To clarify the vascular endothelial function in pregnant women with hypertensive disorders, we assessed the flow-mediated vasodilation in the radial artery and compared it with plasma fibronectin levels. We determined flow-mediated vasodilation by measuring the change in radial artery diameter during hyperemia in 58 normal pregnant women, 22 preeclamptic pregnant women, and 15 pregnant women wi...

INTRODUCTION Approximately 27% of pregnant women report a fall during their pregnancies [1]. Pregnant women undergo numerous anatomical, physiological, and hormonal changes that may be related to the increased risk of falling. Studies of static balance in pregnant women reveal increased anterior-posterior center of pressure (COP) movement during pregnancy [2-4]. Dynamic postural control of preg...

BACKGROUND The healthcare and socio-economic burden resulting from influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 in Spain was considerable. Our aim was to estimate and compare the management (resource utilization) and economic healthcare impact in an at-risk group of unvaccinated pregnant women with an unvaccinated group of non-pregnant woman of childbearing age (15-44 yr old). METHODS We addressed this question ...

BACKGROUND Total body iron calculated from serum ferritin and soluble transferrin receptor concentrations allows for the evaluation of the full range of iron status. OBJECTIVE We described the distribution of total body iron and the prevalence of iron deficiency (ID) on the basis of total body iron in US pregnant women. DESIGN We examined data from the National Health and Nutrition Examinat...

This study compared plasma and urinary carnitine concentrations in pregnant and non-pregnant Korean women. The subjects were fifty pregnant women and thirty non-pregnant women aged 24-28 years. During the first trimester, dietary carnitine intakes in the pregnant women were much lower than in non-pregnant women (70.00 (SD 29.22) micromol/d), but over the course of pregnancy carnitine intake inc...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to elucidate changes in balance strategy during pregnancy from a kinematics perspective. [Subjects] Eight pregnant women and eight non-pregnant women participated. [Methods] A 3D motion analysis system, two force plates, and 10 infrared cameras were used to measure the kinematics of the balance strategy. The 3D motion analysis system was used to analyze p...

background: carpal tunnel syndrome (cts) is entrapment of median nerve in carpal tunnel of the wrist. the prevalence of cts related to pregnancy and non-pregnancy is unknown in some countries such as iran. the main aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of cts in women of boyerahmad township located in south-west part of iran. methods: this cross-sectional descriptive analytic study ...

BACKGROUND Successful pregnancy may depend on a Th2-type cytokine response, whilst, conversely, a poor pregnancy outcome may be associated with an increase in Th1 cytokines and a concomitant decrease in Th2 cytokines. This prospective study was designed to elucidate whether a failure of the cytokine shift pre-dated miscarriage and was therefore likely to be an aetiological factor in recurrent p...