Pregnancy is associated with significant but reversible changes in thyroid function tests results, which are among the most profound seen as a result of a normal physiologic state. The present study was carried out to find out alterations in thyroid function tests in each trimester in normal pregnant women as compared to non-pregnant women. Methods: A case-control study designed with two groups...

background: endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory gynecologic disease. problems associated with endometriosis include dysmenorrhea dyspareunia and infertility. while endometriosis does not generally cause complications during pregnancy endometriosis clearly causes complications before pregnancy. cases: we report four patients with endometriosis who developed a hemoperitoneum during pregnancy ...

abstract background: hypertension in pregnancy is one of the prevalent disorders resulting in maternal death. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of stretching exercise and walking on changes of blood pressure in nulliparous women during pregnancy. materials and methods: this was a quasi-experimental trial that consisted three groups of women who took part in pre- and post-tests...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the rate of poor pregnancy outcome among nulliparas who had microalbuminuria at the end of the second trimester of their pregnancy. METHODS A prospective cohort study was performed on 490 nulliparous women who were at the end of the second trimester of pregnancy. Urine tests for albuminuria and creatinine measurements were performed in all women and the albumin to creati...

Background: Although pregnancy is a normal function in women, it is considered as a stressful experience which is associated with many psychological and physical changes in pregnant women. Objectives: This study aims to investigate and compare cognitive function in different trimesters of pregnancy. Materials & Methods: This was a longitudinal cohort study. Participants were 76 pregnantwomen ...

Aim: To determine the effect of psychosocial stress on maternal complications during pregnancy Methods: A population based prospective cohort study was carried out in Sri Lanka from May 2001 to April 2002. Pregnant women were recruited on or before 16 weeks of gestation and followed up until delivery. The sample size was 774. The relevant exposure data were collected on average during the 12 an...

Background The reference intervals of thyroid hormone will change at different stages pregnancy because physiological alterations. On the other hand, also in detection systems due to manufacturer's methodology as well a race. objective this study was establish assay method- and trimester-specific for thyroid-stimulating hormone, free thyroxine triiodothyronine pregnant women Chengdu. Methods A ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the therapeutic effect and safety of cerclage placed in pregnancy via laparoscopy (CPL) in the first trimesteror in non-pregnant phase (CNL). METHODS A total of 134 cervical insufficiency patients who were treated with cervical cerclage were included. All the patients were divided into 3 groups. CPL group: 43 cases were treated with cerclage placed in pregnancy via la...

Exposure to air pollution is associated with elevated blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. We assessed the associations of exposure to particulate matter (PM(10)) and nitrogen dioxide (NO(2)) levels with blood pressure measured in each trimester of pregnancy and the risks of pregnancy-induced hypertension and preeclampsia in 7006 women participating in a prospective cohort study in the Ne...

pemphigoid gestationis (pg) is a rare autoimmune bullous dermatosis of pregnancy usually presents in the second or third trimester. it is characterized by pruritic, urticarial plaques with the development of tense vesicles and bullae within the lesions. pathogenesis of pg is not fully established, however, most patients develop circulating autoantibodies targeting the bullous pemphigoid (bp) 18...