Session 49: Biomarkers of Early Pregnancy Outcome

Early teenage marriage and subsequent pregnancy outcome.

The relationship between marriage before 16 years and pregnancy outcome throughout the childbearing period was examined. Participants included all married women attending six randomly selected primary health care units in Jeddah with at least one infant and complete medical files. Early teenage marriage was found for 27.2% of women. Most of these were illiterate (57.1%), housewives (92.4%) and ...

Early pregnancy growth and pregnancy outcome in twin pregnancies.

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to determine the association of crown-rump length (CRL) discrepancy in monochorionic and dichorionic twins with subsequent pregnancy outcomes. METHOD A retrospective analytical study was performed among 660 twin pregnancies over 12 years in one fetal medicine tertiary referral center in the United Kingdom. A literature search was performed to identif...

The outcome of pregnancy following the cerclage

Background: Cervix insufficiency is diagnosed based on a previous history of pregnancy loss in the second trimester, followed by painless cervical dilatation or premature rupture of the fetal membranes. Abnormal cervical tissue structural appears to be the cause of this complication. There are no diagnostic methods for cervical insufficiency before pregnancy, but magnetic resonance imaging (MRI...

I-21: Outcome of Twin Pregnancy

Invited commentary: interpreting associations between exposure biomarkers and pregnancy outcome.

Levels of exposure biomarkers vary among individuals because of differences in both environmental exposure and metabolism. However, the ultimate interest is in providing information about the impact of modifying environmental exposures through regulation or behavior change. Using these levels in studies of pregnancy outcomes, as nicely illustrated by the study of Kadhel et al. in this issue of ...