Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in pregnancy is extremely rare. In this case report, a 43-year-old female patient at 24.0 weeks of gestation collapsed outside her home after cardiac arrest.
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November 2021
Introduction: Struma ovarii (SO) is a rare ovarian mature teratoma which is composed of 50% or more thyroid tissues. Malignant transformation is reported to occur in less than 5% of all cases, and it leads to 5-6% metastatic disease. The most common type is a papillary carcinoma.
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November 2021
Introduction: Uterine myoma occurs in 1.6-2% of pregnancies. Most myomas during pregnancy are asymptomatic, but 10-20% may develop complications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThere has been no machine learning study with a rich collection of clinical, sonographic markers to compare the performance measures for a variety of newborns' weight-for-height indicators. This study compared the performance measures for a variety of newborns' weight-for-height indicators based on machine learning, ultrasonographic data and maternal/delivery information. The source of data for this study was a multi-center retrospective study with 2949 mother-newborn pairs.
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March 2019
Loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) is commonly performed for the management of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. Although LEEP is considered to be a relatively simple procedure, several unexpected complications have been reported in the literature. Herein, we report a case of hemoperitoneum caused by uterine perforation following LEEP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLittle is known about longitudinal changes of the first twin presentation in twin gestations. This is a retrospective cohort study including 411 women who were admitted consecutively and delivered live-born twins at 36 weeks of gestation or more. Longitudinal assessment of the first twin presentation was conducted during gestation and at birth in all cases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAmniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a rare but fatal obstetric emergency, which is characterized by a sudden cardiovascular collapse, respiratory failure, and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). We report a case of sudden cardiac arrest due to an amniotic-fluid embolism which was successfully treated with veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). A 32-year-old female at 39.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGastric type mucinous endocervical adenocarcinomas of the uterine cervix (GAC) are a newly classified mucinous subtype with morphologically in 2014, WHO. They have a much more aggressiveness and show unusual metastatic patterns compared to usual type endocervical adenocarcinoma. They tend to present at higher stage and even in stage I, they have worse survival.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: This study investigates whether fetal pulmonary artery Doppler waveforms can predict the subsequent development of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS).
Study Design: A prospective cohort study was performed in women with impending preterm birth. Pulsatility index, resistance index, systolic-to-diastolic ratio, peak systolic velocity, and acceleration time-to-ejection time (At/Et) ratio were measured in the main pulmonary artery of fetus just before delivery.