BACKGROUND Data from the study of the British 1958 birth cohort, National Child Development Study (NCDS), has allowed wider investigation of the relationship between retarded fetal growth and risk of adult hypertension. METHODS A history of self-reported hypertension was related to fetal growth in 3308 parous cohort members. Fetal growth, the measure used, is the difference in actual birthwei...

background: we aimed to explore whether maternal asymptomatic hepatitis b (hb) infection effects on pre-term rupture of membranous (prom), stillbirth, preeclampsia, eclampsia, gestational hypertension, or antepartum hemorrhage. methods: we searched the pubmed, scopus, and isi web of science from 1990 to feb 2015. in addition, electronic literature searches supplemented by searching the gray lit...

objective: to compare maternal complications and labor outcome in obese and non-obese women. materials and methods: it is a retrospective comparative study conducted at the department of obstetrics and gynecology, unit 1, civil hospital, karachi from december 2008 to december 2009. a sample size of 220 gravid women is selected by non probability convenience sampling technique. in these 110 obes...

Background—Preeclampsia is a life-threatening pregnancy syndrome of uncertain origin. To elucidate the pathogenesis, we evaluated the temporal relationships between changes in vascular function and circulating biomarkers of angiogenic activity before and after the onset of preeclampsia and gestational hypertension. Methods and Results—Maternal mean arterial pressure, uterine artery pulsatility ...

The aim was to determine the predictive role of combined screening for late-onset gestational hypertension by fetal ultrasound measurements, third trimester uterine arteries (UtAs) Doppler imaging, and maternal history. This prospective study on singleton pregnancies was conducted at the tertiary center of Maternal and Fetal Medicine of the University of Padua during the period between January ...

Objective: To investigate the diagnostic value of MCA/UA pulsatility index ratio for the prediction of adverse perinatal outcome in the fetuses with preeclampsia and gestational hypertension. Materials and methods: We included in the study 738 patients recovered in our Hospital with the diagnosis of preeclampsia and gestational hypertension, from January 2006 to December 2009. All the patients ...

Low birth weight is frequently associated with a disproportionately high incidence of cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, and kidney disease in adulthood. Epidemiological studies have identified an inverse association between low birth weight or being small for gestational age and hypertension in adulthood. We hypothesized that children born with low birth weight might have altered circa...

Juxtaglomerular cell tumor is a rare renal neoplasm. Secondary hypertension with juxtaglomerular cell tumor can be seen in females in their 20s and 30s. We present a case of juxtaglomerular cell tumor during pregnancy. A 32-year-old female was hospitalized for refractory hypertension and nephrotic syndrome in the 23rd gestational week. One year before admission, she had been diagnosed with hype...

Introduction: Insufficient information exists regarding the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination safety in pregnant women. Objectives: The present study compared pregnancy and fetal outcomes among COVID-19-vaccinated unvaccinated Patients Methods: This cross-sectional was conducted at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (Tabriz, Iran) on 117 women (55 vaccinated as case group 62 co...