Effects of diabetes mellitus and cervical changes on scar healing after cesarean section.

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of diabetes mellitus and cervical dilatation on cesarean section scar healing.

Material And Methods: This prospective study included pregnant women diagnosed with diabetes mellitus and healthy control pregnant women. The study group was divided into active labor and pre-active labor based on cervical dilatation, and the diabetic group was categorized into gestational diabetes and preexisting diabetes mellitus.

Maternal Cardiac Disease and Perinatal Outcomes in a Single Tertiary Care Center.

Objective: This study aims to compare the perinatal outcomes of pregnant women with heart disease and a healthy pregnant control group, as well as the maternal and newborn outcomes of pregnant women with congenital heart disease and acquired heart disease.

Material Method: Pregnant women with heart disease and healthy control pregnant women were included in this retrospective study. Sociodemographic data of all patients included in the study were obtained from electronic records.

Is there a higher prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders among pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic? A comparative study.

Objective: This study aimed to compare data on mood and anxiety disorders of pregnant women before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: The study sample included 253 women evaluated on their first postpartum day during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mood and anxiety disorders were determined by the Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV).

Foetal umbilical cord brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels in pregnancy with gestational diabetes mellitus.

The aim of our study was to investigate whether gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) affects brain-derived neurotrophic factor BDNF) levels in foetal umbilical cord blood. A total of 96 participants were divided into a GDM group ( = 43) and a non-diabetic control group ( = 53). Cord blood samples of approximately 5 cc were taken immediately after the foetal umbilical cord was clamped during delivery in order to determine BDNF levels.

The course and clinical correlates of panic disorder during the postpartum period: a naturalistic observational study.

Objective: To investigate the course of panic disorder and its demographic and clinical correlates during the postpartum period.

Methods: Data were collected from 38 consecutive postpartum women diagnosed with panic disorder. Psychiatric assessments were carried out on the first day after delivery and at 6-8 weeks postpartum.

The impact of maternal major depression, anxiety disorders and their comorbidities on gestational age, birth weight, preterm birth and low birth weight in newborns.

Background: The present study compared the impact of maternal major depression, anxiety disorders and their comorbidities on gestational age and birth weight of infants.

Methods: A total of 1119 women consisting of 26 women with only major depression, 125 women with only anxiety disorder, 36 women with major depression plus an anxiety disorder and 932 women without any psychiatric disorders were included in the study. Psychiatric diagnoses were determined by means of the Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition.

The course and clinical correlates of obsessive-compulsive disorder during the postpartum period: A naturalistic observational study.

Background: In this study, we aimed to investigate the course of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and the demographic and clinical correlates associated with significant changes in symptom severity in postpartum women.

Methods: Data were collected form 37 consecutive postpartum women who were diagnosed with OCD during psychiatric interviews by means of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID-I). Psychiatric assessments were carried out on the first day after delivery and at 6 to 8 weeks in the postpartum period.

Effect of Maternal Depression on Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels in Fetal Cord Blood.

Objective: : We aimed to assess the association between cord blood brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) concentration and maternal depression during pregnancy.

Methods: : A total of 48 pregnant women, admitted for elective caesarean section to Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Konya Research and Training Hospital and Konya Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Medical Faculty, were included in this study. The study group included 23 women diagnosed as having depression during pregnancy and the control group included 25 pregnant women who did not experience depression during pregnancy.

Prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders during pregnancy: A case-control study with a large sample size.

This study aimed to compare pregnant and non-pregnant women in terms of the current prevalence of mood and anxiety. The study sample included 1154 women evaluated on the first day postpartum and 328 control subjects. Mood and anxiety disorders were determined by structured psychiatric interview.

Neonatal outcomes in pregnant women with untreated and treated panic disorder.

Objective: The objective of the present study was to compare neonatal outcomes including gestational age, birth weight and hospitalization of newborns of pregnant women with treated with antidepressants and untreated panic disorder.

Methods: The study sample included 146 pregnant women (44 patients with panic disorder treated with antidepressants, 52 patients with untreated panic disorder, and 50 healthy controls). Panic disorder was diagnosed by means of the Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition.

Micronuclei frequencies in lymphocytes and cervical cells of women with polycystic ovarian syndrome.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine micronucleus (MN) frequencies in exfoliated cervical cells and peripheral blood lymphocytes of women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).

Materials And Methods: Fifteen patients with PCOS and 11 healthy control patients were included in the study. Cervical smears and peripheral blood were collected from all patients.

Are Major Depression and Generalized Anxiety Disorder Associated With Oligohydramnios in Pregnant Women? A Case-Control Study.

Purpose: This study examined the prevalence of major depression and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in pregnant women with and without a diagnosis of oligohydramnios.

Design And Methods: The study sample included 53 pregnant women with a diagnosis of oligohydramnios and 80 healthy pregnant women subjects. Major depression and GAD were diagnosed with the Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (SCID-I).

Effects of anesthesia type on short-term postoperative cognitive function in obstetric patients following cesarean section.

