Fetal cardiac functional changes in pregnancies with Behcet's disease: A case-control study.

Background: Behcet's disease usually progresses with remission during pregnancy, but early subtle changes might be detected in the heart of these fetuses due to inflammation.

Aims: We aimed to evaluate the cardiac functions in fetuses of pregnant women with Behcet's disease (BD).

Study Design: Prospective case-control study.

The influence of maternal inflammatory bowel diseases on fetal cardiac functions: A case-control study.

Background: The altered maternal inflammatory milieu and changes in maternal vascular structure (arterial stiffness) and function may affect the fetal heart in pregnant women diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Aims: To investigate fetal cardiac functions in IBD pregnancies and to reveal the relationship between IBD duration and fetal cardiac functions.

Study Design: Prospective case-control study.

Is maternal serum endocan level a novel marker in gestational diabetes mellitus?

Aim: To determine whether there was a significant difference between serum endocan levels of pregnant women with and without gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).

Methods: A total of 90 pregnant women, 45 with gestational diabetes and 45 healthy pregnant women, between 24 and 28 gestational weeks, were included in this prospective case-control study. The pregnant women were screened for gestational diabetes using a two-step protocol.

Placental Pathology and Its Importance in Preterm Infants.

Objective: We evaluated what placental pathologies were associated with adverse preterm births.

Materials And Methods: Placental findings, classified according to the Amsterdam criteria, were correlated with infant outcomes. The fetal vascular lesions, inflammatory responses other than histological chorioamnionitis (HCA), and placentas with combined maternal vascular malperfusion (MVM) and HCA were excluded.

The utility of complete blood parameter indices to predict stillbirths.

Objective: In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between unexplained stillbirth (SB) cases and the complete blood parameter indices and we compared them with uncomplicated healthy cases.

Methods: Patients diagnosed with unexplained SB cases in a tertiary center between 2019-2022 were included in this retrospective case-control study. The gestational age threshold for SBs was accepted as births after the 20th week of pregnancy.

Fetal neurosonography in pregnant women recovering from COVID-19 disease.

Objective: To investigate the effect of severe acute respiratory virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on fetal neurodevelopment in pregnant women.

Methods: This prospective cohort study included 54 pregnant women at least 4 weeks after the SARS-CoV-2 infection and 58 controls. In the third trimester, the depths of the fetal insula, Sylvian, parieto-occipital, and calcarine fissures, the length of cavum septum pellucidum (CSP), and the thickness of the corpus callosum (CC) were measured.

The utility of systemic immune-inflammation index and systemic immune-response index in the prediction of adverse outcomes in pregnant women with coronavirus disease 2019: Analysis of 2649 cases.

Aim: To investigate the association of systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) and systemic immune-response index (SIRI) with adverse perinatal outcomes in pregnant women with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Methods: The cases were divided into (1) the Mild-moderate COVID-19 group (n = 2437) and (2) the Severe-critical COVID-19 group (n = 212). Clinical characteristics, perinatal outcomes, SII (neutrophilXplatelet/lymphocyte), and SIRI (neutrophilXmonocyte/lymphocyte) were compared between the groups.

The relationship between the first trimester maternal serum PAPP-A and β-hCG values and newborn intensive care needs in low-risk pregnancies.

Objective: The purpose of the study was to look at the connection between newborn intensive care requirements in low-risk pregnancies and maternal blood pregnancy-associated plasma protein (PAPP-A) and free human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) levels, which are elements of screening tests within the first trimester.

Materials And Methods: In the delivery unit of our hospital, pregnant women between the years of 18 and 35 had singleton pregnancies who delivered between 37 and 41 weeks of pregnancy between July 2021 and January 2022 were split into 2 groups. One hundred eighty two pregnant women with infants who required neonatal intensive care (NICU) were enrolled in the first group, whereas 890 pregnant women with infants who did not require NICU were enrolled in the second.

Assessment of fetal cardiac morphology and functional changes in early-onset and late-onset fetal growth restriction.

Objective: To compare the fetal cardiac morphology and functions of early-onset fetal growth restriction (EO-FGR) and late-onset fetal growth restriction (LO-FGR) groups with gestational weeks-matched controls.

Methods: A total of 164 pregnant women were included, 28 of whom were in the EO-FGR group, 54 in the LO-FGR group, and 82 in the control group. Fetal echocardiographic evaluation was performed with two-dimensional, M-mode, tissue Doppler imaging (TDI), and pulsed wave Doppler.

Evaluation of Serum Selenium Level, Quality of Sleep, and Life in Pregnant Women With Restless Legs Syndrome.

Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a multifactorial disease that patients describe as restlessness in their legs, which creates a desire to move their legs, especially in the evening and at rest. This study aims to investigate serum selenium levels in RLS and document the quality of sleep and life in pregnant women with RLS according to International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (IRLSSG) diagnostic criteria. Thirty-eight moderate to severe RLS patients with pregnancy at 38-41 weeks of gestation were determined as the case group, and 38 women with healthy gestational age-matched pregnancies were determined as the control group.

Do First-Trimester Subchorionic Hematomas Affect Pregnancy Outcomes?

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between first trimester subchorionic hematomas and pregnancy outcomes in women with singleton pregnancies.

Material And Methods: Between January 2018 and January 2019, patients who had a single pregnancy between the 6th and 14th weeks of their pregnancy and were hospitalized with the diagnosis of abortus imminens in the early pregnancy service were included in the study. According to the ultrasonographic examination, those with subchorionic hematoma and those with no hematoma were compared in terms of demographic data, pregnancy outcomes and pregnancy complications.