Effect of Nifedipine Used in the Treatment of the Threat of Preterm Labor on Total Uterine Artery Blood Volume Flow Rate.

Purpose: Evaluation of the effect of maternal nifedipine treatment on total uterine artery blood volume flow rate (TVFR).

Methods: In this prospective study, 43 women who were admitted to the Perinatology Department of the University of Health Sciences Etlik Zübeyde Hanım Gynecology Training and Research Hospital, with the diagnosis of the threat of preterm labor, and 40 healthy pregnant women, who were randomly selected as the control group, were evaluated between July 1, 2018, and September 1, 2018. A transabdominal ultrasound examination of uterine arteries was performed both before and 48 hours after administration of oral nifedipine for TVFR measurement.

Delta Neutrophil Index as a Promising Biomarker for Placental Implantation Disorders.

Objective: We aimed to investigate the value of maternal serum delta neutrophil index (DNI) levels in predicting placenta accreta spectrum in patients with placenta previa.

Methods: The patients who were found to have placenta previa totalis were included in our study. Location of placental implantation and depth of myometrial invasion were defined by transabdominal and transvaginal 2D gray scale and Doppler sonography and confirmed during cesarean section and histopathological evaluation.

Is every other day iron supplementation effective for the treatment of the iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy?

Aim: To understand if every other day iron supplementation may be as effective as daily iron intake in anemic pregnant women.

Methods: This case-control study was conducted at a tertiary hospital in Turkey. The study randomly categorized women into two groups as daily intake ( = 124) vs every other day intake ( = 140) of 100 mg daily oral ferrous fumarate.

Skin Color May Predict Intra-Abdominal Adhesions During Repeated Caesarean Section Deliveries.

Objective: Caesarean rates have increased rapidly for various reasons recently. One of the important reasons among these is medicolegal problems. Our aim with this study was to preoperatively predict abdominal adhesion density by combining the scar tissue morphology formed in the post-caesarean Pfannenstiel incision line and the skin color scoring of the patients.

Relations between second-trimester aneuploidy screening results and prediction of labour induction success in term pregnancies.

We aimed to assess whether the second-trimester maternal serum markers could be used for the prediction of labour induction success. This prospective study enrolled women planned labour induction at term. Women were assigned to one of two groups: vaginal prostaglandin or balloon dilatation.

Maternal and fetal thiol/disulfide homeostasis in fetal growth restriction.

Purpose: To evaluate thiol/disulfide homeostasis in both maternal and fetal compartment in the presence of fetal growth restriction (FGR).

Materials And Methods: A prospective case-control study was carried out in women with FGR (: 40) or normally growing fetus (: 40). FGR was defined as estimated fetal weight below the 10th percentile for the gestational age.

Comparison of automated vs. manual measurement to estimate fetal weight in isolated polyhydramnios.

Objective To understand the impact of the measurement method to predict actual birthweight in pregnancies complicated with isolated polyhydramnios in the third trimester. Methods A prospective study was conducted with 60 pregnant women between the 37th and 40th weeks of gestation. Routine biometric measurements were obtained by two-dimensional (2D) ultrasonography.

Comparison of bupivacaine and ropivacaine in combination with fentanyl used for walking epidural anesthesia in labor.

Objective: Effective pain relief during labor is essential to reduce maternal and perinatal morbidity arising due to pain-induced maternal sympathetic activation, and to avoid unnecessary cesarean sections performed due to maternal anxiety. Walking epidural analgesia on labor reveals lower pain scores, leading to higher maternal satisfaction with better cardiovascular and pulmonary physiology. Despite the extensive use and relative safety of bupivacaine, newer drugs such as ropivacaine have been developed as alternative agents to decrease the risk for cardiac and central nervous system toxicity.

The significance of reverse flow in ductus venosus between sixteen and twenty weeks' gestation.

Objective: To evaluate the correlation between reversed a-wave in ductus venosus at 16-20 weeks' gestation and trisomy 21 and adverse perinatal outcomes.

Materials And Methods: Our study included 174 pregnant women who were under follow-up at a tertiary center between May and September 2010. Ductus venosus Doppler (DVD) measurements were obtained throughout the 6-month period from women who underwent amniocentesis procedures due to increased risk for trisomy 21 in terms of first or second trimester screening test results.

Reliability of posterior-left atrium space index measurements during 20-24 weeks of gestation in structurally normal fetuses.

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the correlation between clinical parameters and the post-left atrium (LA) space index, which is a candidate screening marker for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC). We also calculated the inter- and intra-observer variabilities of measurements for this parameter.

Methods: The LA-descending aorta distance/descending aorta diameter ratios (post-LA space index) were obtained from 165 fetuses between 20 and 24 weeks of gestation.

The relationship between epicardial adipose tissue thickness and oxidative stress parameters in patients with isolated polycystic ovary syndrome.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the correlation between epicardial adipose tissue thickness and oxidative stress parameters in patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome.

Methods: The study included 35 patients with PCOS and 35 healthy women. Transthoracic echocardiography was used to measure the epicardial adipose tissue thickness (EATT) of all patients.