Perinatal stroke describes a group of cerebrovascular injuries occurring between late pregnancy and the first month after birth. It may involve an arterial…
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Perinatal Stroke: Diagnosis and Long-Term Care
How maternal nutrition shapes the infant microbiome
Maternal nutrition during pregnancy and lactation helps create the biological conditions in which an infant’s microbiome develops. The foods a mother eats…
Antenatal Corticosteroid Therapy: Current Evidence and Practice
Antenatal corticosteroids remain one of the most important interventions for reducing complications associated with anticipated preterm birth. By accelerating…
Evidence-Based Neonatal Pain Management In Practice
Neonates experience pain during procedures, illness, surgery, and routine intensive care. Their limited ability to communicate does not reduce the biological…
Amniotic Fluid Embolism And Maternal Mortality
Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is an uncommon obstetric emergency associated with sudden cardiovascular collapse, severe respiratory failure, disseminated…
Fetal Surgery: Current Indications And Outcomes
Fetal surgery has developed from an experimental response to severe congenital disease into a carefully regulated part of modern maternal-fetal medicine. The…
Protecting Perinatal Mental Health During a Pandemic
Pregnancy, birth, and the first months of parenthood are periods of major psychological adjustment. COVID-19 added uncertainty, isolation, financial pressure,…
Probiotics In Preterm Infants And NEC Prevention
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is one of the most serious gastrointestinal diseases affecting premature and very low birth weight infants. It can progress…
Genetic Counseling In Perinatal Medicine And Emerging Technologies
Genetic counseling in perinatal care has moved beyond explaining a single test result. It now involves interpreting complex genomic data, discussing uncertain…
Maternal Sepsis: Early Recognition and Management
Maternal sepsis is a time-critical complication in which infection triggers life-threatening organ dysfunction during pregnancy, childbirth, after abortion, or…
