OBJECTIVE Increased risk of psychopathology is observed in children exposed to maternal prenatal distress, and elevated maternal cortisol and epigenetic regulation of placental glucocorticoid-pathway genes are potential mechanisms. The authors examined maternal distress and salivary cortisol in relation to fetal movement and heart rate ("coupling") and DNA methylation of three glucocorticoid pa...

Fetal biochemical and neonatal clinical data were compiled in 126 emergency Caesarean sections performed for fetal distress. The choice of anaesthetic technique was determined by the wishes of the mother. General anaesthesia was administered to 71 parturients and regional analgesia to 55 (subarachnoid block 33, extension of extradural block 22). The aetiologies of fetal distress and the skin in...

and FT4. Pregnant women were classified by hormone status into percentile categories based on laboratory assay and were compared accordingly. The authors found that OH was associated with increased fetal loss, low birth weight and congenital circulation system malformations. SCH was associated with increased fetal distress, preterm delivery, poor vision development and neurodevelopmental delay....

AIMS To investigate the relationship between fetal renal artery Doppler results and pregnancy outcomes in patients with idiopathic abnormal amniotic fluid indices. MATERIAL AND METHOD A total of 110 patients without signs of fetal distress were included in the study: 31 idiopathic oligohydramnios and 29 idiopathic polyhydramnios pregnancies (study group) and 50 normal pregnancies (controls). ...

The perinatal outcomes of pregnancies with nuchal cord (NC) are uncertain and reports disagree about the incidence of cesarean section due to NC. Variable tightness of the NC may be a contributor to this controversy. The study was to examine whether the tightness of NC affect fetal intrauterine distress by determining valuable ultrasonic indicators. Total 149 singleton pregnancies between 36 an...

Maternal emotional distress symptoms, including life satisfaction, anxiety and depressed mood, are worse in Severely Obese (SO) than lean pregnancy and may alter placental genes regulating fetal glucocorticoid exposure and placental growth. We hypothesised that the associations between increased maternal distress symptoms and changes in placental gene expression including IGF2 and genes regulat...

Objective: To evaluate the perinatal outcome in patients with isolated oligohydramnios. Design: A prospective study. Sample: 146 patients had isolated oligohydramnios. These were compared with those having AFI>5 cm (n=500). Methods: A prospective study was conducted from November 2012 to November 2014. Patients were divided into two groups (AFI>50 mm and ≤ 50 mm). The study inclusion criteria w...

BACKGROUND The STAN methodology has been shown to reduce both operative delivery for fetal distress and the cord artery metabolic acidosis rate. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to monitor delivery modes and perinatal outcomes following the introduction of the STAN methodology and the evolution of its use at our institution. METHODS Two periods were characterized: June 2000-June 20...

Aim: The purpose of this study was to assess whether the intrapartum amnioinfusion (AI) in the presence of meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) influence the rate of cesarean section and perinatal outcome. Material and methods: The investigated group consisted of 405 pregnant women in labor with meconium-stained amniotic fluid: 163 had performed AI, and 242 constituted a control group (withou...