In recent years, some perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) have been identified as potentially hazardous substances which are harmful to the environment and human health. According to limited data, PFC levels in humans could be influenced by several determinants. However, the findings are inconsistent. In the present study, perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), and perfluo...

Background: Preeclampsia along with its complications seems to be one of the major causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. Despite numerous studies, the pathology of preeclampsia has not yet been fully elucidated. This study, therefore, determines whether maternal serum levels of androgen and progesterone are higher in patients with preeclampsia than in matched control subjects. Methods: Se...

background: fetal growth in diabetic pregnancies is a complex process and probably abnormalities in other metabolic pathways such as protein and lipid, as well as carbohydrate are responsible for delivering of macrosomic newborn. objective: the purpose of this study was to investigate the association between fetal growth and different maternal metabolic parameters in women with gestational diab...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether maternal vitamin D supplementation, in the vitamin D deficient mother, prevents neonatal vitamin D deficiency. DESIGN Open-label randomized controlled trial. SETTING Metropolitan Melbourne, Australia, tertiary hospital routine antenatal outpatient clinic. PARTICIPANTS Seventy-eight women with singleton pregnancies with vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency (ser...

Adverse outcome of pregnancy is a potentially dangerous complication of conception and affects 15-20% of pregnancies. According to recent studies increased level of blood antiphospholipids antibodies, if accompanied by predisposing factors, can be an adverse event in human pregnancy. The aim of the present study was to compare the maternal serum levels of anticardiolipin and antiphosphatidyl se...

Background: There has been a resurgence in the interest and use of metal-on-metal (MOM) bearing surfaces in hip arthroplasty. However, concerns remain regarding elevated metal levels in blood and urine and possible effect on the fetus of a pregnant female with a MOM bearing surface. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare metal concentrations in maternal and fetal serum in subjects wit...

Measurements of serum thyrotropin (TSH) concentrations were conducted in maternal and fetal blood during labor and delivery and the early postnatal and neonatal periods. Mean TSH concentration was significantly higher in cord blood (9.5 muU/ml) than maternal blood (3.9 muU/ml), a finding suggesting a fetal-maternal TSH gradient at term. Serum TSH concentration in the newborn increased rapidly t...

BACKGROUND/AIM To investigate whether spontaneous preterm labor (PTL) with intact membranes is associated with changes in maternal serum prohepcidin concentrations. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study consisted of patients with spontaneous PTL with intact membranes (n = 25), a control group of healthy pregnant women between the 24th and 37th gestational weeks (n = 22), and uncomplicated term preg...