Association Between Prenatal Sonographic Findings of Duodenal Obstruction and Adverse Outcomes.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association of prenatal sonographic findings with adverse outcomes and the causes of duodenal obstruction.

Methods: A total of 59 cases of congenital duodenal obstruction were included in this study. The sonographic findings, including the degree of duodenal dilatation, polyhydramnios, and their change over gestation, were investigated.

Pregnancy and Neonatal Outcomes in Gestational Diabetes Treated with Regular Insulin or Fast-Acting Insulin Analogues.

Background/aims: Fast-acting insulin analogues (FAIAs) are being used more frequently during pregnancy. Previous studies comparing regular insulin (RI) and FAIA consist primarily of women enrolled with pre-existing diabetes; therefore, we compared pregnancy and neonatal outcomes in women with gestational diabetes.

Methods: We retrospectively investigated 197 pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) requiring insulin treatment for glycemic control.

Risk of cesarean section after induced versus spontaneous labor at term gestation.

Objective: To investigate whether the cesarean section (CS) rate is increased in women whose labor was induced compared to those who had spontaneous labor at term pregnancy.

Methods: A retrospective study was performed in women whose labor was either induced (induction group, n=497) or spontaneous (spontaneous group, n=878) at 37+0 to 41+6 weeks of gestation from January 2008 to June 2009. Maternal age, parity, body mass index (BMI), Bishop scores, gestational age, hypertension, diabetes, delivery mode, indications for CS, neonatal outcome were compared between the two groups.

Introduction of a nomogram for predicting adverse pregnancy outcomes based on maternal serum markers in the quad screen test.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to develop a nomogram that can calculate a total score, derived from each serum marker in the quad screen test, for systematically predicting adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs).

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 3684 singleton pregnant women who underwent a quad screen test and gave birth at a single medical centre from January 2005 to December 2010. The serum marker data from the quad screen test and pregnancy outcomes were used to construct logistic regression models for predicting the risks of APOs.

A combined ultrasound and clinical scoring model for the prediction of peripartum complications in pregnancies complicated by placenta previa.

Objectives: To generate a combined ultrasound and clinical model predictive for peripartum complications in pregnancies complicated by placenta previa.

Study Design: This study included 110 singleton pregnant women with placenta previa delivered by cesarean section (CS) from July 2011 to November 2013. We prospectively collected ultrasound and clinical data before CS and observed the occurrence of blood transfusion, uterine artery embolization and cesarean hysterectomy.

Predictive factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes after renal transplantation.

Several predictive factors associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes in female renal recipients have been suggested. Our study aimed to determine the most important factor for prediction of adverse pregnancy outcomes in female renal recipients. We studied 41 pregnancies in 29 female renal recipients retrospectively.