Objective: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is the most common metabolic complication during pregnancy. So, a large number of studies have evaluated the usefulness of different screening tests. The aim of this study was focused on the potential of only first-trimester screening used in the prediction of GDM. Materials and Methods: In this systematic review, we searched PubMed, EMBASE, and S...

OBJECTIVE To assess low back pain (LBP) intensity and subjective disability during pregnancy and compare the pain scores with lumbar motion patterns. DESIGN A prospective study of pregnant back pain sufferers and healthy controls. SETTING Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland. PARTICIPANTS Study group consisted of 32 pregnant women with LBP; control group consisted of 21 healthy pre...

Pregnancy is an important experience in a woman’s life. However, these can cause anxiety. Midwives as companion must be able to reduce it. In addition, the normality of blood pressure also influential on welfare pregnant and fetuses. One way applied decrease anxiety normalize through prenatal exercises. This study aims determine exercise effectiveness with Muslim prayer movement third trimester...

Background: Early diagnosis of gestational diabetes is one of the most important applications of taking care of during pregnancy. The current study was done to find the correlation between hemotocrit in the first trimester of pregnancy with gestational diabetes in women who referred to Milad Hospital in Tehran in 2009-2010. Materials and Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted on 700 ...

To investigate the relationship between serum lipids and alkaline phosphatase during normal pregnancy, we measured triglyceride, total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, and LDL-cholesterol concentrations and alkaline phosphatase activity in serum samples from 546 apparently healthy pregnant, postpartum, and nonpregnant women. Serum HDL-cholesterol levels did not change significantly during pregnanc...

BACKGROUND The psychological health in obese women during pregnancy has been poorly studied. OBJECTIVE To compare levels of anxiety and depressed mood during pregnancy in obese versus normal-weight women. METHODS 63 obese pregnant women and 156 normal-weight controls were included prospectively before 15 weeks of gestation. Levels of state and trait anxiety and depressed mood were measured ...

Cushing's syndrome (CS) during pregnancy is a rare condition with significant maternal and fetal complications. A case of CS during the third trimester of pregnancy secondary to adrenocortical adenoma was reported. Literature review revealed the disadvantages of different treatments in this period. Besides the conservative treatment, surgery is recommended for CS during the third trimester of p...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assess the contribution of obesity on quality of a woman's life during pregnancy. STUDY DESIGN At the Hospital of Gynecology and Obstetrics in León, Mexico, we followed-up 220 pregnant women (110 obese and 110 nonobese) who completed the 12-item short-form health survey at the beginning and during the third trimester of pregnancy. RESULTS The menta...