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Rev Paul Pediatr 2022 11;40:e2021049. Epub 2022 May 11.

Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil.

Objective: To perform a systematic review in order to verify the association between full-term birth of small for gestational age (SGA) children and the outcomes in the development of oral language.Data source:Articles from MEDLINE/PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Lilacs, SciELO and Cochrane Library databases were identified, selected and critically evaluated by two independent reviewers and a judge, blindly, without language restriction and publication period. The PRISMA tool was used, and original studies with a theme involving children born full-term and SGA were included, outcome related to aspects of oral language development, as well as the use of tests, scales and/or specific questionnaires for the investigation, whose methodology was described in full, with children as the target population. Read More

Front Pediatr 2022 28;10:844404. Epub 2022 Apr 28.

Institute of Reproductive and Child Health, Peking University/Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health, The National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, China.

Background: The relationship between maternal folic acid supplementation and the birth weights of offspring remains inconclusive.

Aim: To examine the associations between maternal supplementation with folic acid only (FAO) or multiple micronutrients containing folic acid (MMFA) and newborn birth weights, as well as the risk of small for gestational week age (SGA) and large for gestational week age (LGA) newborns.

Methods: Data on 31,107 births from 2015 to 2018 were extracted from the population-based prenatal health care system in a district of Beijing. Read More

J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2022 May 4. Epub 2022 May 4.

Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Objective: Health policy and system leaders need to know whether long travel time to a delivery facility adversely affects birth outcomes. In this study, we estimated associations between travel time to delivery and outcomes in low-risk pregnancies.

Methods: This population-based cohort included all singleton births without obstetric comorbidities or intrapartum facility transfers in British Columbia, Canada, from 2012 to 2019. Read More

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2022 Apr 30;22(1):375. Epub 2022 Apr 30.

Department of Midwifery Science, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, AVAG/Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Objective: To identify neonatal risk for severe adverse perinatal outcomes across birth weight centiles in two Dutch and one international birth weight chart.

Background: Growth restricted newborns have not reached their intrinsic growth potential in utero and are at risk of perinatal morbidity and mortality. There is no golden standard for the confirmation of the diagnosis of fetal growth restriction after birth. Read More

Am J Obstet Gynecol 2022 Apr 26. Epub 2022 Apr 26.

RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC.

Background: The NICHD Nulliparous Pregnancy Outcomes Study: Monitoring Mothers-to-be (nuMoM2b) was established to investigate the underlying causes and pathophysiologic pathways associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes in nulliparous gravidas.

Objective: Our objectives were to study placental physiology and identify novel biomarkers in relation to adverse pregnancy outcomes, including preterm birth (medically-indicated and spontaneous), preeclampsia, small for gestational age (SGA) neonates, and stillbirth. We measured levels of placental proteins in the maternal circulation in the first two trimesters of pregnancy. Read More