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Roberto Eduardo Bittar
Researcher at University of São Paulo
Publications - 40
Citations - 1179
Roberto Eduardo Bittar is an academic researcher from University of São Paulo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gestational age & Premature rupture of membranes. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 40 publications receiving 1118 citations.
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Prophylactic administration of progesterone by vaginal suppository to reduce the incidence of spontaneous preterm birth in women at increased risk: A randomized placebo-controlled double-blind study
Eduardo Borges da Fonseca,Roberto Eduardo Bittar,Mário Henrique Burlacchini de Carvalho,Marcelo Zugaib +3 more
TL;DR: Prophylactic vaginal progesterone reduced the frequency of uterine contractions and the rate of preterm delivery in women at high risk for prematurity in a high-risk population.
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Management of preterm labor
TL;DR: There is not enough evidence to recommend the use of nitric oxide donors to inhibit preterm delivery, and there is no basis for theUse of antibiotics to avoid prematurity in face of preterm labor.
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Time to intervene: preventing the spread of HIV / AIDS in the Middle East and North Africa.
Roudi-Fahimi F,Eliane Bio,Roberto Eduardo Bittar,Marcelo Zugaib,Adu-Oppong A,Richard M. Grimes,Michael W. Ross,Risser J,Kessie G,Leickness C. Simbayi,Seth C. Kalichman,Anna Strebel,Allanise Cloete,N. Henda,Nintachan P,Moon Mw,Bearinger Lh,Sieving Re,Ferguson J,Sharma,W.P. Modotte,Rogério Dias,Fernando Frei,D.S. Dias,Flávio Ferreira Fernandes,Simone da Nóbrega Tomaz Moreira,Carmen Oliveira Medeiros Melo,Geraldez Tomaz,de Azevedo Gd,Márcia Regina Vitolo,Boscaini C,Gisele Ane Bortolini,Mukasa Kk +32 more
TL;DR: The purpose of this policy brief is to raise awareness among MEANs decision-makers and opinion leaders about the urgent need for action by presenting some of the warning signs risks and vulnerabilities that face the region.
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Risk predictors for preterm birth
TL;DR: The principal utility of the fetal fibronectin assay lies in its negative predictive value in symptomatic women, and increased sensitivity has been reported when cervical length is used in combination with fetal fibronsectin.
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Hematological indices at birth in relation to arterial and venous Doppler in small-for-gestational-age fetuses
TL;DR: A significant positive or negative correlation between nucleated red blood cell, platelet and white blood cell counts, and Doppler indices suggests an association between placental insufficiency and the fetal hematological response.