The value of ultrasound visualization of the ovaries during the routine 11-14 weeks nuchal translucency scan.

Objective: To investigate the feasibility and possible value of routine screening for ovarian pathology in asymptomatic pregnant women at 11-14 weeks' gestation.

Study Design: A policy of routine ovarian visualization was implemented in 2925 pregnant women attending for a nuchal translucency scan at 11-14 weeks' gestation. In all cases, an attempt was made to visualize the ovaries on transabdominal ultrasound scan.

The influence of leptin on placental and fetal volume measured by three-dimensional ultrasound in the second trimester.

For a couple of years mechanisms influencing placental and fetal growth and the functioning of leptin, the protein product of the ob/ob gene, have been subjects of intensive research. This study's aim was to investigate whether maternal serum leptin and amniotic fluid leptin have an influence on placental and fetal size measured by three-dimensional ultrasound in the second trimester. To determine this, 40 women with a singleton intrauterine pregnancy at the time of the amniocentesis were included in the study.

Postdelivery levels of anti-D IgG prophylaxis in D- mothers depend on maternal body weight.

Background: Current recommendations for anti-D prophylaxis for women who deliver a D+ offspring vary from country to country, and the introduction of new reagents require pharmacokinetic studies that show serum levels after the injection. Serum levels of anti-D may depend on the maternal body mass index (BMI).

Study Design And Methods: Serum concentrations of total anti-D IgG and IgG1-4 subclasses were determined by flow cytometry in 26 D- women, who had received prophylaxis after delivery of a D+ offspring.