End of the line for fetal lung maturity testing.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2019.07.003
Abstract: OBJECTIVE During the last decade, guidelines published by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM) have emphasized an increasingly limited role for fetal lung maturity (FLM) testing.… read more here.
Keywords: flm testing; lung maturity; flm; fetal lung ... See more keywords
Rapid biophysical analyses of gastric aspirates from risk newborns for lung maturity assessment after corticosteroid therapy
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DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e03072
Abstract: Background One of the main causes for the higher mortality among risk newborn children (including preterm infants) is neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS), which develops as a result of primary deficiency or secondary inactivation of… read more here.
Keywords: therapy; corticosteroid therapy; risk; lung maturity ... See more keywords
Bile-acid levels and lung maturity test in patients with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy
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DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2022-0085
Abstract: Abstract Objectives Prolonged fetal exposure to maternal bile acids have been linked to fetal lung injury, but it is not known if it affects production of surfactant or fetal lung maturity tests. We set out… read more here.
Keywords: tba; lung maturity; pregnancy; tba levels ... See more keywords