The number of bariatric surgeries performed in the United States has increased exponentially. Given that most patients are female and of reproductive age, it is important for clinicians who manage women's health issues to be aware of the surgery, its long-term goals, and the potential effect on future pregnancies. Most pregnancies after bariatric surgery have successful outcomes with decreased ...

OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to analyse placental hormone profiles in twin pregnancies to determine if they could be used to predict preterm birth. STUDY DESIGN Progesterone, estradiol, estriol and corticotropin-releasing hormone were measured using competitive immunoassay and radioimmunoassay in serum and saliva samples of 98 women with twin pregnancies,at 3 or more gestational t...

One of the major concerns following cornual ectopic pregnancy, as shown in this case, is uterine rupture in future pregnancies. Uterine rupture has been described at 20 weeks gestation in a woman who had a cornual pregnancy treated by salpingectomy at 24 weeks, and as such it has been suggested by some experts that suturing the uterine wall to reinforce the defective area is advisable. Converse...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of vibroacoustic stimulation (VAS) on computerized cardiotocography short-term variability (STV) and approximate entropy (ApEn) in both low- and high-risk pregnancies. VAS was performed on 121 high- and 95 low-risk pregnancies after 10 minutes of continuous quiet, while their FHR parameters were monitored and recorded by cCTG analysis. Fetal hear...

Preeclampsia is a disease associated with significant cardiovascular morbidity during pregnancy and in later life. This study was designed to evaluate cardiac function and remodeling in preeclampsia occurring at term. This was a prospective case–control study of 50 term preeclampsia and 50 normal pregnancies assessed by echocardiography and tissue Doppler analysis. Global diastolic dysfunction ...

Preeclampsia is a disease associated with significant cardiovascular morbidity during pregnancy and in later life. This study was designed to evaluate cardiac function and remodeling in preeclampsia occurring at term. This was a prospective case-control study of 50 term preeclampsia and 50 normal pregnancies assessed by echocardiography and tissue Doppler analysis. Global diastolic dysfunction ...

BACKGROUND Although patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) are advised to stop interferon (IFN) beta-1a therapy before becoming pregnant, some patients become pregnant while on treatment. METHODS We examined individual patient data from eight clinical trials with IFNbeta-1a. RESULTS Of 3,361 women in the studies, 69 pregnancies were reported, of which 41 were patients receiving (or who had s...

Background: The risk of perinatal complications does not remain consistent over the 5-week period between 37-42 weeks taken as ‘term pregnancy’. American college obstetrics and gynecology (ACOG) has further classified this into early-term (37-38+6 weeks), Full-term (39-40+6 weeks) late-term (41-41+6 besides post-term (>42 weeks). present study evaluates feto-maternal outcomes in deliveries a...

Based on the current literature, we aimed to provide an overview on Human Papillomavirus prevalence in normal pregnancies and pregnancies with adverse outcome. We conducted a systematic literature search in PubMed and Embase. Data extracted from the articles and used for analysis included HPV prevalence, pregnancy outcome, geographical location, investigated tissue types, and HPV detection meth...

induced abortion may be desired during a normal or abnormal pregnancy. the methods of induced abortion differ between species mainly because of different sources for progesterone production during pregnancy between species and within a species according to different stages of gestation. in cows and buffaloes, pregnancy can be effectively terminated from 5 to 150 days by administration of luteol...