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(1) A positive Amnisure test is present in about one-third nulliparous women at term presenting in labor with intact membranes; (2) patients with a positive Amnisure test had a shorter admission-to-delivery interval than those with a negative test.

The objective of this study was to detect and compare the presence of periodontopathogens in the subgingival plaques of gingivitis lesions in adults who wore fixed orthodontic appliances, as opposed to adults who did not wear any orthodontic appliances. Thirty-six individuals participated in this study. Nineteen of these subjects did not wear any orthodontic appliances, and these subjects comprised the control group. The other 17 individuals had been wearing fixed orthodontic appliances for at l

Objective: This study was conducted to examine the frequency and clinical significance of a positive Amnisure test in patients with preterm labor and intact membranes by sterile speculum exam. Study design: A retrospective cohort study was performed including 90 patients with preterm labor and intact membranes who underwent Amnisure tests prior to amniocentesis (< 72 h); most patients (n = 64) also underwent fetal fibronectin (fFN) tests. Amniotic fluid (AF) was cultured for aerobic/anaerobic ba

HPV DNA was detected at birth in 5.2%(8/153) of neonates born to healthy women, and was associated with the detection of HPV in mothers during any of the three trimesters of pregnancy.

The longer the duration of labor, the higher the risk of funisitis and histologic chorioamnionitis in pregnant women at term who delivered after the spontaneous onset of labor.

The presence of acute histologic chorioamnionitis is associated with adverse neonatal outcome in late preterm infants born to mothers with preterm PROM.

As a wheat flour substitute, the BGEMs that were prepared from low-grade Lentinus edodes mushrooms, could be successfully used to produce cakes containing 1 g of β-glucan per serving with quality attributes similar to those of the control.

GDM was associated with more diverse cardiovascular outcomes than previously considered, and conventional risk factors such as diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia partially contributed to this relationship.

The presence of Grade 2-3 steatosis on ultrasound in early pregnancy was associated with the increased risk of delivering an LGA infant, even after adjustment for multiple confounding factors including GDM. Adiponectin may be the linking biomarker between NAFLD and LGA.

The levels of inflammatory proteins in the CVF correlated with those in the AF, whereas those in the plasma showed no correlation. A non-invasive model using clinical factors and CVF cytokine levels predicted the risk of MIAC in women with pPROM.

Early identification of patients at risk of developing preeclampsia (PE) would allow providers to tailor their prenatal management and adopt preventive strategies, such as low-dose aspirin. Nevertheless, no mid-trimester biomarkers have as yet been proven useful for prediction of PE. This study investigates the ability of metabolomic biomarkers in mid-trimester maternal plasma to predict PE. A case-control study was conducted including 33 pregnant women with mid-trimester maternal plasma (gestat