AIMS To determine differences in pregnancy outcomes including diabetic complications, maternal and perinatal complications between gestational diabetes mellitus and overt diabetes in pregnancy in Japan. METHODS A multi-institutional retrospective study compared pregnancy outcomes between gestational diabetes mellitus and overt diabetes in pregnancy. We examined pregnant women who met the form...

BACKGROUND Pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) is defines as hypertension in pregnancy, and is sustained blood pressure >140 mm Hg systolic or 90 mm Hg diastolic. Objective of this study was to see the maternal outcome in terms of morbidity and mortality in PIH. METHODS This descriptive study was conducted in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit of Fauji Foundation Hospital, Rawalpindi from Janua...

conclusions using male methods are prevalent in abortion-seeker women. an increased focus is needed on training the regular use of pills and using the emergency contraception for all of the couples who are first-time abortion-seekers. moreover, information about the role of forced sex might be efficacious in decreasing illegally induced repeat abortion in couples who use condom or withdrawal me...

BACKGROUND Pheochromocytoma is a disease where catecholamines are secreted. If pheochromocytoma occurs during pregnancy, it can be difficult to diagnose because it is similar to pregnancy-induced hypertension. Furthermore, bilateral pheochromocytoma during pregnancy is even rarer than unilateral pheochromocytoma. CASE PRESENTATION A 32-year-old primigravida, who was 12 weeks' pregnant, was aw...

Pregnancy-induced hypertension diseases are classified as gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, or eclampsia. The mechanisms of their development and prediction are still to be discovered. Endocrine gland-derived vascular endothelial growth factor (EG-VEGF) is an angiogenic factor secreted by the placenta during the first trimester of human pregnancy that was shown to control trophoblast inva...

The exact pro-oxidant and antioxidant status in pregnancy--induced hypertension patients is still not clear. To add a new insight to the question, changes in the erythrocyte lipid peroxidation products (malondialdehyde; MDA), levels of glutathione (GSH), ascorbic acid and plasma vitamin E (non enzymatic antioxidant parameters) and activities of antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase (SOD), gl...

Introduction:Human placenta is the organ of exchange and connection between fetus mother. It a fetal which experiences stress strain that experiences. Most common complication pregnancy Pregnancy Induced Hypertension. The study in Hypertension gives clear picture regarding health mother baby helps reducing Neonatal Maternal mortality morbidity. Aim To infer clinical significance gross changes o...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to evaluate the single and joint associations of maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) with pregnancy outcomes in Tianjin, China. METHODS Between June 2009 and May 2011, health care records of 33,973 pregnant women were collected and their children were measured for birth weight and birth length. The independen...

conclusions misoprostol plus letrozole was more effective for inducing abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy compared to misoprostol alone. results the complete abortion rate was 69.7% in the misoprostol and letrozole group and 30.3% in the misoprostol group. incomplete abortion was 32.4% in the misoprostol and letrozole group, and 67.6% in the misoprostol group (p = 0.004). bleeding, ce...