BACKGROUND This study was performed to verify the correlation between abdominal subcutaneous fat thickness (ASFT) measured by ultrasonography (US) during the first trimester of pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) of the second trimester in Korean women and to establish a standard of ASFT for predicting GDM. METHODS A total of 333 singleton pregnant women participated in this stu...

Certain dermatoses are specifically seen in pregnancy or postpartum period. It is therefore important for the clinicians to recognize and treat these cutaneous disorders to minimize maternal and fetal morbidity. The commonest pregnancy related dermatoses was polymorphic eruption of pregnancy seen in 22% patients, prurigo of pregnancy was seen in 7% patients, pemphigoid gestationis was seen in 3...

Introduction The effects of antidepressant and antipsychotic medications in the perinatal period both mothers children have been a subject interest for many decades. Risks benefits should be considered according to illness stage, trimester pregnancy/ postpartum period, neonatal outcomes. Objectives Our goal was summarize knowledge about use antidepressants antipsychotics period. To illustrate c...

The incidence of ectopic pregnancy is to be decreased from 1 in 100 deliveries to 1 in 250. Tubal ectopic often becomes symptomatic in first trimester by eroding the tubal wall and causing hemorrhage and shock. It is very rare for an ectopic to progress into second trimester and remain asymptomatic. Diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy in first trimester can avert rupture and potential mortality and ...

INTRODUCTION    Increased C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations during pregnancy are associated with several perinatal complications. OBJECTIVES    The aim of the study was to assess serum CRP concentrations and identify its determinants in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes. PATIENTS AND METHODS    CRP concentrations were determined using a high-sensitivity assay (hs-CRP) in the first trime...

OBJECTIVE To study the pregnancy outcomes in first trimester vaginal bleeding. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross sectional study was done on 60 pregnant women with first trimester vaginal bleeding referring to university hospitals affiliated to Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. All women were evaluated for the outcomes including abortion, preterm rapture of membranes, preterm labor, secon...

Improvement in ultrasound technology, including transvaginalsonography and higher frequency probes, has led to a better understanding of early pregnancy development. The first trimester ultrasound have been identified that can be used to reassure women that their pregnancy is progressing normally or abnormal them that their pregnancy will fail. The practicing radiologist and obstetrician must b...

BACKGROUND Fish and meat intake may affect gestational weight gain, body composition and serum fatty acids. We aimed to determine whether a longitudinal dietary intervention during pregnancy could increase fish intake, affect serum phospholipid fatty acids, gestational weight gain and body composition changes during pregnancy in women of normal weight participating in the Pregnancy Obesity Nutr...

Spontaneous abortion is the most common complication of pregnancy. Several lines of evidence indicate that immunologic effector cells may play a role in the pathogenesis of idiopathic repetitive abortions. Leukocytes form a substantial proportion of stromal cells in decidua and the endometrial granulated lymphocytes (eGL) is the predominant decidual leukocyte population in the first trimester o...