BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to identify the association of pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) or gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) with the development of venous thromboembolism (VTE). SUBJECTS AND METHODS This was a retrospective study of 57,009 pregnancies during 2002-2008 at Cheil General Hospital, Kwandong University. The diagnosis of VTE {deep vein thrombosis ...

The Renin Angiotensin System (RAS) also has an important role in hypertension: it maintains the constancy of Blood Pressure (BP) during pregnancy, which increases the cardiac output and circulating plasma volume [2]. Patients with PIH are sensitive to the pressor effects of Angiotensin 2 (AT2) compared to normotensive pregnant women [3,4], and Gant et al. reported that an AT2 infusion test may ...

The picosecond lasers have shown to effectively treat tattoo pigments that are intractable to previous multiple Q-switched (QS) laser treatments. Therefore we hypothesized that a picosecond laser would show better efficacy with minimal adverse events in the treatment of melasma and post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH) that are difficult to treat with conventional QS lasers. Two patients wi...

The structure of 38 atoms Ag-Cu cluster is studied by using a combination of a genetic algorithm global optimization technique and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. It is demonstrated that the truncated octahedral (TO) Ag32Cu6 core-shell cluster is less stable than the polyicosahedral (pIh) Ag32Cu6 core-shell cluster from the atomistic models and the DFT calculation shows an agreeab...

Pregnancy induces complex changes concerned with hemostasis. Normal pregnancy is associated with hypercoagulable state which becomes more pronounced at term while in pre-eclampsia or pregnancyinduced hypertension (PIH), localized coagulation fibrinolytic imbalance has been reported(l,2). Various coagulation factors are decreased in concentration in PIH, especially fibrinogen, factor V, VII, VII...

Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH) is a common problem after cosmetic procedures and successful treatment of PIH remains challenging. We report the case of a 33-year-old man who presented with hyper-pigmented skin lesions on his legs that persisted for 6 months following laser hair removal. We used a 1,927-nm thulium fiber laser to treat the lesions, resulting in near complete resolution ...

Background The relationship between the solid fuels and occurrence of pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) is inconclusive. Methods A birth cohort study 10,452 pregnant women without chronic was conducted from 2010 to 2012 at Gansu Provincial Maternity Child Care Hospital in Lanzhou, China. Multivariable logistic regression models were used assess relationship. Results Compared using gas as coo...

Article history: Received 25 April 2012 Received in revised form 13 August 2013 Accepted 14 August 2013 Available online 27 August 2013 While paying careful attention to the stochastic properties of income process, this paper tests the joint rational expectation and permanent income hypothesis (RE/PIH) to clarify how and to what degree financial integration delinks national income and consumpti...

Objective: To co-rrelate clinically Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PIH) with abruption and to see the effect of antihypertensive therapy. Methods: Fifty pregnant women with PIH and 50 normotensive pregnant women with singleton pregnancy at gestational age more than 20 weeks were studied. Clinical evaluation consisted of a comprehensive history and antenatal record. All deliveries were planned ...