Obstetrics & gynaecology

AI models have higher accuracy for estimating gestational age

Artificial intelligence (AI) models based on standard plane ultrasonography images and fly-to ultrasonography videos have higher accuracy for estimating gestational age compared with manual fetal biometry measurements, according ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Drinking during pregnancy changes baby's brain structure

A new MRI study revealed that consumption of alcohol even in low to moderate amounts during pregnancy can change the baby's brain structure and delay brain development. Results of the study will be presented next week at ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Five causes explain most fetal deaths from 2018 to 2020

Five selected causes of death accounted for 89.8 percent of fetal deaths in a reporting area of 41 states and the District of Columbia for 2018 to 2020, according to a report published online Oct. 19 in National Vital Statistics ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

MRI findings in opioid-exposed fetuses show smaller brain size

According to an open-access article in the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), third-trimester fetuses with in utero opioid exposure exhibited multiple smaller 2D biometric measurements of the brain, as well as altered ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

'Glass baby' makes future parents think before they drink

A hard-hitting awareness campaign on the dangers of drinking during pregnancy successfully increased concerns about unborn babies' exposure to alcohol and discouraged women from drinking while pregnant.

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Study reveals genetic differences among fetal monocytes

A multidisciplinary team of Northwestern Medicine investigators has discovered striking differences in gene expression of monocytes—specialized immune cells—in the developing fetus, according to findings published in ...

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