Diagnostic assays can provide valuable information about the health status of a patient, which include detection of biomarkers that indicate the presence of an infection, the progression or regression of a disease, and the efficacy of a course of treatment. Critical healthcare decisions must often be made at the point-of-care, far from the infrastructure and diagnostic capabilities of centraliz...

BACKGROUND The treatment of diabetes in pregnancy has potentially far-reaching benefits for both pregnant women with diabetes and their children and may provide a cost-effective approach to the prevention of obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and metabolic syndrome. Early and accurate diagnosis of diabetes in pregnancy is necessary for optimizing maternal and fetal outcomes. CONTENT Optimal c...

heterotopic pregnancy is a rare event in natural conception cycles. the prevalence of heterotopic pregnancy is known to be increasing in part due to more precise diagnostic techniques and widespread use of of assisted reproductive technology. a case of an incidental heterotopic pregnancy diagnosed at 10 weeks of gestational age is reported here in which laparotomy was scheduled and right salpin...

Background: Acute appendicitis is the most common nonobstetric surgical problem in pregnancy. Common signs and symptoms of appendicitis are less reliable during pregnancy due to physiological changes; thus, the role of imaging becomes prominent. Thus, in the present study, we aimed at assessing the accuracy of sonography in diagnosing acute appendicitis during pregnancy.    Methods: ...

Objectives: The present study aimed to compare the diagnostic values of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and fasting blood sugar (FBS) using glucose challenge test (GCT) in screening for gestational diabetes. Materials Methods: A total 618 women at 24-28 weeks pregnancy were selected, their FBS HbA1c measured GCT. obtained results compared terms sensitivity, specificity, as well positive negativ...

Prenatal screening for Down syndrome (DS) based on biomarker levels provides expectant parents with an estimated risk of a DS baby. The risk cutoff value of a prenatal screening test determines the detection and false positive rates and the selection of follow-up procedures, such as an invasive diagnostic test. Women who consider prenatal screening might face two undesirable outcomes: undetecte...

Ectopic pregnancy is the implantation of a fertilized egg outside the uterine endometrial cavity. For women presenting to the emergency department with abdominal pain and/or vaginal bleeding, ectopic pregnancy is an important diagnostic consideration. The diagnosis is made based on laboratory values and ultrasound imaging findings. The ultrasound appearance of both normal early pregnancy and ec...

BACKGROUND Fetal cells are shed from the regressing chorionic villi and it is possible to retrieve extravillous cytotrophoblast cells by transcervical sampling. The abundance of trophoblast cells in transcervical samples suggests that this non-invasive approach could distinguish between normal and abnormal pregnancies, such as an ectopic pregnancy (EP) and blighted ovum (BO). We aim to identify...

IJMDS ● www.ijmds.org ● January 2016; 5(1) 965 Original Article Assessment of rapid dipstick test for diagnosis of urinary tract infection in asymptomatic pregnant female Khanna A, Khanna M ABSTRACT Background: Bacteriuria during pregnancy has been known to cause many complications like low birth weight and premature delivery. Objective: This study was done to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy o...

Pregnancy after the 40 week of gestation is often a great dilemma for obstetrician in diagnostic, therapeutic and in psychological terms as well. The aim of this study was to confirm the phenomenon of placental insufficiency in pregnancy after the 40 gestation week, the modality of delivery and perinatal outcome. The study comprised 3405 deliveries in a period of one year, 391 of which were ter...