Obstetrics, Pediatrics and Genetics

Overview

The Obstetrics, Pediatrics and Genetics area is focused on the research on the congenital malformations and pediatric diseases. The Fetal Maternal Medicine group creates synergies through the combined work of basic science researchers and clinical investigators in the preclinical basis of placental insufficiency complications and congenital heart disease. The Bio-Cell Fetal group, recently incorporated, studies basic pathophysiological mechanisms of fetal and pediatric congenital malformations, while the Growth and Development group does research on pediatric endocrine diseases. There is also a Genetics Medicine group that combines genetic diagnosis and research and is pioneer in Spain.

Publications

82

total

338.132

impact factor

4.124

average impact factor

Director: Lluís Cabero and Elena Carreras

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In 2017 we continued to work on the prediction and prevention of preeclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction; the relationship between congenital heart disease and abnormal angiogenesis in maternal blood from the first trimester of pregnancy; we also continued to work in our breast cancer during pregnancy program. We either kept on working in preterm delivery both in singletons and twins, and we continued to develop a network of hospitals in Europe to perform studies for the prediction and prevention of preterm labor. We improved our relationship with European partners in Fetal Medicine, with collaborations in the field of monochorionic complications and congenial diaphragmatic hernia. We consolidated the use of new molecular techniques in both invasive and non-invasive prenatal diagnosis and the research project in prenatal myelomeningocele repair. We published our results of Zika virus experience in our hospital.

22

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234^.600

impact factor

10^.660

average impact factor

SELECTED ARTICLES

Belfort MA, Whitehead WE, Shamshirsaz AA, Bateni ZH, Olutoye OO, Olutoye OA, Mann DG, Espinoza J, Williams E, Lee TC, Keswani SG, Ayres N, Cassady CI, Mehollin-Ray AR, Sanz Cortes M, Carreras E, Peiro JL, Ruano R, Cass DL
Fetoscopic Open Neural Tube Defect Repair: Development and Refinement of a Two-Port, Carbon Dioxide Insufflation Technique.
Obstet Gynecol.
2017 Apr;129(4):734-743.
doi:10.1097/AOG.0000000000001941.
Impact factor: 5,42
Ruiz A, Cruz-Lemini M, Masoller N, Sanz-Cortes M, Ferrer Q, Ribera I, Martinez JM, Crispi F, Arevalo S, Gomez O, Perez-Hoyos S, Carreras E, Gratacos E, Llurba E
Longitudinal changes in fetal biometries and cerebroplacental haemodynamics in fetuses with congenital heart disease.
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol.
2017 Mar;49(3):379-386.
doi:10.1002/uog.15970.
Impactfactor: 4,71
Rodo C, Arevalo S, Lewi L, Couck I, Hollwitz B, Hecher K, Carreras E
Arabin cervical pessary for prevention of preterm birth in cases of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome treated by fetoscopic LASER coagulation: the PECEP LASER randomised controlled trial.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth.
2017 Aug 1;17(1):256.
doi:10.1186/s12884-017-1435-0.
Impact factor: 2,263
Rodó C, Suy A, Sulleiro E, Soriano-Arandes A, Antón A, García-Ruiz I, Arévalo S, Vázquez É, Vázquez A, de Ory F, Sánchez-Seco MP, Rodrigo C, Pumarola T, Carreras E.
In utero negativization of Zika virus in a foetus with serious central nervous system abnormalities.
Clin Microbiol Infect.
2017 Oct 10. pii: S1198-743X(17)30539-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.
2017.09.022.
Impact factor: 5,292
Mendoza M, Goya M, Gascón A, Pratcorona L, Merced C, Rodó C, Valle L, Romero A, Juan M, Rodríguez A, Muñoz B, Santacruz BN, Carreras E, Cabero L.
Modification of cervical length after cervical pessary insertion: correlation weeks of gestation.
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med.
2017 Jul;30(13):1596-1601.
doi:10.1080/14767058.2016.1216538.
Epub 2016 Aug 28.

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