In the absence of effective interventions to prevent preterm births, improved survival of
infants who are born at the biological limits of viability has relied on advances in perinatal …

Almost 2 billion adults in the world are overweight, and more than half of them are classified
as obese, while nearly one-third of children globally experience poor growth and …

Being born small lays the foundation for short-term and long-term implications for life.
Intrauterine or fetal growth restriction describes the pregnancy complication of pathological …

The importance of a fully functioning placenta for a good pregnancy outcome is
unquestioned. Loss of function can lead to pregnancy complications and is often detected by …

Maternal vascular malperfusion (MVM) of the placental bed represents a recognizable
pattern of placental injury related to altered uterine and intervillous blood flow. MVM consists …

Rationale: Mechanisms contributing to chronic lung disease after preterm birth are
incompletely understood. Objectives: To identify antenatal risk factors associated with …

Now in a fully updated 9th Edition, Kendig's Disorders of the Respiratory Tract in Children,
by Drs. Robert Wilmott, Andrew Bush, Robin Deterding, and Felix Ratjen, continues to …

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is associated with significant morbidities and high mortality in
preterm infants, yet mechanisms contributing to the pathogenesis of PH, the impact of early …

Objectives To assess the effect of pulmonary hypertension on neonatal intensive care unit
mortality and hospital readmission through 1 year of corrected age in a large multicenter …

Objective To assess the utility of clinical predictors of persistent respiratory morbidity in
extremely low gestational age newborns (ELGANs). Study design We enrolled ELGANs (< …