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Objective: To evaluate the relationship between serum ferritin (SF) and maternal hemoglobin (Hb) levels with those of newborns in a public hospital in Lima, Peru. Methods: We included consecutive pregnant women at term without complications and newborns of normal deliveries. We excluded patients with chronic diseases, infectious diseases, hemoglobinopathies and premature newborns or of low weight. FS was measured by chemiluminescence and Hb by impedance in venous sample from pregnant women and from the umbilical cord from the newborns. Maternal anemia was defined as Hb<11g/dl, iron deficiency (ID) if SF was <30 mg/ml. Descriptive statistics were performed using either Pearson o Spearman coefficients, t-test student, and Wilcoxon rank sum tests; a p value<0,05 was considered significant. Results: 74 pregnant women and their newborns were recruited; mean age was 26 years (IQR:22-31); mean gestational age was 39,06±1,0 week. Maternal anemia was found in 36,4% (mild to moderate in 96,3%), Hb ≥9g/dl in 94,6% and ID in 67,6%. None of the newborns had anemia or ID. The overall correlation between FS and Hb of the mother and the newborn was non-significant. With maternal SF <30 ng/ml, the correlation was r=0,339 (p=0,01). No significant difference was found between the anthropometric characteristics of the newborn of anemic versus non-anemic mothers. Conclusions: No significative correlation was found for maternal SF or Hb and respective values for newborns. However, a correlation was found when SF was <30 ng/ml. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article reports on a case of late neuropsychiatric syndrome (LNS) after carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. LNS is characterized by personality changes, movement disorders, and cognitive and/or neurological deficits. It is highlighted that the presence of acute brain lesions in diffusion-weighted images during the acute phase of CO poisoning is associated with a higher risk of developing LNS. Treatment with hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) is recommended as soon as possible, and a case of LNS improvement after a combined umbilical cord blood stem cell transplant with other therapies is mentioned. [Extracted from the article]

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The aim of this study was to describe the concentration of lead in umbilical cord blood (UCB) of neonates born from primiparous women who live in northern Lima. A cross sectional study was carried out at Cayetano Heredia National Hospital, from July 2011 to January 2012. 100 neonates born from primiparous women who lived in northern Lima in the previous 5 years or more were included. Umbilical cord lead levels were measured by the atomic adsorption method, and the demographic information and risk factors of the neonates were illed in a patient record designed to this purpose. 30% of the neonates had concentration of lead in UCB that was considered as increased risk (= 3,0 µg/dL), 16% of the cases had had toxic concentration of lead in UCB (= 5 µg/dL). We conclude that there are a high percentage of neonates contaminated with lead in the northern Lima. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: In recent years the production of hematopoietic cells, derived from umbilical cord blood (UCB), has been increasing worldwide as a treatment for various diseases. Objective: To know the prevalence of quality gynecological and neonatal in pregnant women for potential donors of UCB. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional retrospective study 360 infants and pregnant women in a probability sample. Normal pregnancies were included to value quality obstetric and neonatal UCB donation, according to the Mexican bank of umbilical cord questionnaire. We calculated the prevalence of donation and analyzed by Chi² test, analysis based on the program NCSS 2007. Discussion: We estimated 67% of potential donors based on the number of births per year. Features like normal labor, newborn healthy weight, adequate prenatal care, risk partner, multiparity, healthy pregnancy as possible donors. We were unable to evaluate important factors such as the use of tobacco, alcohol, drugs, tattoos, tuberculosis and HIV. Conclusions: Quality obstetric and neonatal in pregnant women for possible donation by 67% SCU was recorded. This makes an important number of SCU could lead to a cryopreservation program well directed in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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ckground: to preserve the umbilical cord blood (UCB), the volume containing the cells must be reduced before freezing, but the quality, quantity and functionality of the cells has to be preserved during this procedure. The aim is to compare the performance of two different techniques for volume reduction. Methods: a semiautomatic system and an automatic system were compared as two different UCB volume reduction techniques. Total nucleated cell (TNC) counts and viability were measured before and after volume reduction. The CD34+ cell counts also were measure Results: seventy units of cord blood cells (UCB) were collected. Thirty-three volume reduction procedures were performed by semiautomatic system and thirty seven by automatic system. The volume recovered and the CD34+ count in both techniques was similar. Although the viability differed slightly (1% higher by Optipress II) were observed Conclusions: the semiautomatic and automatic techniques are suitable to reduce volumes of UCB units. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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A cyclopia case with prenatal diagnosis by two dimensional and three dimensional ecography is presented, chordocentesis was realized, the chariotype in fetal blood with G banding presented trisomy 13. Phenotypic characteristics prenatally found where confirmed with the physical examination of the newborn. A revision to the literature about cyclops associated with trisomy 13 was made, and important aspects in prenatal diagnosis were highlighted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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More than 70% of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia can be cured with the current chemotherapy protocols. Therefore, the remaining patients will be hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation candidates. High risk prognostic factors at diagnosis and bone marrow early relapses explain why some patients are included in this group. Almost two thirds lack a matching donor. being the most remarkable limitation for a bone marrow transplantation. The cord blood stem cell transplantation remain the only hope for those patients, at least in Mexico. For patients in whom no suitable donor is available, this source of hematopoietic stem cells offers substantial advantages, notably the reduced seventy of GVHD and permits the use of cord blood from HLA- mismatched donors. We presented a child with refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia, who was the first recipient of allogeneic cord blood transplantation in Monterrey, Mexico. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The hematopoietic system essentially depends or the existence of "stem cells" to maintain mature blood cells production. The basic property of these cells is their capability of self-renewal and differentiation in progenitor cells of all hematopoietic lineages. The allogenic bone marrow transplant (BMT) is the treatment of choice of a variety of malignant hematopoietic diseases, severe aplastic anaemia, metabolism errors and congenital immunodeficiencies. In this way, patients that undergo myeloablative treatments and BMT can reconstitute their hematopoietic system through stem cells transfusion. It has been proved that fetal blood obtained from placental vessels and umbilical cord contains large numbers of stem cells This is the reason why umbilical cord blood is an alternative to stem cells for bone marrow transplantation, especially in pediatric population and in a large group of patients without a related or not related match. In order to have viability and usefulness for bone marrow transplantation in human beings, cord blood stem cells have to be obtained, processed and cryopreserved under rigorous conditions. Umbilical cord blood banks were created to have a useful source of allogenic hematopoietic stem cells for bone marrow reconstitution in recipients without a related donor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a synopsis, along with several quotes, of a speech given by Pope Benedict XVI to the participants of the seventh Asamblea General de la Academia Pontificia para la Vida (PAV, the General Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life) in February of 2011. The Pope's speech focused on the deception used by society to convince women that electing to end a pregnancy through abortion will be an easy solution to social, economic and health problems. Other central subjects within the speech included how Christians should use their moral conscience to educate their stance on abortion as well as stem cell research using umbilical cord blood.

El artículo habla sobre la regeneración de las células hematopoyéticas y su uso en la reparación de otros tejidos. El procedimiento utilizado para obtener células hematopoyéticas sanas no es una tarea fácil. para los pacientes que necesitan un trasplante, lo ideal sería conseguir la médula ósea de un hermano. El artículo también habla del trasplante de sangre del cordón umbilical como fuente de células hematopoyéticas.