PubMed · 14341527
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V K PILLAY. 1965. ECTRODACTYLY.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14341527/
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An intensive debate is ongoing in this journal concerning the most appropriate endpoint after assisted reproduction techniques. The endpoint suggested by the first authors was Birth Emphasizing a Successful Singleton at Term (BESST). We have evaluated the most appropriate endpoint from different perspectives: patients, public, health authorities, obstetric and IVF clinics. We find singleton live birth highly relevant as an outcome parameter as multiple pregnancies are the main factor responsible for the overall poorer obstetric and neonatal outcome in IVF pregnancies, and multiple pregnancies are mostly an avoidable iatrogenic complication. However, our proposal is that both preterm and term singletons should be included since the prematurity rate is an outcome that is largely uninfluenced by the IVF clinics. In conclusion, we propose singleton live birth per cycle initiated as the most appropriate main outcome after assisted reproduction. Prematurity should in addition be reported separately as a secondary outcome.
UNLABELLED: Asymmetry in infancy is a diagnosis with a large spectrum of features, expressing an abnormal shape of parts of the body or unequal postures and movements. Symptoms may be structural and/or functional, with localised or generalised expression. Within the last decade, many professionals have focused on the adverse consequences on motor performance of infants, associated with the recommendations on the prevention of sudden infant death. The purpose of the present study was to highlight different aspects of asymmetry in infancy based on best available evidence in the current literature and to present a flow chart illustrating different diagnostic pathways of asymmetry in infancy. CONCLUSION: We conclude that asymmetry in infancy is a diagnosis with a large spectrum of features and a multifactorial aetiology without consensus in definition, nomenclature and classification. Systematic diagnostic management of asymmetry in infancy is indicated. The presented diagnostic flow chart might serve as a basis.