Prospective Evaluation of Fetal Hemoglobin Expression in Maternal Erythrocytes: An Analysis of a Cohort of 345 Parturients.

It is believed that fetal hemoglobin (HbF) expression in adults is largely genetically regulated. The increased expression of HbF in pregnancy has been reported in a small number of articles. Different mechanisms have been proposed, but the description of HbF expression during pregnancy remains unclear.

Henoch-Schonlein purpura in pregnancy: A case report.

Henoch-Schonlein purpura is a relatively common pediatric vasculitis. Very few cases of Henoch-Schonlein purpura during pregnancy have been described. Henoch-Schonlein purpura is variable in its presentation, from completely benign to possibly catastrophic complications.

Pituitary apoplexy in pregnancy: A case series and literature review.

Background: Severe headache during pregnancy is a challenging condition that may rarely imply endocrine disturbances. Rapid recognition of pituitary apoplexy is needed to improve pregnancy outcome.

Objective: To review and compare maternal and fetal outcomes after pituitary apoplexy.

Pregnancy-Related Venous Thromboembolism Risk in Asymptomatic Women With Antithrombin Deficiency: A Systematic Review.

Objective: To evaluate the risk of pregnancy-associated venous thromboembolism in women with asymptomatic antithrombin deficiency.

Data Sources: The search was performed on MEDLINE (Ovid and PubMed databases) for the period 1966 to June 2012 and ClinicalTrials.gov as of December 15, 2015.

A 30-year-old pregnant patient with massive haemoptysis and influenza A: Atypical presentation of a common pathogen.

A 30-year-old woman presented at 19 weeks of gestation with symptoms of sore throat, rhinorrhea and haemoptysis that progressed to massive haemoptysis. Her medical history included asthma and a history of smoking prior to pregnancy. Investigations revealed no obvious cause of bleeding.

Hepatic rupture in hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets syndrome.

Objective: Rupture of hepatic hematoma associated with hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets (HELLP) syndrome is a catastrophic complication of pregnancy. Maternal and fetal mortality rates are still high despite advances in diagnosis and treatment. We aimed to present our experience at two referral centers for hepatic disease and to compare it with cases from the literature.

[The ethics of ethnography revisited: learning from documentaries].

This article offers a comparison of the legal suits filed by the interviewees against the director of the documentary Être et avoir (to have and to be) with the rights of interviewees in ethnographic investigations, focusing particularly on image copyrights and labor law. To say that interviewees contribute to such investigations in anonymity does not solve the main problem - they are crucial to the investigation, marginal to the analysis, and then are assigned no publication credits. While information about the interviewees should remain confidential, this article argues, that contribution and role in the making of a publication should not be ignored.