De begeleiding en behandeling van vrouwen met epilepsie rondom de zwangerschap vraagt om maatwerk. Hierbij is het balanceren tussen enerzijds zo min mogelijk blootstelling foetus aan anti-aanvalsmedicatie anderzijds risico op aanvallen bij moeder beperken. Het zorgpad ‘Zwangerschap & Epilepsie’ levert dit maatwerk vóór, tijdens na zwangerschap.

OBJECTIVES To review potential risks of eye medications to the mother and her foetus. DATA SOURCES PubMed search for all relevant articles (1966 to 2003). STUDY SELECTION All types of publication that documented potential risks of eye medications during pregnancy. The following key words were used: pregnancy, fetus, teratogenicity, eye, ocular, ophthalmic, glaucoma, antibiotics, anti-inflam...

Foetal loss and neonatal death rate are still challenges to obstetricians. Several techniques have been developed to estimate the foetal well-being in utero-the pH determination of the foetal blood being one of these. The technique has been described by Saling' and Morris and Beard.'" Several reports showed the reliability of this technique in predicting the Apgar score of the foetus."" There a...

The biology and physical properties of the uniquely human skin cream 'vernix caseosa' are discussed. This material coats the foetal skin surface during the last trimester of gestation and provides multiple beneficial functions for the foetus and newborn infant. Vernix has a complex structure similar to stratum corneum but lacks lipid lamellae and is more plastic due to the absence of desmosomal...

p a twin pregnancy with a complete hydatidiform mole with a coexistent foetus (chmf) is a rare condition that typically results in poor pregnancy outcomes. for patients with refractory vaginal bleeding, termination of pregnancy is more appropriate. however, unified methods for termination remain to be explored. in the present study, we reviewed the termination measures in four cases of twin pre...

The aim of this study was to determine the presence of Tritrichomonas foetus in two dairy herds on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense. Twenty-one low-volume uterine lavages from cows with a history of reproductive problems in two dairy herds located in the municipality of Sibaté (Cundinamarca) and Ventaquemada (Boyacá) were evaluated. In the first herd, 10 cows were sampled and in the second, 11 cows...

A number of different culture media have been described for use in the diagnosis of Tritrichomonas foetus infection in bulls, and recently, a commercial culture kit has become available. The objective of this study was to compare the sensitivity of 2 culture-based diagnostic tests for T. foetus in bulls. One test used a commercial kit for transport and culture of the samples. The other test use...

The finite difference time domain (FDTD) method in combination with a well established frequency scaling method was used to calculate the internal fields and current densities induced in a simple model of a pregnant woman and her foetus, when exposed to hand-held metal detectors. The pregnant woman and foetus were modelled using a simple semi-heterogeneous model in 10 mm resolution, consisting ...

The foetus is a semiallograft. Why it is not rejected by the maternal immune system has been the focus of research for years. The earlier beliefs were that the foetus is not antigenically mature, there is a physical barrier between maternal and foetal tissues, and that the mother's immune system is inactive. These have however been proved wrong. This review discusses the placental and maternal ...

We showed earlier that Tritrichomonas foetus-specific bovine immunoglobulin (Ig)G1 and IgA antibodies in uterine and vaginal secretions are correlated with clearance of this sexually transmitted infection. Eosinophils have been noted in previous studies of bovine trichomoniasis but the role of mast cells and IgE responses have not been reported. The hypothesis that IgE and mast cell degranulati...