OBJECTIVE Changes in maternal concentrations of the anti-angiogenic factors, soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt1) and soluble endoglin (sEng), and the pro-angiogenic placental growth factor (PlGF) precede the development of preeclampsia in healthy women. The risk of preeclampsia is reduced in women who smoke during pregnancy. The objective of this study was to investigate whether smoking ...

OBJECTIVE It is known from animal experiments that blood flow through the ductus venosus changes with fetal strain. Therefore the ratio of umbilical vein to ductus venosus flow rate in human intrauterine growth retardation and multifetal pregnancies was investigated and compared with that in control subjects. STUDY DESIGN Blood flow rates in the umbilical vein and in the ductus venosus, as we...

Background: In order to achieve the target of having a healthy mother and baby there is need identify pregnant woman with high risk factors.Ante natal foetal monitoring aimed at identifying foetus that are suffering from intrauterine hypoxia. Aims Objectives: To evaluate role modified biophysical profile in predicting perinatal outcome women Material methods: This hospital based observational s...