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Torres-Muñoz J, Alberto Cedeño D, Murillo J, Torres-Figueroa S, Torres-Figueroa J. Sociodemographic determinants and mortality of premature newborns in a medium and low-income population in Colombia, 2017-2019. BIOMEDICA : REVISTA DEL INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD 2023; 43:385-.95. [PMID: 37871568 PMCID: PMC10624478 DOI: 10.7705/biomedica.6863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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Introduction The birth of premature babies is a public health problem with a high impact on infant morbidity and mortality. About 40% of mortality in children under five years occurs in the first month of life. Objective To identify the association between maternal sociodemographic factors, premature birth, and mortality in newborns under 37 weeks in Santiago de Cali, 2017-2019. Materials and methods We conducted a descriptive, cross-sectional study. We evaluated the records of Cali's Municipal Public Health Office. We calculated the crude and adjusted odd ratios and confidence intervals (95%) using the logistic regression model, data processing in Stata 16, and georeferencing the cases in the QGIS software. Results From 2017 to 2019, premature babies in Cali corresponded to 11% of births. Poor prenatal care increased 3.13 times the risk of being born before 32 weeks (adjusted OR = 3.13; 95% CI = 2.75 - 3.56) and 1.27 times among mothers from outside the city (adjusted OR = 1.27; 95% CI = 1.15-1.41). Mortality was 4.29 per 1,000 live births. The mortality risk in newborns weighing less than 1,000 g increased 3.42 times (OR = 3.42; 95% CI = 2.85-4.12), delivery by cesarean section in 1.46 (OR = 1.46; CI 95% = 1.14-1.87) and an Apgar score - five minutes after birth- lower than seven in 1.55 times (OR = 1.55; CI 95% = 1.23-1.96). Conclusions We found that less than three prenatal controls, mothers living outside Cali, afro-ethnicity, and cesarean birth were associated with prematurity of less than 32 weeks. We obtained higher mortality in newborns weighing less than 1,000 g.
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- Javier Torres-Muñoz
- INSIDE Research Group, Departmento de Pediatría, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia,.
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- INSIDE Research Group, Departmento de Pediatría, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia,.
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- INSIDE Research Group, Departmento de Pediatría, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad ICESI, Cali, Colombia.
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- INSIDE Research Group, Departmento de Pediatría, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad ICESI, Cali, Colombia.
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Jin H, Zhang Y, Fan Z, Wang X, Rui C, Xing S, Dong H, Wang Q, Tao F, Zhu Y. Identification of novel cell-free RNAs in maternal plasma as preterm biomarkers in combination with placental RNA profiles. J Transl Med 2023; 21:256. [PMID: 37046301 PMCID: PMC10100253 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-023-04083-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/25/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Preterm birth (PTB) is the main driver of newborn deaths. The identification of pregnancies at risk of PTB remains challenging, as the incomplete understanding of molecular mechanisms associated with PTB. Although several transcriptome studies have been done on the placenta and plasma from PTB women, a comprehensive description of the RNA profiles from plasma and placenta associated with PTB remains lacking. METHODS Candidate markers with consistent trends in the placenta and plasma were identified by implementing differential expression analysis using placental tissue and maternal plasma RNA-seq datasets, and then validated by RT-qPCR in an independent cohort. In combination with bioinformatics analysis tools, we set up two protein-protein interaction networks of the significant PTB-related modules. The support vector machine (SVM) model was used to verify the prediction potential of cell free RNAs (cfRNAs) in plasma for PTB and late PTB. RESULTS We identified 15 genes with consistent regulatory trends in placenta and plasma of PTB while the full term birth (FTB) acts as a control. Subsequently, we verified seven cfRNAs in an independent cohort by RT-qPCR in maternal plasma. The cfRNA ARHGEF28 showed consistence in the experimental validation and performed excellently in prediction of PTB in the model. The AUC achieved 0.990 for whole PTB and 0.986 for late PTB. CONCLUSIONS In a comparison of PTB versus FTB, the combined investigation of placental and plasma RNA profiles has shown a further understanding of the mechanism of PTB. Then, the cfRNA identified has the capacity of predicting whole PTB and late PTB.
