INTRODUCTION Diabetes is one of the most frequent chronic diseases in women of childbearing age, which significantly increases the risk of complications at every stage of pregnancy. OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to investigate any maternal factors that may be associated with the risk of first‑trimester pregnancy loss in patients with pregestational diabetes. PATIENTS AND METHODS It wa...

objective: low-grade systemic inflammation is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. c-reactive protein (crp), an acute phase protein produced by hepatocytes, may be associated with diabetes. this study aimed to compare serum levels of crp in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm), impaired glucose tolerance test and control subjects. materials and methods: in this case c...

BACKGROUND The maternal near-miss (MNM) concept has been developed to assess life-threatening conditions during pregnancy, childhood, and puerperium. In recent years, caesarean section (CS) rates have increased rapidly in many low- and middle-income countries, a trend which might have serious effects on maternal health. Our aim was to describe the occurrence and panorama of maternal near-miss a...