background: vitamin d supplementation during pregnancy has been supposed to defend against adverse gestational outcomes. objective: this randomized clinical trial study was conducted to assess the effects of 50,000 iu of vitamin d every two weeks supplementation on the incidence of gestational diabetes (gdm), gestational hypertension, preeclampsia and preterm labor, vitamin d status at term and...

BACKGROUND We assessed whether adding the biomarkers Pregnancy Associated Plasma Protein-A (PAPP-A) and Placental Growth Factor (PlGF) to maternal clinical characteristics improved the prediction of a previously developed model for gestational hypertension in a cohort of Ghanaian pregnant women. METHODS This study was nested in a prospective cohort of 1010 pregnant women attending antenatal c...

Introduction: Small for gestational age (SGA) refers to birth weight of neonates less than 10th percentile or 2nd standard deviation below the population norms on growth charts.
 Aims: To identify common risk factors and morbidities small babies.
 Methods: This is a cross sectional descriptive study it has been conducted at Department pediatrics, Nepalgunj Medical college which tertia...

Serum level of the N-terminal of the prohormone brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is an important factor in pregnancy-induced hypertension. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the clinical significance of serum NT-proBNP level in pregnant hypertensive patients with retinopathy. Patients divided into gestational hypertension, mild preeclampsia, and serious preeclampsia groups un...

Aim of our study was to ascertain, prospectively, whether serum uric acid is a suitable predictor of preeclampsia and/or the delivery of small-for-gestational-age infants in women with gestational hypertension. We screened 206 primiparas, with a singleton pregnancy, referred for recent onset of hypertension. At presentation, we measured serum uric acid, creatinine, blood glucose, hemoglobin and...

Two pregnant women who initially developed proteinuria alone followed by serious preeclampsia are presented to emphasize that there is no adequate technical term to express the period of proteinuria alone based on the current criteria of pregnancyinduced hypertension. Case 1 exhibited a urinary protein concentration of 46 mg/dL in the absence of hypertension, and abdominal pain due to placental...

BACKGROUND In 2003, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force concluded that evidence was insufficient to advise for or against routinely screening all pregnant women for gestational diabetes mellitus. PURPOSE To review evidence about the benefits and harms of screening for gestational diabetes. DATA SOURCES Databases (MEDLINE, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Health Technology As...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To assess the relation between leisure time physical activity (LTPA) during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy and the risk of developing pre-eclampsia and gestational hypertension. DESIGN Case-control study carried out over a 28 month period with retrospective data collection. SETTING Six hospitals in Quebec City and four hospitals in Montreal. PARTICIPANTS 172 women with pr...