Pregnancies complicated by midtrimester painless cervical dilation are known to have associations with preterm birth. In situations where fetal amniotic membranes are exposed, the risk of perinatal morbidity and mortality increases dramatically in this particularly high-risk population. Multifetal gestations further increase the risk of preterm birth, yet there remains a paucity of data support...

Background: Premature rupture of membranes (PROM) is defined as the fetal before onset labor. PROM complicates 8 – 10% pregnancies, contributing to maternal and perinatel mortality morbidity. Maternal pyrexia a sign observed in women with indicating intrauterine infection. Objective: To determine frequency among presenting premature membranes. Material And Methods: Department Obstetrics Gynecol...

The ontogenesis of the hepatic glucagon-sensitive adenylate cyclase system has been studied in the rat. With a partially purified liver membrane preparation, fetal adenylate cyclase was less responsive to glucagon than the enzyme from neonatal or adult livers. Similar results were obtained in gently prepared liver homogenates, suggesting that destruction of essential components of the fetal liv...

The aim of the present study was to investigate whether placental and fetal membrane AdM (adrenomedullin) mRNA expression changes with gestation and human labour, as we have previously found labour-associated changes in AdM content in fetal membranes [Al-Ghafra, Gude, Brennecke and King (2003) Clin. Sci. 105, 419-423]. Placentas and fetal membranes were collected either at term or pre-term from...

Aim: The present study aims to examine the effects of zinc deficiency on maternal and fetal outcomes during pregnancy. 
 Material-method: was carried out in a secondary care hospital between 2020 January December. Demographic data all patients, zinc, hemoglobin (Hb), hematocrit (Hct) levels at birth adverse pregnancy such as oligohydramnios, preterm delivery, preeclampsia, premature ruptur...

The neonatal outcomes of 30 pregnancies that were complicated by premature and prolonged rupture of the membranes that had started in the second trimester of pregnancy, were reviewed. The neonatal mortality was 11 (36%), the main cause of death being pulmonary hypoplasia. Two infants died of sepsis, but these were the only proved episodes of maternal or fetal infection. Of the survivors, 27% de...

BACKGROUND Transcervical amnioinfusion is a new and relatively safe, simple procedure that can be performed in most modern hospital maternity units. METHODS We reviewed the current medical literature concerning this topic by searching MEDLINE files from 1987 to the present, using key words "amnioinfusion," "fetal distress," "premature rupture of membranes," "meconium aspiration," and "oligohy...

The proinflammatory cytokine MIF (macrophage migration inhibitory factor) is involved in physiological and pathological processes in pregnancy. MIF maternal serum levels are increased in preeclampsia (PE). We hypothesize that pregnancy tissues are the source of MIF overexpression in PE. MIF protein was studied in maternal sera, placental tissues, fetal membranes, and umbilical cord of 8 control...