Placental pathology in asphyxiated newborns meeting the criteria for therapeutic hypothermia

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 203, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 579.e1-579.e9

  Wintermark, Pia ^a,b   Boyd, Theonia ^a   Gregas, Matthew C ^a   Labrecque, Michelle ^a   Hansen, Anne ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hypothermia; Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy; Newborn; Placenta

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CHORION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MECONIUM; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PETECHIA; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UMBILICAL CORD; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULITIS; WHITE MATTER; APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TERM BIRTH; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

APGAR SCORE; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TERM BIRTH; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952117844     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.08.024     Document Type: Article

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