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Oxidative Stress in Obstetric Practice: Recent Advances and Perspectives

Paris-Redox-2020-Sanne-GordijnThe Organizing Committee of Paris Redox 2020 Congress honored to welcome Dr. Sanne Gordijn from the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Dr. Gordijn will present his study on "Oxidative Stress in Obstetric Practice: Recent Advances and Perspectives".

Dr. Gordijn highlights: Every fetus builds a unique organ that feeds, detoxes, oxygenates, regulates the immune system and secretes hormones in a way that no other organ in extra uterine live can. This unique organ is very temporary used and usually thrown in the bin after birth: the placenta. The placenta is highly influenced by hypoxia and when it functions inappropriately, it results in oxidative stress in the fetus which is seen in common obstetric conditions such as fetal growth restriction. Fetal growth restriction is hard to define because it is an individual definition: small fetuses are not necessarily too small and fetuses with seemingly normal weight can be severely growth restricted. However, the smaller the fetus the bigger the chance that the fetus is growth restricted, thus size cannot be ignored as a marker for FGR. Other indices are Doppler measurements of the placental resistance in the umbilical artery and the fetal vascular compensation to reduced transport of oxygen and nutrients; vasodilation in the fetal brain. Oxidative stress markers may aid in the diagnosis, the prediction of severity as well as the management of fetal growth restriction.

Paris Redox 2020 Congress
October 8-9, 2020 - Paris, France
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