Objective: We aimed to compare the effects of general and spinal anesthesia on cognitive functions in pregnant patients undergoing elective cesarean section.

Material And Methods: Seventy-five American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) I pregnant patients aged 18-40 years who were scheduled to undergo elective cesarean section were divided into three groups. Group sevoflurane (Group S) and Group desflurane (Group D) were administered general anesthesia, whereas Group regional (Group R) was administered spinal anesthesia.

Pregnancy-Onset Panic Disorder: Incidence, Comorbidity and Associated Factors.

Introduction: The present study aimed to investigate the incidence rate of pregnancy-onset panic disorder (POPD) among Turkish pregnant women using a diagnostic interview. Additionally, we examined whether the independent socio-demographic or clinical risk factors were associated with the risk of panic disorder in these women.

Methods: The study sample comprised 1475 consecutive pregnant women who presented to the obstetric outpatient clinics of two research centers.

The evaluation of recombinant LH supplementation in patients with suboptimal response to recombinant FSH undergoing IVF treatment with GnRH agonist down-regulation.

We aimed to evaluate the clinical efficacy of r-LH supplementation to r-FSH in patients with suboptimal response to ovarian stimulation undergoing assisted reproduction with GnRH-a downregulation and stimulation with r-FSH. One-hundred thirty-seven patients were included in the study; among them 52 showed normal ovarian response to stimulation and composed the control group (Group 1), and 85 showed suboptimal response to stimulation and were divided into two groups. For Group 2 (n = 50), 75 IU/L r-LH was added to the treatment, for Group 3 (n = 35) r-FSH dose was increased by 75 IU/L.

Neuroinflammation in the fetus exposed to maternal obsessive-compulsive disorder during pregnancy: a comparative study on cord blood tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels.

Objective: The relationship between maternal psychiatric disorders and fetal neurodevelopment is unclear. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is relatively frequent during pregnancy. The study aimed to investigate whether maternal OCD during pregnancy affects fetal circulating tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) levels, an important pro-inflammatory cytokine, by comparing cord blood TNF-α levels in newborn infants of women with and without OCD.

Maternal generalized anxiety disorder during pregnancy and fetal brain development: a comparative study on cord blood brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels.

Objectives: The study aimed to investigate whether maternal GAD during pregnancy affects fetal circulating brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which plays important roles in neuronal development, by comparing cord blood BDNF levels in newborn infants of women with and without GAD.

Methods: Study sample included 19 women with GAD and 25 women without any psychiatric disorder. GAD and other psychiatric diagnoses were screened by means of the Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition.

Is depression associated with glucose tolerance abnormality in pregnant women? A cross-sectonal study.

This study aims to examine the association between glucose tolerance abnormality and depression and anxiety in pregnant women. One hundred and sixty-seven women with gestational ages ranging from 24 to 28 weeks were screened with the 50 g oral glucose challenge test. All participants were assessed with the Beck Depression Inventory and the Beck Anxiety Inventory.

Alternative surgical approach for the management of uterine prolapse in young women: preliminary results.

Aim: To demonstrate an alternative surgical approach for the management of uterine prolapse in young women by a technique that was previously defined for post-hysterectomy vaginal vault suspension in published work and also to demonstrate successful operative results.

Methods: The study population consisted of 12 women aged 28-41 years who had stage 4 uterine prolapse and who were surgically treated by abdominal hysteropexy using autogenous rectus fascia strips. Operative results and postoperative follow-up Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification and Prolapse Quality of Life results were recorded.

Axis I and Axis II diagnoses in women with PCOS.

Objective: The objective was to determine the current prevalence of Axis I and Axis II psychiatric diagnoses in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

Method: The study sample included 73 patients with PCOS and 73 control subjects. Psychiatric disorders were determined by structured clinical interviews.

Successful treatment of uterine prolapse by abdominal hysteropexy performed during cesarean section.

Purpose: Uterine prolapse complicating pregnancy is extremely rare. This report presents the surgical correction of uterine prolapse during cesarean section.

Case: We report a case of a 33-year-old woman with twin gestation who admitted to obstetric clinic with labor pain and total uterine prolapse at 33 weeks of gestation.

Is hyperemesis gravidarum associated with mood, anxiety and personality disorders: a case-control study.

Objective: Intractable nausea and vomiting, known as hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), are relatively common medical problems among pregnant women. Although there are some studies based on psychiatric symptom scales, the relationship between HG and psychiatric disorders, particularly anxiety and personality disorders, is unclear. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether there is a difference among women with and without HG with respect to frequency of mood, anxiety and personality disorders.

Bilateral megalocystic ovaries following in vitro fertilization detected during cesarean section: a case presentation.

We present a patient with persistent bilateral megalocystic ovaries following in vitro fertilization which was detected during cesarean section. A 24 year-old primigravida presented to our clinic at the 36(th) week of a twin pregnancy with labour pain and cervical dilatation. On ultrasound examination, 2 masses of 90×60 and 60×70 mm were seen in the right and left adnexal regions respectively.