In a cohort of 395 preterm infants (median gestational age, 29.6 weeks), maternal hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) affected 43% of cases and were associated with reduced cognitive and ...

Preterm infants born before 32 weeks who received more skin-to-skin contact while in the hospital showed stronger brain development in areas tied to emotion and stress regulation than babies who ...

Antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) are an established therapy for pregnant women at risk of preterm birth to help mature the fetus's lungs and reduce the chances of serious health issues. However, ...

Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered how proteins expressed in umbilical cord blood at birth evolve during gestational development and could serve as biomarkers to inform new precision ...

Severe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) remains a leading cause of visual impairment in childhood despite advances in ...

A full-term pregnancy lasts approximately 40 weeks, but some babies arrive sooner. Premature or preterm birth is when a baby is born before 37 weeks of pregnancy. Every year worldwide, more than 1 in ...

Early high-dose recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) in preterm infants influences macular vessel density (VD) parameters without contraindicating its use for macular development. The study ...

Delivery Date AI predicts when a baby will be born, with an 11-day margin of error in either direction, based on second- and ...

Parents may wonder, how to calculate the age of a premature baby and is it the same as calculating the age of a baby born on time? Determining the age of a premature baby is very important considering ...