Cantrell's Pentalogy is a rare condition that consists of defects involving the abdominal wall, lower sternum, anterior diaphragm, pericardium, and heart. In the literature to date, pregnant women with Cantrell's Pentalogy have not been discussed. We performed successful vaginal delivery of a 23-yr-old nulliparous, primigravid woman who had been diagnosed with this condition. Diagnosis was base...

The absence of a cerebellum is extremely rare condition and the clinical presentation is variable. We aimed to present a case with isolated cerebellar agenesis in a pregnant woman at 23 weeks of gestation. Twenty seven years old primigravid patient was referred to our obstetrics outpatient clinic with a suspicion of cerebellar in her fetus. Cerebellum agenesis has been identified by ultrasound ...

Tiroid hastalıkları, gebelik esnasında kompleks hormonal değişiklikler nedeniyle yaygın olarak görülür. Fetal hidrops, düşük doğum ağırlığı, fetal distress ve nörofizyolojik gelişme geriliği açısından risklidir. 20 yaşında primigravid gebe hipotiroidizmle başvurdu ve bu esnada propiltiourasil (PTU) 3x1 kullanmaktaydı. Yapılan ultrasonografi (USG)’de hidrops fetalis görüldü ve bunun üzerine PTU ...

preeclampsia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality during pregnancy. several independent investigators have demonstrated the association of androgens with hypertension. the main purpose of this study was to determine whether maternal levels of sex hormones, especially testosterone, are higher in patients with preeclampsia than in matched normotensive control subjects. serum levels of test...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com women in both groups were assessed to determine the level of knowledge on selected antenatal exercises like breathing exercise, pelvic floor exercise and relaxation technique. A structured knowledge questionnaire was prepared with 35 items with total score of 35 knowledge questionnaires. The level of the knowledge was divided as inadequate knowledge...

Burkina Faso began rapid antiretroviral therapy (ART) scale-up in 2003 and by December 2009, 26,448 individuals were on treatment. With rapid scale-up of ART, some degree of human immunodeficiency virus transmitted drug resistance (TDR) is inevitable. Following World Health Organization methods, between June 2008 and July 2009, Burkina Faso assessed TDR in primigravid pregnant women aged <25 ye...

A primigravid patient in labour had an epileptiform convulsion following the first "topup" injection of bupivacaine 50 mg into the epidural space. The fit was treated successfully by artificial ventilation with oxygen and there were no subsequent ill effects in the mother. The foetus was born several hours later in good condition. The maternal venous plasma bupivacaine concentration was found t...

The mysterious smile of the famed portrait ‘The Mona Lisa’ has confused both art historians and researchers for many years. The nature of the model’s enigmatic smile has been explained as the smile of a new, joyous mother, Lisa Gherardini, who had developed Bell’s palsy during her recent pregnancy. Bell palsy which is acute in onset, unilateral, and is considered to be idiopathic is the most co...