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Filter by:The main objective of this research is to study the links between changes in the intestinal microbiota (in terms of diversity) during the first 6 weeks of life for preterm infants and the presence / absence of a TH1 immune status at 36 months of age.
This study aims to investigate the effects of an early intervention (joint observation and video feedback) on maternal parenting self-efficacy following a premature birth. Mothers who have given birth to a very premature baby will be randomly allocated to either the early intervention or usual care whilst the infant is still hospitalized. Participants will be followed up at one month and six months. It is predicted that participants who received the early intervention will report higher maternal parenting self-efficacy than those who are not.
TEPHRA investigates the effect of exercise on blood pressure and other cardiovascular factors in young adults with different birth histories. TEPHRA will recruit 200 participants from 18-35 years old with elevated blood pressure (100 participants pre-term born and 100 full-term born). Half of the participants from each birth group will be randomised into a 16 week supervised aerobic exercise intervention trial and the other half will be controls. Participants will complete 3 main study visits: - Visit 1: Baseline visit conducted at beginning of study - Visit 2: 16 weeks into study (upon completion of structured exercise intervention for the exercise group) - Visit 3: End of study (52 weeks) Each visit will repeat the same set of cardiovascular measures including CPET, echo, blood pressure, vascular stiffness, and other measures. 50 participants from each group will complete an MRI sub-study of the heart, brain, and liver.
The investigators will apply xenon-129 (129Xe) and non-contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) acquisition and analysis methods in 50 subjects aged between 20 and 29 years born pre-term (with and without a diagnosis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia [BPD]) and at term to characterize and probe the relationship between lung structure and function using imaging.
Spontaneous preterm birth (SPTB) remains the number one cause of perinatal mortality in many countries, including the United States. In singleton gestations a short cervical length (CL) on transvaginal ultrasound (TVU) has been shown to be a good predictor of SPTB. The cervical pessary is a silicone device that has been used to prevent SPTB. The efficacy of cervical pessary has been assessed in several populations including singletons with short CL, unselected twins, twins with a short CL, and triplet pregnancies. Several randomized clinical trials (RCTs) have been published, and several are ongoing. However, no consensus on the use of cervical pessary in pregnancy or guidelines for management have been assessed.
The purpose of this study is to compare neurodevelopment and activity in infants born very preterm (26 to 33 6/7 weeks gestational age (GA)) receiving Standard Care (SC) or Family Nurture Intervention (FNI) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The study investigator hypothesizes that FNI will improve: i) neonatal electroencephalographic activity ii) maternal caregiving and wellbeing (psychological and physiological), and iii) infant behavior and neurodevelopment at 18 months corrected age (CA). The study aims to: - Replicate efficacy from an earlier trial by conducting the study at multiple sites to allow for greater generalizability. - SC, approximately 90 infants plus the parents - FNI, approximately 90 infants plus the parents - Term Controls, approximately 25 infants plus the parents
Spontaneous preterm birth (SPTB) remains the number one cause of perinatal mortality in many countries, including the United States. Multiple gestations are at increased risk of SPTB. A short cervical length (CL) on transvaginal ultrasound (TVU) has been shown to be a good predictor of SPTB, in both singletons and twins. The cervical pessary is a silicone device that has been used to prevent SPTB. The efficacy of the cervical pessary has been assessed in several populations including singletons with short CL, unselected twins, twins with short CL, and triplet pregnancies. Several randomized clinical trials (RCTs) have been published, and several are ongoing. However, no consensus on use of the cervical pessary in pregnancy or guidelines for management have been assessed.
This study aims to evaluate the acute effects of neonatal hydrokinesiotherapy in reducing stress in newborn preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. Salivary cortisol samples were collected, pain applying the Neonatal Infant Pain Scale Scale (NIPS), heart rate, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation before and after hydrotherapy.
Providing verbal counseling supplemented with both written and pictorial information then verbal counseling alone is a more effective method of counseling parents with threatened preterm delivery
The purpose of this study is to examine whether the value of vaginal fluid cytokine levels as well as computerized fetal ECG analysis are suitable clinical parameters to detect an imminent intra-amniotic inflammation with a high risk of fetal inflammatory response syndrome (FIRS) or a neonatal early onset sepsis (EOS) and whether these parameters can be determined on a daily basis in the clinical monitoring of pregnancies complicated by PPROM.