Roberto Romero

TL;DR: The MMP-8 rapid test will give clinicians a fast and accurate assessment of the inflammatory status of the amniotic cavity and allow for better identification of patients at risk for impending preterm delivery.

TL;DR: Increased concentrations of neutrophil collagenase (matrix metalloproteinase-8) in amniotic fluid are associated with intra-amniotic infection, impending preterm delivery, and adverse neonatal outcome in patients with preterm premature rupture of the membranes.

TL;DR: Color Doppler spatiotemporal image correlation has the potential to simplify visualization of the outflow tracts and improve the evaluation of the location and extent of ventricular septal defects.

TL;DR: In this paper, a cross-sectional study included women who underwent transabdominal amniocentesis (n = 268) in the following groups: (1) mid trimester of pregnancy, (2) preterm labor who delivered at term, (3) premature rupture of membranes in the presence or absence of intra-amniotic infection; (4) term with intact membranes not in labor, in labor and in labor with intra-natal infection; and (5) premature rupturing of membranes at term not in labour.

TL;DR: Patients unresponsive to to colysis without intraamniotic infection had a significantly greater concentration of PGE2 in amniotic fluid than those responsive to tocolysis.