Arachidonic acid is converted by mammalian enzymes to a variety of oxygenated metabolites which include prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes (collectively called eicosanoids). These products may contribute to the pathogenesis of several conditions including inflammation, asthma, thrombotic disease, Bartter's syndrome, dysmenorrhoea, threatened abortion, premature labour and cancer. In ...

cated with Vaginal Bleeding (Threatened Abortion <20 Weeks) and a Surviving Fetus, Antonio Farina, Nicola Rizzo, Manuela Concu, Irina Banzola, Akihiko Sekizawa, Silvia Grotti, and Paolo Carinci ( Department of Histology, Embryology and Applied Biology and 2 Division of Prenatal Medicine University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; 3 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Showa University School of ...

Pelvic pain during the first trimester of pregnancy can pose a challenge to the clinician. The noninvasive nature, safety, and reliability of ultrasonography make it the diagnostic method of choice for pregnant patients who have pelvic pain. Sonography provides information that allows for diagnosis of both pregnancy-related pain, such as a ruptured ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage, or threatened ...

Bleeding drives patients to their general practitioner swiftly. Vaginal bleeding in pregnancy makes the woman think that she may be miscarrying, so this brings her even more promptly; the practitioner thence has the Causes of bleeding opportunity to diagnose the cause and start prompt management. * Abortion or miscarriage Bleeding has four known causes in early pregnancy (box). In addition, * E...

BACKGROUND Pregnant women commonly present to the Emergency Department (ED) for evaluation during their first trimester. These women have many concerns, one of which is the viability of their pregnancy and the probability of miscarriage. STUDY OBJECTIVES We sought to determine fetal outcomes of women with an indeterminate ultrasound who present to the ED during the first trimester of pregnanc...

BACKGROUND We have previously shown in two independent cohorts that circulating first trimester Macrophage Inhibitory Cytokine-1 (MIC-1) levels are lower in women in early pregnancy who are destined to miscarriage. While promising, the diagnostic performance of measuring MIC-1 alone was not sufficient for it to be a useful predictive test for miscarriage. Besides MIC-1, there are other cytokine...

OBJECTIVE To determine the feasibility for midwives to adhere to Dutch national guidelines on threatened miscarriage in general practice. DESIGN Prospective recording of appointments by midwives who agreed to adhere to the guidelines on threatened miscarriage. Interviews with the midwives after they had recorded appointments for one year. SETTING Midwifery practices in The Netherlands. SU...

Although ABO incompatibility between mother and the conceptus has long been suspected as a cause of spontaneous abortion in man its precise contribution has not been completely resolved (Levene and Rosenfield, 1961). In spite of reports in which the incompatible mating was recognized to be a cause ofhabitual abortion (McNeil et al, 1954) and which eventually results in infertility (Behrman et a...

T he abortion issue has become volatile. Violence against abortion clinics to stop or interfere with abortions has been reported with some prominence in the press.''' This violence has included fire-bombing, throwing gasoline and other flammable liquids on clinic staff—one staff member was temporarily blinded—vandalism, including slashing of phone lines and upholstery and destruction of operati...

motherapy for patients who have received treatment in the past. Our recommendation to treat patients with impending immunosuppression (from human immunodeficiency virus infection, induction for organ transplant, or other etiologies) who have not previously received antitrypanosomal therapy should be interpreted in the context of our overall BII recommendation for T cruzi–infected adults up to a...