
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
May 17, 2020
BACKGROUND: The process of childbirth is one of the most crucial events in the future health and development of the offspring. The vulnerability of parturients and fetuses during the delivery process led to the development of intrapartum monitoring m...
Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.)
May 16, 2020
Pregnant women are an especially vulnerable population, given the sensitivity of a developing fetus to chemical exposures. However, prescribing behavior for the gravid patient is guided on limited human data and conflicting cases of adverse outcomes ...
RPL is a very debated condition, in which many issues concerning definition, etiological factors to investigate or therapies to apply are still controversial. ML could help clinicians to reach an objectiveness in RPL classification and access to care...
Social determining factors such as the adverse influence of globalization, supermarket growth, fast unplanned urbanization, sedentary lifestyle, economy, and social position slowly develop behavioral risk factors in humans. Behavioral risk factors su...
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
Apr 30, 2020
PURPOSE: Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) is a placental defect occurring in monochorionic twin pregnancies. It is associated with high risks of fetal loss and perinatal death. Fetoscopic elective laser ablation (ELA) of placental anastomoses...