Fetal Organ Maturity

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Comparative estimates of neonatal gestational maturity by electrographic and fetal ultrasonographic criteria. 
  • Congenital diaphragmatic hernia. 
  • Correction of congenital diaphragmatic hernia in utero IX: fetuses with poor prognosis (liver herniation and low lung-to-head ratio) can be saved by fetoscopic temporary tracheal occlusion. 
  • Correction of congenital diaphragmatic hernia in utero VIII: Response of the hypoplastic lung to tracheal occlusion. 
  • Correction of congenital diaphragmatic hernia in utero. III. Development of a successful surgical technique using abdominoplasty to avoid compromise of umbilical blood flow. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of fetal lung maturity testing in preterm labor. 
  • Effects of maternal nicotine exposure on branching morphogenesis of mouse fetal lung: in vivo and in vitro studies. 
  • Experimental pulmonary hypoplasia and oligohydramnios: relative contributions of lung fluid and fetal breathing movements. 
  • Fetal dexamethasone exposure affects basal ornithine decarboxylase activity in developing rat brain regions and alters acute responses to hypoxia and maternal separation. 
  • Fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion ('Fetendo-PLUG') for congenital diaphragmatic hernia. 
  • Plug the lung until it grows (PLUG): a new method to treat congenital diaphragmatic hernia in utero. 
  • Repeated fetal betamethasone treatment and birth weight and head circumference. 
  • Resolution of hydrops fetalis in congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation after prenatal steroid therapy. 
  • The 'PLUG' odyssey: adventures in experimental fetal tracheal occlusion. 
  • Tracheal ligation increases cell proliferation but decreases surfactant protein in fetal murine lungs in vitro. 
  • Use of the TDx-FLM assay in evaluating fetal lung maturity in an insulin-dependent diabetic population. The Diabetes and Fetal Maturity Study Group. 
  • Use of the TDx-FLM assay in evaluating fetal lung maturity in an insulin-dependent diabetic population. The Diabetes and Fetal Maturity Study Group.