Study on Placenta and Pregnancy Screening
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Physiology and Pathology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 27 August 2024 | Viewed by 105
Special Issue Editor
Interests: perinatal ultrasound; serum markers for complications of pregnancy; histopathology of the placenta; neonatal pathological conditions
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Dear Colleagues,
One of the most important tasks of modern perinatology is to diagnose and prevent prenatal and postnatal complications in high-risk pregnancies as early as possible. In pregnancies at risk, abnormal placental circulation is one of the main problems, which can lead to endogenous stress. This results in redistribution of the fetal circulation, which also affects the arterial circulation of the fetal kidney, causing prolonged hypoxaemia, hypovolaemia, hypotension, metabolic acidosis, leading to subsequent renal failure, and impaired renal perfusion.
Research on placental and fetal organ vascularisation and volumetric changes in vivo/in vitro has become a major area of research in the work groups through the development of various diagnostic techniques.
The study of the placenta is particularly important in GDM, Preeclampsia and IUGR pregnancies.
The results should be compared with data from healthy pregnant women of all ages at term.
Worldwide, conventional two-dimensional (2D) ultrasound and MRI are widely used to monitor the placenta during pregnancy. In prenatal diagnosis, examination of the fetus is of paramount importance, but it should be remembered that emphasis should also be placed on examination of the placenta itself, another member of the fetoplacental unit.
The 2D ultrasound scan and MRI images provide an image of the placenta's morphology, anatomy, location, adhesion, adhesion abnormalities and size. Conventional US images provides information on flow conditions only in terms of indirect indicators (such as the ratio of systolic to diastolic flow rates, the resistance index and the pulsatile index when examining the flow of the umbilical and uterine arteries).
In this Special Thematic Issue, we look forward to the results of research on these topics from all countries of the world.
Dr. Andrea Suranyi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- perinatal ultrasound
- serum markers for complications of pregnancy
- histopathology of the placenta
- neonatal pathological conditions
- sonographic parameters
- molecular markers
- extravillous and villous trophoblasts
