Roberto Romero

TL;DR: The main goals were to provide normal reference ranges for fractional limb volume as a new index of generalized fetal nutritional status, to evaluate the reproducibility of fractional fetal limb volume measurements during the second and third trimester of pregnancy, and to demonstrate technical considerations for this technique.

TL;DR: Whether maternal plasma concentrations of angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors can predict which mothers diagnosed with “suspected small for gestational age fetuses (sSGA)” will develop pre-eclampsia (PE) or require an indicated early preterm delivery and whether risk assessment performance is improved using these proteins in addition to clinical factors and Doppler parameters is investigated.

TL;DR: 3D and 4D rendering of the aortic and ductal arches of a fetus with normal cardiac anatomy examined at 22 + 2 weeks is reported using a novel approach to 3D reconstruction of hollow structures using a Voluson 730 Expert and inversion rendering algorithms.

TL;DR: Funisitis is present in 4% of women at term and is associated with microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity (MIAC) and inflammation as reflected by increased AF WBC count.

TL;DR: In the largest and highest-quality study, a single measurement of cervical length obtained at 24 or 28 weeks of gestation was significantly more predictive of preterm birth than any decrease in cervical length between these gestational ages.