Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered how proteins expressed in umbilical cord blood at birth evolve during gestational development and could serve as biomarkers to inform new precision ...

It's estimated that around 13.4 million infants are born prematurely around the world, and preterm north complications are a ...

The Cleveland Clinic describes the vital role of a healthy placenta. It's a temporary organ that forms in the uterus, or womb ...

Delaying umbilical cord clamping allows vital nutrients to transfer to newborns, improving iron levels. WHO recommends ...

Medically reviewed by Alicen Nelson MD, MPH The navel, also known as the belly button or umbilicus, is a small, round, or ...

The use of umbilical arterial catheters (UACs ... embolism, vasospasm, blood vessel perforation, hemorrhage, infection, and hypertension. [2,3] The potential for complications has resulted ...

This is due to the design of the placenta. The maternal uterine blood vessels and the fetal umbilical blood vessels run in parallel and oxygen is exchanged passively. Consequently, fetal oxygen ...

A recent study found that the cerebroplacental ratio (CPR) found by Doppler ultrasound, is a better predictor of intrapartum ...

A couple who had to make the difficult decision to tell doctors to halt CPR on their newborn child are opening up about ...

At birth, she showed no signs of life – not breathing, no crying, no reflexes. Her chances of survival were estimated at just one per cent.