Objective To describe potential intrapartum complications for fetuses affected by absent pulmonary valve syndrome. Study Design Two cases of intrapartum fetal death at full term were collected from our institution's labor and delivery unit records. Results In both cases of intrapartum fetal death, the fetuses had been diagnosed with absent pulmonary valve syndrome and had likely experienced acu...

Aim: The purpose of this article is to analyze the maternal, fetal, and obstetric outcomes pregnancies diagnosed with coronavirus 2019 disease in first trimester.
 Methods: A prospective analysis patients COVID-19 during trimester pregnancy hospitalized was performed. Obstetric complications, delivery, neonatal were reported following weeks pregnancy.
 Results: We included seventy-fiv...

BACKGROUND Proteinuria is one of the essential criteria for the clinical diagnosis of pre-eclampsia. Increasing levels of proteinuria is considered to be associated with adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. We aim to determine the accuracy with which the amount of proteinuria predicts maternal and fetal complications in women with pre-eclampsia by systematic quantitative review of test accuracy...

OBJECTIVE To examine (1) the incidence of fetal thrombocytopenia in hydropic fetuses with congenital B19 virus infection, (2) the effect of intrauterine platelet transfusions and (3) the correlation between fetal B19 viral load and severity of thrombocytopenia. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of data from prospectively collected fetal blood samples. SETTING Leiden University Medical Centre, t...

Fetal interventions to diagnose and treat congenital anomalies are growing in popularity but often lead to preterm labor. The possible contribution of the maternal adaptive immune system to postsurgical pregnancy complications has not been explored. We recently showed that fetal intervention in mice increases maternal T cell trafficking into the fetus and hypothesized that this process also may...

AIM to evaluate the outcome of pregnancies complicated by fetal growth restriction with particular emphasis on the factors (fetal and maternal) related to perinatal mortality and morbidity of the fetus and newborn. MATERIAL AND METHODS Retrospective analysis of the documentation of 53 women admitted with the diagnosis of fetal growth restriction based on ultrasound examination (fetal biometry...

BACKGROUND Fetal sex and maternal age are each known to affect outcomes of pregnancies. The objective of the present study was to investigate the influence of the combination of maternal age and fetal sex on pregnancy outcomes in term and post-term singleton pregnancies. MATERIAL AND METHODS This was a retrospective study on term singleton pregnancies delivered between 2004 and 2008 at the Ch...

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...

Gastroschisis is an increasingly common malformation with unique fetal complications. Although it is usually an isolated defect, gastroschisis has a significant mortality rate of 5–10%. Complications include bowel damage, but growth retardation, oligohydramnios and fetal distress in labour are also common. There have been recent data that may help explain some of these observations, which will ...

Background & aim: Pregnant women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are considered to be at high risk regarding fetal complications and adverse outcomes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the fetal outcomes in pregnant women with the SLE. Methods: This retrospective study was conducted on a total of 125 patients with the SLE referred to the Clinic and Department of Rheumatology of Imam...