background: various studies have come to contradictory results regarding the relationship between maternal hemoglobin (hb) level and adverse pregnancy outcomes. the present study aimed to investigate the birth outcomes among pregnant women who had normal hemoglobin levels in the first trimester of their pregnancy. patients and methods: in this prospective study, 108 healthy pregnant women with ...

KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE Pregnancy outcome after trachelectomy has high risk of complications such as second trimester pregnancy loss and preterm birth. We report beneficial effect of a simple procedure of vaginal occlusion in addition to cerclage in a patient with trachelectomy and two prior second trimester pregnancy losses.

Results The expressions of B7-H1 and B7-H4 molecules were significantly higher on CD1c+ myeloid and BDCA-2+ plasmocytoid DCs in the first trimester of pregnancy when compared to the luteal phase of the ovarian cycle. Moreover, the expressions of B7-H1 molecule on CD1c+ DCs in the second trimester of normal pregnancy were significantly higher when compared to the first trimester. In the third tr...

OBJECTIVE To validate the diagnosis of second trimester miscarriages/deliveries (16+0 weeks to 27+6 weeks of gestation) recorded as miscarriages in the Danish National Patient Registry or spontaneous deliveries in the Danish Medical Birth Registry, and asses the validity of risk factors, pregnancy complications, and cerclage by review of medical records. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a cohort of 2...

OBJECTIVE To study development of restless legs syndrome (RLS) during and after pregnancy, and whether RLS is related to snoring or other pregnancy-related symptoms. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Antenatal care clinics in the catchment area of Linköping university hospital, Sweden. POPULATION Five hundred consecutively recruited pregnant women. METHODS Sleep disturbances, including ...

background: vitamin c levels are low in pregnancy. the purpose of this study was to determine serum vitamins c levels among pregnant women attending antenatal care at a general hospital in dawakin kudu, kano, and this can help further research to determine the place of vitamin c supplementation in pregnancy. methods: this was a prospective study of 400 pregnant women who presented for antenatal...