The trends in prenatal diagnosis of enzyme defects predicted last year,' namely an increase in diagnosis in the first trimester by chorionic villus sampling and early amniocentesis and greater exploitation of DNA analysis and the diagnosis of genetic errors in preimplantation embryos, have been fulfilled. These developments were also reflected in the papers presented at the 5th International Co...

Two further cases of myocardial infarction during pregnancy are reported. From the review of the literature of forty-three cases of myocardial infarction during pregnancy and labour, it appears that myocardial infarction in the last trimester and labour is frequently fatal. Short-term anticoagulant therapy to suppress any thrombo-embolic tendency is desirable. Termination ofpregnancy is indicat...

Three pregnant patients with chickenpox pneumonia are described. A review of reports published since 1965 together with these cases shows that 28 of the 46 women (61%) were pregnant, and 21 were in the last trimester. Although the disease is more common and more severe in pregnancy, the proportion of deaths was no greater than usual. In this retrospective analysis there was no evidence that tre...

Hydroallantois is one of the gestational disorder in which sudden increase in allantoic fl uid occurs in allantoic cavity due to foetal membrane pathology leading to bilateral enlargement of abdomen (Roberts, 1971). This is more common last phase of third trimester in dairy and beef cattle and less so in buffaloes and heifers (Srinivas and Sreenu, 2006). The present report describes a case of h...

This enzyme immunoassay procedure for pregnancy-associated plasma protein type A involves a "sandwich"-type system in microtitration plates. One can detect 0.27 mg of the protein per liter of serum, with a between-batch CV of 10.2%, and the antiserum used does not cross react with any of the other placentally derived proteins. A reference interval for the last trimester of pregnancy is presente...

Diaphragmatic hernia (DH) during pregnancy is rare with only 30 cases reported worldwide in the last 50 years. The mortality rate is as high as 50%. Low level of suspicion is required to make the diagnosis. This is the first documented case report of a third trimester maternal DH in Queensland, Australia. DH diagnosis and decision of treatment in the obstetric population can be difficult and ch...

background: placenta accreta is a rare obstetrical condition that mainly occurs in the third trimester leading to life-threatening complications. hereby, a case of uterine rupture due to placenta accreta occuring in the second trimester is presented. case presentation: a forty-year old patient who conceived after in vitro fertilization treatment (oocyte donation and embryo transfer) presented i...

The incidence of acute kidney injury in pregnancy (P-AKI) has declined significantly over the last three decades in developing countries. However, it is still associated with significant fetomaternal mortality and morbidity. The diagnosis of P-AKI is based on the serum creatinine increase. The usual formulas for estimating glomerular filtration rate (GFR) are not validated in this population. T...

RATIONALE Pregnancy is a complicated physiological process. Physiological leukocytosis often takes place and it is primarily related to the increased circulation of neutrophils, especially during the last trimester of pregnancy. Noncongenital agranulocytosis during pregnancy is rare and reported only occasionally, while in most of the cases, the agranulocytosis has already occurred prior to pre...

Background: After the 20th week of pregnancy, preeclampsia is diagnosed when a woman develops new-onset hypertension (systolic blood pressure 140 mm Hg or higher, diastolic 90 higher) and proteinuria (300 mg more in 24-hour urine collection, 1+ on dipstick testing). The aim this work was to determine sensitivity placental volume (PV) first trimester at 11th 13th week+6 days predicting preeclamp...