Premature Birth

"Premature Birth" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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CHILDBIRTH before 37 weeks of PREGNANCY (259 days from the first day of the mother's last menstrual period, or 245 days after FERTILIZATION).

Descriptor ID	D047928
MeSH Number(s)	C13.703.420.491.500
Concept/Terms	Premature Birth Premature Birth Birth, Premature Births, Premature Premature Births Preterm Birth Birth, Preterm Births, Preterm Preterm Births

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Premature Birth".

Diseases [C]
Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications [C13]
Pregnancy Complications [C13.703]
Obstetric Labor Complications [C13.703.420]
Obstetric Labor, Premature [C13.703.420.491]
Premature Birth [C13.703.420.491.500]

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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Premature Birth".

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Bar chart showing 65 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2018 and 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2005	1	1	2
2008	1	0	1
2009	2	1	3
2010	1	1	2
2011	1	0	1
2012	1	0	1
2013	3	1	4
2014	3	0	3
2015	1	2	3
2016	2	3	5
2017	0	1	1
2018	5	2	7
2019	0	4	4
2020	5	1	6
2021	4	2	6
2022	7	0	7
2023	5	0	5
2024	2	2	4

Below are the most recent publications written about "Premature Birth" by people in Profiles.

Palacios C, Kostiuk LL, Cuthbert A, Weeks J. Vitamin D supplementation for women during pregnancy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024 Jul 30; 7:CD008873.

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Nakatsuka MA, Peters K, Chern I, George K, Lee MJ, Yamasato KS. A Patient Interview-Based Needs Assessment and Evaluation of Experiences with Periviable Pregnancies. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2024 Jun; 83(6):162-167.

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Yamasato K, Ono A. Association between aneuploidy screening analytes and adverse outcomes in twin gestations. J Perinat Med. 2024 Jul 26; 52(6):586-590.

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Shukla VV, Carper BA, Ambalavanan N, Rysavy MA, Bell EF, Das A, Patel RM, D'Angio CT, Watterberg KL, Cotten CM, Merhar SL, Wyckoff MH, S?nchez PJ, Kumbhat N, Carlo WA. Social distancing and extremely preterm births in the initial COVID-19 pandemic period. J Perinatol. 2024 Jul; 44(7):1050-1057.

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Elkin ER, Campbell KA, Lapehn S, Harris SM, Padmanabhan V, Bakulski KM, Paquette AG. Placental single cell transcriptomics: Opportunities for endocrine disrupting chemical toxicology. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2023 12 01; 578:112066.

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Ibrahimou B, Burchfield S, Sun N, Bursac Z, Kondracki AJ, Salihu H, Zhu Y, Dagne G, De La Rosa M, Melesse A, Guilarte T. Unplanned hysterectomy: a comprehensive analysis of race, ethnicity, sociodemographic factors, pregnancy complications, and cardiovascular disease risk factors. Ethn Health. 2024 Jan; 29(1):62-76.

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Kayatani AKK, Bobbili N, Megnekou R, Matsunaga M, Leke RFG, Taylor DW. Are high avidity antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum antigens preferentially transferred across the placenta of premature and term babies? Placenta. 2023 09 07; 140:11-19.

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Egbejimi A, Ajewole V, Dongarwar D, Kaur M, Phillips M, Liang J, Fadel M, Lota L, Simon J, Otule M, Taylor K, Oguibe G, Salihu HM, Olaleye O. Racial Disparities in Preterm Birth among Pregnant Women with Obesity. South Med J. 2023 06; 116(6):471-477.

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Rumph JT, Stephens VR, Ameli S, Brown LK, Rayford KJ, Nde PN, Osteen KG, Bruner-Tran KL. A Paternal Fish Oil Diet Preconception Reduces Lung Inflammation in a Toxicant-Driven Murine Model of New Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Mar Drugs. 2023 Feb 27; 21(3).

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Olaleye OA, Zash R, Diseko M, Mayondi G, Mabuta J, Lockman S, Melton ML, Mmalane M, Makhema J, Shapiro RL. Impact of prophylactic antimalarials in pregnant women living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus?on birth outcomes in Botswana. Trop Med Int Health. 2022 11; 27(11):990-998.

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