ReviewCureus2022
Preterm Birth: An Overview.
Review in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.
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41 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
- Regulation of Stress Physiology Across Social Contexts in Preterm-Born Preschoolers.Psychophysiology · 2026Article
- Reduced neural sensitivity to emotional faces and voices in preterm five-year-olds: a comparative study.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- Mental health outcomes in young adolescents born preterm reveal the need for earlier screening.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2026Article
- Aligning Health and Social Systems to Improve Maternal Behaviors and Birth Outcomes Among Clients Engaged in Evidence-Based Home Visiting.American journal of public health · 2026Article
- Subclinical but significant: A multi-informant comparative study on early socio-emotional difficulties in preterm preschoolers.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2026Article
- AI in Childbirth and Emerging Alternatives to Traditional Fertility Treatments.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2026Review
- A Protocol for the International Translation and Validation of the Postpartum Specific Anxiety Scale for Preterm Birth [PSAS-PTB] and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit [PSAS-NICU] Contexts.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2026Article
- Association between maternal cervical Ureaplasma urealyticum colonization and adverse perinatal outcomes: a prospective multicenter cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Development and validation of the childhood allergy comprehensive screening questionnaire and Its application in a cross-sectional survey of allergic diseases among children aged 0-6 Years in Shanghai, China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Placental and cord blood DNA methylation in preterm birth: exploring the epigenetic role of maternal dietary protein.NPJ science of food · 2025Article
- Prevalence of physical activity and its association with atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk factors in young women in the middle east: a sub-analysis of the ANCHORS study.BMC public health · 2025Observational
- Psychological and Spiritual Support for Parents of a Premature Baby in the Intensive Care Unit: Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Prenatal Melatonin Therapy Enhances Postnatal Lung Development in a Mouse Model of Inflammation-Induced Preterm Birth.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Microbial dysbiosis and associated disease mechanisms in maternal and child health.Infection and immunity · 2025Review
- Impact of Sociodemographic, Clinical, and Genetic Factors andIranian journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Association between the timing of cervical cerclage placement and postoperative outcomes: A retrospective study.The Journal of international medical research · 2025Article
- Social orienting in prematurely born preschoolers: a case control study showing altered neural tuning towards voices, not faces.Molecular autism · 2025Article
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- Associations Between Secondhand Smoke Exposure During Pregnancy and Preterm Birth.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Maternal peripheral blood telomere length and preterm birth in African American women: a pilot study.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2025Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Birth order has a significant impact on perinatal and long-term outcomes. Preterm birth rates, ranging from 5% to 18%, are regrettably still high in industrialized and developing countries, making them the main contributor to infant mortality and morbidity. Infection, cervical pathology, uterine overdistension, progesterone deficiency, stress on the mother and fetus, allograft reaction, allergic phenomena, and likely more unknown factors are just a few of the causes of preterm birth syndrome. These several causes may improperly stimulate the usual pathway between the decidua and the fetal membranes, resulting in cervical ripening, membrane rupture, and uterine contractility. Some of the mechanisms underpinning these actions include receptors, chemokines, and inflammatory cytokines. For early identification, treatment, and avoidance of negative consequences, it is essential to understand the cellular and metabolic mechanisms that cause preterm labor. Clinicians and researchers are crucial to improving our knowledge of the biochemistry of preterm delivery, identifying risk factors, and creating treatments for this challenging condition. Intrauterine growth restriction and pre-eclampsia or eclampsia are frequent causes of suspected preterm births. "Spontaneous preterm births" occur after preterm labor that develops without warning with an early membrane rupture. It is thought that the condition that may cause these births may have several causes, such as uterine overdistension, vascular disease, infection, or inflammation. Unplanned preterm births have several reasons, including the black race, periodontal disease, low mother body mass index (BMI), and previous preterm births. A short cervical length and a high cervical-vaginal fetal fibronectin concentration are the two best signs of premature birth.
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