BACKGROUND Accurate diagnosis of malaria infection during pregnancy remains challenging because of low parasite densities and placental sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum. The performance of different methods to detect P. falciparum in pregnancy and the clinical relevance of undetected infections were evaluated. METHODS P. falciparum infections were assessed in 272 Mozambican women at del...

OBJECTIVE To assess the value of ultrasound in an emergency department in the diagnosis of early pregnancy complications, the efficacy of a study protocol in identifying ectopic pregnancies, and the agreement on ultrasound findings among emergency department staff and gynaecologists. METHODS All women presenting with early pregnancy complications had a transabdominal ultrasound scan performed...

objective: the high prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) in iran and its maternal and fetal consequences as well as the high risk of its long-term effects including obesity is known. the aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between body mass index (bmi) in ages of 18 months and 6 years and maternal glucose concentration. materials and methods: this is a retrospective ...

Objective-To assess the value of ultrasound in an emergency department in the diagnosis of early pregnancy complications, the efficacy of a study protocol in identifying ectopic pregnancies, and the agreement on ultrasound findings among emergency department staff and gynaecologists. Methods-All women presenting with early pregnancy complications had a transabdominal ultrasound scan performed b...

Introduction Ectopic pregnancy is characterized by implantation of an embryo outside the uterine cavity and usually is located in the distal portion of the fallopian tube. The common triade of symptoms includes: abdominal pain, vaginal bleeding and amenorrhea. The ectopic pregnancy is still considered an important cause of death in the first trimester of pregnancy, for this reason a rapid and a...

The optimal day of milk sampling for pregnancy diagnosis by milk progesterone quantitation was determined as well as the diagnostic efficiency of the test for days 14 24 post insemination in dairy cattle. The results show that on days 22 and 23 after insemination diagnostic efficiencies of approximately 100% can be obtained. Enzymeimmunoassay (ELISA) has numerous advantages over the radioimmuno...

Objective This study aimed to monitoring the prevalence of previously identified thyroid disorders and hypothyroidism before pregnancy. Material methods A retrospective cross-sectional women whose pregnancies occurred between 2014 2016 was conducted, including 120,763 in Catalonia (Spain). The presence based on disease diagnostic codes and/or prescription levothyroxine or antithyroid drugs. To ...