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- Heyue Jin
- Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, No 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle, No 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health and Aristogenics, Anhui Medical University, No 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Study on Abnormal Gametes and Reproductive Tract, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, No 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle, No 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health and Aristogenics, Anhui Medical University, No 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Study on Abnormal Gametes and Reproductive Tract, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Neonatology, Ma'anshan Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Ma'anshan, Anhui, China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Ma'anshan Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Ma'anshan, Anhui, China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Hefei, Anhui, China.
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- Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, No 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui, China.
- MOE Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle, No 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui, China.
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health and Aristogenics, Anhui Medical University, No 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui, China.
- NHC Key Laboratory of Study on Abnormal Gametes and Reproductive Tract, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
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- Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, No 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui, China.
- MOE Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle, No 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui, China.
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health and Aristogenics, Anhui Medical University, No 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui, China.
- NHC Key Laboratory of Study on Abnormal Gametes and Reproductive Tract, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
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Heydarpour S, Salari N, Abasi P, Shadab P. The Effect of Supportive-Educational Interventions on Stress and Adaptation to Maternal Role: A Quasi-Experimental Study. Matern Child Health J 2022; 26:2466-2475. [PMID: 36346564 DOI: 10.1007/s10995-022-03512-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Preterm delivery is a stressful event and stress can affect adaptation to maternal role. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of supportive-educational interventions on stress and adaptation to the maternal role among women with premature infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit. METHODS This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 60 women with premature infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit. A control group (n = 30) was initially selected from eligible female participants. Sampling was stopped for three weeks and then the intervention group was sampled. The entire sampling process was carried out from December 2018 to June 2019. The control group received usual care at the hospital and the intervention group (n = 30) received three sessions of supportive-educational intervention in addition to routine care. Data were collected through the perceived stress and the maternal role adaptation questionnaires completed by both groups at the time of infant discharge, and also at the follow-up period (one month after discharge). RESULTS The results showed that maternal stress score changed considerably over time and a significant difference between the two groups was observed (P < 0.05). Additionally, adaptation to the maternal role changed substantially over time and the difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION The supportive-educational program reduced the stress of mothers with premature infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit and increased their adaptation to the maternal role.
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- Sousan Heydarpour
- Department of Reproductive Health, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Public Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
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- Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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Paes LS, Carvalho FH, Araujo Júnior E, Feitosa HN. Assessment of morbidity and mortality in newborns with late prematurity: experience of a reference maternity in the northeast of Brazil. Minerva Obstet Gynecol 2021; 74:270-278. [PMID: 33876899 DOI: 10.23736/s2724-606x.21.04734-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Late preterm infants show high rates of adverse perinatal outcomes. The aim of this study is to assess the morbidity and mortality of newborns (NBs) with late preterm birth in a reference maternity hospital in northeastern Brazil. METHODS Retrospective cohort study from March 1 to July 15, 2017. A total of 204 NBs with gestational age between 34 and 36 weeks and six days were evaluated and compared to 205 full-term NBs (39 and 40 weeks and six days). Perinatal outcomes including neonatal morbidity were evaluated. The Student's t and ANOVA tests were used for normal variables, and the Wilcoxon, Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests for non-normal variables. RESULTS Late preterm infants showed significant higher rates of hypothermia, hypoglycemia, respiratory distress syndrome, jaundice in need of phototherapy (67.6%), admission to the neonatal intensive care unit (ICU), and difficulty breastfeeding compared to full-term NBs (p<0.001). Respiratory distress was the main indication for the admission of late preterm infants (p<0.001) to neonatal ICU. Late preterm infants had a longer hospital stay (6.9 vs. 3.7 days, p<0.001). There were three deaths in the group of late preterm NBs, and none in the group of term NBs. CONCLUSIONS Late preterm NBs presented higher rates of morbidity and mortality when compared to full-term NBs.
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- Liliana S Paes
- Department of Maternal and Child Health, Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza-CE, Brazil
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- Department of Maternal and Child Health, Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza-CE, Brazil
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- Department of Obstetrics, Paulista School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo (EPM-UNIFESP), São Paulo-SP, Brazil -
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- Department of Maternal and Child Health, Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza-CE, Brazil
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