BCNatal Fetal Medicine Research Center: Recent submissions
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Maternal and neonatal immune response to SARS-CoV-2, IgG transplacental transfer and cytokine profile
SARS-CoV-2 infected pregnant women are at increased risk of severe COVID-19 than non-pregnant women and have a higher risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes like intrauterine/fetal distress and preterm birth. However, little ...
Maternal and fetal outcomes of pregnancy in women with primary systemic vasculitis: A single-center cohort study of 20 patients and 30 pregnancies
Objectives: To analyze pregnancy outcomes of patients with primary systemic vasculitis followed in a third-level referral center. Methods: Retrospective cohort study of all pregnant women with systemic vasculitis followed ...
Revealed versus concealed criteria for placental insufficiency in an unselected obstetric population in late pregnancy (RATIO37): randomised controlled trial study protocol.
INTRODUCTION: Fetal growth restriction (FGR) affects 5%-10% of all pregnancies, contributing to 30%-50% of stillbirths. Unfortunately, growth restriction often is not detected antenatally. The last weeks of pregnancy are ...
Differences and similarities in endothelial and angiogenic profiles of preeclampsia and COVID-19 in pregnancy.
Background: COVID-19 presents a spectrum of signs and symptoms in pregnant women that might resemble preeclampsia. Differentiation between severe COVID-19 and preeclampsia is difficult in some cases. Objective: To study ...
Placental exosomes profile in maternal and fetal circulation in intrauterine growth restriction - Liquid biopsies to monitoring fetal growth
INTRODUCTION: Placenta-derived exosomes may represent an additional pathway by which the placenta communicates with the maternal system to induce maternal vascular adaptations to pregnancy and it may be affected during ...
Effectiveness of a probiotic combination on the neurodevelopment of the very premature infant
Probiotics have shown a benefit in reducing necrotising enterocolitis in the premature infant, however the study of their effect on premature neonates' neurodevelopment is limited. The aim of our study was to elucidate ...
The Mediterranean Diet in Pregnancy: Implications for Maternal Brain Morphometry in a Secondary Analysis of the IMPACT BCN Randomized Clinical Trial
Introduction: A Mediterranean diet has positive effects on the brain in mid-older adults; however, there is scarce information on pregnant individuals. We aimed to evaluate the effect of a structured Mediterranean diet ...
Evaluación de una intervención mediante sofrología para disminuir la ansiedad en las gestantes con un feto con retraso de crecimiento
Objetivo: comparar el grado de ansiedad de un grupo de mujeres con un feto con retraso de crecimiento intrauterino (RCIU) visitadas exclusivamente por especialistas en medicina maternofetal en relación a otras mujeres que, ...
Brain Oxygen Perfusion and Oxidative Stress Biomarkers in Fetuses with Congenital Heart Disease-A Retrospective, Case-Control Pilot Study.
Fetuses with congenital heart disease (CHD) have circulatory changes that may lead to predictable blood flow disturbances that may affect normal brain development. Hypoxemia and hypoperfusion may alter the redox balance ...
Circulating extracellular vesicles and neutrophil extracellular traps contribute to endothelial dysfunction in preeclampsia
Background: Preeclampsia (PE) is a pregnancy complication characterized by hypertension, proteinuria, endothelial dysfunction, and complement dysregulation. Placenta-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs), necessary in ...
Noninvasive prediction models of intra-amniotic infection in women with preterm labor
Corrigendum published online July 9, 2025 at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2025.06.045
Altered resting-state whole-brain functional networks of neonates with intrauterine growth restriction
The feasibility to use functional MRI (fMRI) during natural sleep to assess low-frequency basal brain activity fluctuations in human neonates has been demonstrated, although its potential to characterise pathologies of ...
Mid-trimester cervical consistency index and cervical length to predict spontaneous preterm birth in a high-risk population
Background: Short cervical length (CL) has not been shown to be adequate as a single predictor of spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB) in high-risk pregnancies. Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the ...
Long-term functional outcomes and correlation with regional brain connectivity by MRI diffusion tractography metrics in a near-term rabbit model of intrauterine growth restriction
Background: Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) affects 5-10% of all newborns and is associated with increased risk of memory, attention and anxiety problems in late childhood and adolescence. The neurostructural ...
Structural coronary artery remodelling in the rabbit fetus as a result of intrauterine growth restriction
Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is a fetal condition that affects up to 10% of all pregnancies and is associated with cardiovascular structural and functional remodelling that persists postnatally. Some studies have ...
Machine learning algorithms to the early diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
Introduction: Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders include a variety of physical and neurocognitive disorders caused by prenatal alcohol exposure. Although their overall prevalence is around 0.77%, FASD remains underdiagnosed ...
Vaginal metabolome: towards a minimally invasive diagnosis of microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity in women with preterm labor
Microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity (MIAC) is only identified by amniocentesis, an invasive procedure that limits its clinical translation. Here, we aimed to evaluate whether the vaginal metabolome discriminates the ...
Cardiac and mitochondrial function in HIV-uninfected fetuses exposed to antiretroviral treatment
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Distinctive patterns of placental lesions in preeclampsia versus fetal growth restriction and their association with fetoplacental Doppler
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to describe placental histopathological findings in a large cohort of pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia and/or fetal growth restriction, and to investigate its association with ...
