OBJECTIVES To explore associations between features of sleep during pregnancy and adverse outcomes for the infant. SETTING E Moe, Māmā is a cohort study in Aotearoa/New Zealand that investigates self-reported sleep and maternal health in late pregnancy and the postpartum period. PARTICIPANTS Women (N=633; 194 Māori) reported detailed information on their sleep duration, quality, disturbance...

we want to compare the efficacy and safety of vaginal versus sublingual misoprostol for cervical ripening and induction of labor. this randomized clinical trial was performed on 140 women with medical or obstetric indications for labor induction. the patients were randomly divided into two groups: vaginal and sublingual administration of misoprostol. in first group, 25 µg misoprostol was placed...

OBJECTIVES The objective of our study is to retrospectively analyze a single-centre series of antenatally detected pulmonary malformations (PM) and to evaluate their postnatal outcome. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed all prenatally diagnosed PM patients referred to our Centre in the period between January 1999 and December 2014. All cases were diagnosed by one of our Materna...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the potential value of biophysical and biochemical markers at 30-34 weeks' gestation in the prediction of adverse perinatal outcome. METHODS This was a screening study in 8268 singleton pregnancies at 30-34 weeks' gestation. Estimated fetal weight (EFW), uterine artery (UtA) pulsatility index (PI), umbilical artery (UA) PI, fetal middle cerebral artery (MCA) PI, mean ...

Obstetric cholestasis (OC) is a pregnancy specific liver disease characterized by increased levels of bile acid (BA) and pruritus. Raised maternal BA levels could be associated with intrauterine death, fetal distress, and preterm labor and also alter the rate and rhythm of cardiomyocyte contraction and may cause fetal arrhythmic events. We report a case of drug resistant fetal supraventricular ...