Active clinical trials for "Fetal Growth Retardation"

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of antenatal corticosteroid administration on umbilical artery Doppler velocimetry measurements in pregnancies complicated by IUGR.

To assess the role of uterine artery and maternal serum leptin and lipids and their combination in screening for pre-eclampsia and small-for-gestational-age (SGA) fetuses at 20-24 weeks of gestation

: The aim of this study is to investigate Cord blood irisin and nesfatin-1 levels in pregnancies with intrauterine growth retardation and to determine whether they are associated with abnormal fetal doppler findings or not.

In this study we hypothesized that low-dose aspirin therapy (100 mg daily) improves ovarian responsiveness, uterine haemodynamics and clinical pregnancy rates in unselected subjects undergoing IVF/ICSI when the treatment is started concomitantly with controlled ovarian hyperstimulation.

Objectives: Distraction Osteogenesis is an integral part in management of mandibular defects associated with Hemifacial Microsomia (HFM) and post-ankylotic mandibular defects. The most difficult part in distraction osteogenesis is the prediction of distraction vector and risk of injury to vital structures as inferior alveolar. The current study aimed to present Three-Dimensionally Constructed Computer Guided Splints in Distraction Osteogenesis to get an ideal vector and minimal risk of vital structures injury. Methods: The study presents computer-guided distraction osteogenesis surgery using prefabricated splints.

The study hypothesis is that intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) may have long-term effects on respiratory muscle (RM) function, thus leading to reduced exercise capacity later in life. The objective is to investigate the above hypothesis by comparing RM function and cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) parameters between school-aged children exposed to IUGR and healthy controls.

Background: It is increasingly recognized that late preterm infants have increased respiratory morbidity in the neonatal period as well as decreased lung function in later life. Also, in-utero growth retardation (IUGR) and low birth weight are associated with increased respiratory morbidity beginning from infancy, throughout childhood and into adulthood. However, very few studies have assessed long term respiratory consequences of late preterm birth in comparison with IUGR. Aim: To determine respiratory morbidity of late-preterm vs infants with IUGR at school age Study Design: Participants included late-preterm AGA infants (34-36, 6/7 weeks), IUGR infants (term/preterm) and term AGA infants born between 2004 and 2008 were included in this study and assessed for respiratory morbidity at school age. To assess the impact of late-preterm birth compared with IUGR and term gestation on respiratory morbidity by using a validated questionnaire. Wheezing, infectious respiratory morbidity and physician-diagnosed asthma panels were evaluated.

As a proteoglycan secreted from endothelial cells, expression, and secretion of endocan increases in the endothelium of several tissues secondary to inflammation. It can be regarded as an indicator of endothelial damage. Besides, it is both a target and a modulator of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling pathway. Considering its action mechanisms, it can provide information about angiogenesis, inflammation, and vascular permeability. It is known that intrauterine growth retardation mainly occurs as a result of endothelial dysfunction and abnormal angiogenesis in the placenta. In previous studies, maternal serum endocan levels have also been shown to be increased in cases of preeclampsia, which is mainly characterized by placental dysfunction.So, we hypothesize that there may be an association between endocan levels and intrauterine growth retardation.

This study was designed and conducted in an effort to establish a comparison group for the Ghana PrenaBelt Trial (NTC02379728). The Ghana PrenaBelt Trial examined the effect, on birth weight, of a belt-like device to help pregnant women to avoid sleeping on their back during sleep in the third trimester. This study will seek to establish the typical birth weight of babies born to a cohort of healthy pregnant Ghanian women who are similar in characteristics to the women in the Ghana PrenaBelt Trial but who have not been educated to avoid back sleep during pregnancy nor have received a device to prevent back sleep.

Prospective comparative cohort study including 159 pregnant women at the third trimester recruited from the antenatal clinic at EL-Demerdash outpatient clinic, and followed up during the holy month of Ramadan (from 18th June To 16th July 2015). The patients recorded their pattern of fasting during Ramadan then grouped into three groups A, B, C regarding fasting state A- Non fasting group B- Partially fasting group C- Totally fasting group .