Multiple pregnancy is managed according to more than fetal number. The key distinction is chorionicity—the number of placentas—and amnionicity, meaning the…
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Chorionicity-Specific Care In Twin And Higher-Order Pregnancies
Fetal Cleft Lip And Palate: Diagnosis And Coordinated Care
A prenatal finding involving the baby’s lip or palate can bring parents into an unfamiliar world of ultrasound terminology, specialist appointments and…
Neonatal Gastric Perforation: Causes, Diagnosis, and Surgical Repair
Neonatal gastric perforation is an uncommon but life-threatening abdominal emergency. A hole in the stomach wall allows air, milk, and gastric contents to…
Maternal Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Neonatal Lupus and Heart Block
Maternal systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) can affect pregnancy through disease activity, organ involvement, medications, placental dysfunction, and the…
Perinatal HIV prevention, prophylaxis, and infant feeding
Preventing HIV transmission during pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding depends on coordinated care rather than a single medicine or decision. Maternal…
Neonatal bronchopulmonary dysplasia: caffeine therapy and oxygen weaning
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a chronic respiratory disorder that affects many very preterm infants after prolonged oxygen exposure, mechanical…
Maternal bariatric surgery and nutritional deficiencies in pregnancy
Bariatric surgery can improve fertility, insulin resistance, hypertension, and obesity-related pregnancy risks. It can also alter digestion, appetite, stomach…
Fetal Gastroschisis: Prenatal Monitoring And Timing Of Delivery
Fetal gastroschisis is a congenital abdominal wall defect in which the intestines, and occasionally other abdominal organs, herniate through an opening beside…
Neonatal Stroke: Cooling, Clot Reperfusion, And Brain Protection
Neonatal stroke: therapeutic hypothermia and reperfusion strategies are increasingly discussed together, although they address different biological problems.…
Maternal corticosteroid use and fetal growth: risk-benefit analysis
Antenatal corticosteroids are among the most important interventions for pregnancies at risk of preterm birth. Betamethasone and dexamethasone accelerate fetal…
