The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of drip versus intermittent feeding on splanchnic oxygenation in preterm infants with intrauterine growth restriction. The second objective was to assess the relationship between fetal splanchnic circulation parameters and splanchnic oxygenation during the first week of life. A single-center, prospective, randomized study with 51 fetuses/infants was conducted.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to assess the relationship between the foetal superior mesenteric artery (SMA) Doppler and the time to first meconium passage (FMP) in foetuses with late-onset foetal growth restriction. This single-centre, prospective, observational, cohort study included 57 patients with late-onset FGR. The newborn infants were divided into two groups: preterm (36.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFoetal cardiac assessment is a standard part of antepartum obstetric ultrasound evaluation. Heart examination, including four-chamber view and outflow tract views, should be routinely performed for all women as recommended by The International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ISUOG). Although the anatomical survey of foetal heart is well-defined, current knowledge on myocardial contractility is scarce.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: This prospective, randomized study aimed to compare the analgesic effects of acetaminophen, diclofenac and hyoscine-N-butylbromide (HnBB) in cases of second trimester pregnancy termination.
Methods: In 60 women with indications for second trimester pregnancy termination, three analgesic agents were randomized into three groups: group 1, acetaminophen; group 2, diclofenac; and group 3, HnBB. A visual analog scale (VAS) used for the evaluation of pain perception.
Uterine adenomatoid tumors are usually solitary lesions. Adenomatoid tumors diffusely infiltrating the entire myometrium have rarely been reported in the literature. A feature common to half of the reported cases of diffuse uterine adenomatoid tumor was an immunocompromised status of the patient caused by the medications for renal transplantation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To investigate the cross-sectional associations of hysterectomy and oophorectomy status, chronological age, and body mass index with early postoperative plasma levels of total and free T, DHEAS, and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG).
Design: A cross-sectional study.
Setting: University hospital.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol
March 2005
Objective: To evaluate endometriosis patients' symptoms and relate them to different stages and locations of endometriosis and also to fertility/infertility of the patients.
Study Design: Sixty-eight patients diagnosed with endometriosis constituted the population investigated in this cross-sectional observational study, 55 and 13 of whom were diagnosed from the visual findings recorded during laparoscopy and laparotomy, respectively. All cases were categorised as early- (stages I and II) or late (stages III and IV)-stage endometriosis and as fertile or infertile endometriosis.
J Obstet Gynaecol Res
February 2004
Aim: The aim of our study was to determine the prevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) among pregnant and non-pregnant women in Middle Anatolia, identify the factors that affect being HEV positive and to study the effects of HEV positivity on mother and fetus.
Methods: The study included 245 pregnant women who applied to various health centers and 76 cases in the same age range as the control. Blood samples taken from the cases were tested in terms of anti-HEV, IgM and IgG using the microELISA method.