Publications by authors named "L Hammerova"

Objective: We report a rare case of acute abdomen pain in 27 weeks´ gestation caused by a perforated leiomyoma mimicking pseudomyxoma peritonei on magnetic resonance imaging.

Subject: Case report.

Setting: 1st Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics.

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Background: Our objective was to identify the risk factors associated with placenta accreta.

Methods: Cases of peripartum hysterectomy at University Hospital of Bratislava were identified in the period from January 1st 2008 to December 31th 2013. Included were only those cases which had a histological evidence of placenta accreta.

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Objective: Authors in the article describe a case of a patient with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpurain 37 weeks gestation complicated by acute severe hemorrhagic-necrotic pancreatitis during the early puerperium.

Design: Case report.

Setting: Ist Department of gynaecology and obstetrics of the Comenius University Bratislava.

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The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency, indications, complications and risk factors associated with peripartum hysterectomy carried out at our clinical department between 1st January 2008 and 31th December 2012. Peripartum hysterectomy was defined as a hysterectomy performed less than 48 hours after delivery. Clinical characteristic and obstetric histories were retrospectively reviewed between 5 years.

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Objective: The aim of this study was to establish the physiologic changes in hemostasis during pregnancy and to find the association between the factor V Leiden mutation and adverse pregnancy outcome.

Methods: We investigated blood samples of 148 pregnant women during each trimester of pregnancy. We measured their serum concentrations of factors I, II, V, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, D-dimers, prothrombin time, INR, aPTT, activity of protein C and S, antithrombin III and platelet count.

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