Unplanned pregnancy and awareness of emergency contraception: a postpartum period survey.

Objectives: The study aimed to determine the awareness of emergency contraception (EC) and knowledge of its use as well as the unplanned pregnancy rate among women in the immediate postpartum period in Ankara, Turkey's second largest city.

Methods: Interviews were carried out among 1955 women on their first or second day postpartum. The interview was based on a questionnaire containing 19 questions covering participants' awareness and experience of using EC as well as their future approach to its use.

Antenatal corticosteroids for women at risk of preterm delivery: the "Emperor's New Clothes" tale in medical practice.

Objective: To introduce the effect of a single course of betamethasone for pregnant women at risk of preterm delivery (PTD).

Materials And Methods: In this study, a single course of 12 mg Bethamethasone was administered twice in 24 h (between 24-34 gestational weeks) for antenatal corticosteroid prophylaxis. Four hundred ninety-three neonates fulfilled the inclusion criteria and they were categorized (259 singletons, 192 twins and 42 triplets who met the inclusion criteria) into two groups according to the utilization of antenatal corticosteroid as control ( = 202) and study ( = 291) groups.

Abnormal Umblical Artery Doppler is Utilized for Fetuses with Intrauterine Growth Restriction Birth at 28-33 Gestational Weeks.

To compare short-term perinatal outcomes in preterm infants with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) in those with absent or reversed end-diastolic umbilical artery blood flow (AREDF) to those with normal end-diastolic umbilical artery blood flow (NEDF). This study included preterm births (28-33 gestational weeks) with IUGR with AREDF ( = 86) or NEDF ( = 27). There were lower mean gestational weeks, birth weights, and a higher ratio of corticosteroid application in the AREDF group ( < 0.

Initial Experience of Superb Microvascular Imaging for Key Cardiac Views in Foetal Assessment before 15 Weeks Gestation.

Background: In the first trimester, ultrasound confirmation of normal or abnormal cardiac anatomy is difficult. B-mode and colour flow Doppler (CFD) are used to assess the foetal heart. Superb microvascular imaging (SMI) can visualise blood flow within the heart and vessels in early gestation.

Fetal major cardiac defects and placental dysfunction at 11-13 weeks' gestation.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between fetal major cardiac defects and markers of placental perfusion and function.

Methods: This was a prospective screening study in singleton pregnancies at 11-13 weeks' gestation. Uterine artery pulsatility index (UtA-PI), serum pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) and placental growth factor (PlGF) were measured and the values were converted into multiples of the normal median (MoM).

The effect of serum and follicular fluid anti-Mullerian hormone level on the number of oocytes retrieved and rate of fertilization and clinical pregnancy.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between oocyte yield, fertilization, and clinical pregnancy (CP), and anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) level in serum and follicular fluid during in vitro fertilization treatment.

Methods: Forty-four infertile women who underwent IVF treatment using multiagonist protocol were included in this study. Baseline level of AMH in serum and follicular fluid was measured on third day of menstrual cycle.

Predictivity of mean platelet volume in severe preeclamptic women.

Introduction: To evaluate the predictive and clinical utilization of the mean platelet volume (MPV) in severe preeclamptic women. MPV is known as platelet size and associated with platelet activation or new platelet synthesis. Platelet count is decreased by vascular endothelial damage in cases of severe preeclampsia.

The effect of surgical menopause on the intima-media thickness of the carotid and coronary arteries.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of prior bilateral oophorectomy on the intima-media thickness (IMT) of coronary and carotid arteries.

Methods: A total of 25 Wistar albino rats, aged 8-10 weeks, were assigned to three groups: ovariectomized (n = 10), control (n = 10) and sham (n = 5). The rats in the sham group only underwent midline laparotomy, while the other rats' ovaries were removed by the same type of laparotomy.

Intrapartum, postpartum characteristics and early neonatal outcomes of idiopathic polyhydramnios.

This paper investigates the effect of idiopathic polyhydramnios on the intrapartum and postpartum characteristics of labour and early neonatal outcomes. In this study, intrapartum and early neonatal outcomes of 207 women with idiopathic polyhydramnios and 336 matched healthy pregnant patients were evaluated. In the case of idiopathic polyhydramnios, the active phase of labour became longer when compared to the control group (5.

Is late adolescence a real risk factor for an adverse outcome of pregnancy?

Objective: To compare the obstetrical and neonatal outcomes of late adolescent (LA) and adult pregnancies.

Methods: Between January 2012 and December 2012, a total of 313 late adolescent pregnant aged between 16 and 19 years and 418 adult pregnant women aged between 20 and 35 years having given birth in our maternity service were enrolled into this case-control study. The demographic and clinical data were reviewed from hospital database and patients' medical records.

Obstetric outcome of second trimester antenatal bleeding.

Objective: To evaluate the clinical significance of vaginal bleeding in pregnant women between 14th and 22th gestational weeks.

Methods: This retrospective case-control study was conducted between September 2010 and December 2013. Two-hundred nineteen pregnant women with vaginal bleeding between 14th and 22th gestational weeks were compared with 325 pregnant women without vaginal bleeding for their maternal and early neonatal outcomes.

Risk factors for clavicle fracture concurrent with brachial plexus injury.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk factors for clavicle fracture concurrent with brachial plexus injuries.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted at a tertiary centre. The hospital records of 62,288 vaginal deliveries were evaluated retrospectively.

The use of Jackson-Pratt silicone flat drains as prolonged pleural catheters for the management of pleural effusions.

Introduction: Imbalance between secretion and absorbtion of pleural fluid results in pleural effusion. Emergence of pleural effusion ipsilateral or contralateral to the side drained previously is named recurrent effusion. There is currently no standart approach for the management of recurrent pleural effusions.