1 Turkan Cengiz1, Fahriye Kılınç2, Hatice Isık1, Refika Selimoğlu1, Handan Yılmaz3 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mevlana (Rumi) University Faculty of Medicine, Konya, 2Department of Pathology, Mevlana (Rumi) University Faculty of Medicine, Konya, 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey Abnormal Uterine Bleedings ...

We assessed risk groups for excessive infant crying using 10 published definitions, in 3179 children aged 1-6 months (response: 96.5%). Risk groups regarding parental employment, living area, lifestyle, and obstetric history varied by definition. This may explain the existence of conflicting evidence on the occurrence and cause of excessive crying.

OBJECTIVE The aetiology of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is largely unknown. Previous studies have indicated that both environmental and genetic risk factors may be important. DESIGN We undertook a large case-control study to study possible risk factors in more detail. All patients were sent postal questionnaires on risk factors. PATIENTS We identified two sets of PBC cases from a geograp...

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between maternal age and a wide range of adverse pregnancy outcomes after adjustment for confounding factors in obstetric history and maternal characteristics. METHODS This was a retrospective study in women with singleton pregnancies attending the first routine hospital visit at 11 + 0 to 13 + 6 weeks' gestation. Data on maternal characteristics, and medi...

BACKGROUND Research examining long-term health outcomes for women after childbirth has been limited. The objective of this study was to investigate the natural history of common morbidities in the 18 months after the birth of a first child, and to explore the hypothesis that women who have a cesarean section for a first birth experience less overall morbidity in the postnatal period. METHODS ...

•A G2P1 with a complicated obstetric history of massive postpartum haemorrhage (7 L)•Monitoring of fibrinogen levels during pregnancy and labour•Fibrinogen suppletion resulted in only 2 L blood loss during the third stage of labour.•This case report and literature show that fibrinogen levels might play a role in massive postpartum hemorrhage.

Antenatal care seems to be a significant contributor to low birth weight (LBW) babies, preterm birth, obstetric complications, and neonatal mortality. Widespread apply of prenatal care is often related to high-risk pregnancies; though the effects of prenatal care on unpleasant pregnancy outcomes in such pregnancies have not been widely discovered. Suitable prenatal screening and counseling are ...