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Pregnancy Hypertens 2021 Apr 5;24:124-125. Epub 2021 Apr 5.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Botswana, Botswana; Effective Care Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand/Walter Sisulu University, South Africa. Electronic address:

J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2021 Apr 13:1-4. Epub 2021 Apr 13.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ASTT LECCO, Ospedale Leopoldo Mandic, Lecco, Italy.

Purpose: The birth of a child with an increased number of blood vessels in the umbilical cord (UC) is a rare event and has been previously reported to be associated with a higher incidence of congenital anomalies.

Methods: A case of a healthy female infant with an intra-uterine growth restriction (IUGR), born from a bicornuate uterus at 37 weeks of gestation and weighing 2500 g with a diagnosis of five-vessel UC made post-natally, on gross examination of the UC and confirmed by histopathological examination is documented. In particular, sections from the UC showed four umbilical arteries (UA) and one umbilical vein (UV). Read More

Ginekol Pol 2021 Apr 12. Epub 2021 Apr 12.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, "Veris delli Ponti" Hospital, Scorrano, Lecce, Italy.

Objectives: Morbidly adherent placenta (MAP) is one of leading causes of maternal mortality, with an increasing rate because of repeated cesarean sections (CS). The primary objective of this study is to compare two techniques of skin and uterine incisions in patients with MAP, evaluating the maternal fetal impact of the two methods. Retrospective multicentric cohort study. Read More

Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2021 Apr;23(4):369-374

Department of Neonatology, Health Center for Children and Women, Chongqing 401147, China.

Objective: To explore the risk factors for endotracheal intubation during resuscitation in the delivery room among very preterm infants.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed for 455 very preterm infants who were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit from January 2017 to December 2019. They were divided into an intubation group (=79) and a non-intubation group (=376) according to whether endotracheal intubation was performed during resuscitation. Read More

Eur J Pediatr 2021 Apr 10. Epub 2021 Apr 10.

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), University of Bologna, Via Massarenti 9, 40138, Bologna, (BO), Italy.

Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are environmental contaminants that have been shown to exert toxic effects, which are dependent upon concentration, in animals and humans. No specific data on the exposure of preterm infants to PFASs are available. We aimed to quantify the potential exposure of preterm infants to PFASs through human milk (HM), to be compared to the exposure data recently reported for infants by EFSA. Read More