Aim. The aim of this study is to investigate whether amniotic fluid leptin and insulin levels can be used for prediction of for prediction of gestational diabetes mellitus or not. Methods. The levels of leptin and insulin were measured in the samples of amniotic fluid which were obtained at 16-20 weeks of pregnancy during genetic amniocentesis. We recorded the patients who developed gestational...

OGAWA, Y. Fetal Pulmonary Surfactant in Amniotic Fluid of Ewes. Tohoku J. exp. Med., 1972, 108 (4), 307-315-The phospholipids in the amniotic fluid from healthy pregnant ewes at various stages of gestation were analyzed in relation to the fetal pulmonary surfactant. The most abundant phospholipid was phosphatidylcholine which increased as the term approached. Analysis on the positional specific...

background: adhesion is a common complication of gynecology surgery so different barrier agents and solutions have been used during these operations to separate and protect tissues from adhesion after surgery. adept is one of these solutions that have been postulated to reduce the chance of adhesion following gynecolgy surgery. objective: to evaluate the effect of 4% icodextrin in reducing adhe...

OBJECTIVE To describe the association between echogenic amniotic fluid and first-trimester fetal acrania. METHODS Nine fetuses with acrania were examined between 11 weeks' and 13 weeks 6 days' menstrual age for the presence of echogenic free-floating particles in the amniotic fluid. Cases were classified into 3 types according to the echogenicity of the amniotic fluid: similar to (type 0), sl...

Human fibronectin was isolated from second-trimester amniotic fluid, from amniotic fluid obtained at term and from adult plasma. The amniotic-fluid fibronectins had a slightly higher apparent molecular weight on sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis than the plasma fibronectin. Early- and late-amniotic-fluid fibronectin had 9.5 and 9.6% carbohydrate respectively, whereas pl...

Ingestion of amniotic fluid and placenta by rats has been shown to enhance opioid-mediated antinociception but not affect the nonopioid-mediated antinociception produced by aspirin, suggesting specificity for opioid-mediated processes. However, enhancement by the active substance(s) in amniotic fluid and placenta (POEF, for placental opioid-enhancing factor) of antinociception produced by other...

Growth hormone (GH) and prolactin (PRL) in maternal and fetal serum and amniotic fluid were measured simultaneously by radioimmunoassay at term deliveries of 20 normal mothers. The PRL level of amniotic fluid was significantly higher than that of maternal and fetal serum. The fetal GH level was significantly higher than the maternal and amniotic levels of GH. There was no significant correlatio...

Studies using in vitro analysis have shown that the interaction between pulmonary surfactant and vernix caseosa could explain the appearance of amniotic fluid turbidity. That phenomenon is interpreted based on the "roll-up" hypothesis. We tested the roll-up hypothesis by examining the presence of micelles of pulmonary surfactant in human amniotic fluid at term. Amniotic fluid samples were colle...

The determination of enzyme levels in cell-free amniotic fluid has proven useful in assessing fetal maturity and fetal well being, and is being utilized for the prenatal diagnosis of genetic disorders. The activities of amylase, alpha-galactosidase, phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase, lysozyme and heat-stable alkaline phosphatase in amniotic fluid increase with gestational age and have an estab...

Swallowing of amniotic fluid and lung fluid inflow were eliminated in 10 chronically instrumented fetuses. The urachus was ligated, and fetal was urine drained to the outside. At the beginning and the end of 21 experiments of 66 +/- 5 (SE) h duration, all amniotic fluid was temporarily drained to the outside for volume measurement and sampling. Amniotic fluid osmolalities and oncotic pressures ...