BACKGROUND Untreated maternal hypothyroidism can have adverse effects on both the mother and fetus, but it can potentially be prevented by adequate levothyroxine replacement. This study was conducted to determine what percentage of hypothyroid pregnant women who were taking levothyroxine needed to adjust their medication dosage, and when and how much it should be increased. METHODS In this lo...

INTRODUCTION Triploidy is a lethal chromosomal numeric abnormality, characterized on extra haploid set of chromosomes. It occurs in 2 to 3% of conceptuses and accounts for approximately 20% of chromosomally abnormal first-trimester miscarriages. As such, triploidy is estimated to occur in 1 of 3,500 pregnancies at 12 weeks', 1 in 30,000 at 16 weeks', and 1 in 250,000 at 20 weeks' gestation. C...

BACKGROUND Maternal smoking during pregnancy is linked to reduced birth weight but the gestation at onset of this relationship is not certain. We present a systematic review of the literature describing associations between maternal smoking during pregnancy and ultrasound measurements of fetal size, together with an accompanying meta-analysis. METHODS Studies were selected from electronic dat...

Rev Assoc Med Bras 2009; 55(5): 563-8 *Correspondência: Trav. Sebastião da Hora, 204 Gruta de Lourdes Maceió-AL 57052-835 Summary Objective. This study aims to evaluate the sexual function and to determine the prevalence of sexual dysfunction among teenagers and adult women during pregnancy using the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). MethOds. A cohort study was conducted with 271 healthy pre...

CONTEXT Assessment of the fetal safety of vaccination against influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in pregnancy has been limited. OBJECTIVE To investigate whether exposure to an adjuvanted influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 vaccine during pregnancy was associated with increased risk of adverse fetal outcomes. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Registry-based cohort study based on all liveborn singleton infants in Den...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Vitamin D deficiency is very common in pregnant women. Deficiencies have been prevalent even in studies where over 90% of the women took prenatal vitamins. The current guidelines for vitamin D intake during pregnancy of 200-400 IU has little scientific support and has been recently challenged. We conducted this study to determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency ...

background: induced abortion is the medical or surgical termination of pregnancy before fetal viability. it has maternal or fetal indications. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of the combination of methotrexate and misoprostol for termination of the pregnancy in the first trimester.   methods: this analytic study was performed on 100 women at the first trimester of preg...

Objective: Knowing the ideal levels of triiodothyronine (T3), thyroxine (T4), FT3, FT4, and thyrotropin-stimulating hormone (TSH) for each pregnancy trimester are goal. Methods: The Department Obstetrics Gynecology at Pacific Institute Medical Sciences in Udaipur treated 150 patients (obstetric cases) current longitudinal research. following parameters were examined a fasting blood sample: T3, ...

There will always be women who need abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, and their reasons are often compelling. Although second trimester abortions carry relatively more risks than first trimester abortions, abortion is still very safe throughout the second trimester if done in safe conditions. This paper is about law and policy on second trimester abortions, which are allowed on more restri...