Clinical interpretation and implementation of the sFlt-1/PlGF ratio in the prediction, diagnosis and management of preeclampsia.

Preeclampsia is associated with significant morbidity and mortality for mother and baby. Although around 30% of all pregnancies are evaluated for preeclampsia, diagnosis is difficult, especially in patients who have overlying symptoms from other diseases. Discovery of circulating angiogenic factors in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia has been a major advance for both diagnosis and prognosis.

Prediction of adverse maternal outcomes of early severe preeclampsia.

Objectives: Assess soluble FMS-like tyrosine kinase-1/placental growth factor ratio (sFlt-1/PlGF) diagnostic accuracy for predicting adverse maternal outcome in patients with early severe preeclampsia, and whether its predictive performance is superior to full preeclampsia integrated estimate of risk score (PIERS).

Study Design: Prospective study enrolled patients with early severe preeclampsia (defined by American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 2013 guidelines) admitted to the Clinic for Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Clinical Center of Serbia intensive care unit. Patients underwent delivery to terminate preeclampsia within 48 h of admission.

Protective Role of Maternal P.VAL158MET Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Polymorphism against Early-Onset Preeclampsia and its Complications.

Background: Up until now there have been contradictory data about the association between p.Val158Met catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) polymorphism and risk of preeclampsia (PE). The goal of this study was to assess the potential correlation between p.

Leptin and adiponectin levels in discordant dichorionic twins at 72 hours of age-associations with anthropometric parameters and insulin resistance.

Background: Insulin resistance (IR) in adults has been associated with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). Leptin and adiponectin correlations with anthropometric parameters and IR at 72 h in discordant twins were tested.

Methods: We included 24 discordant (birth weight discordance ≥20% in relation to the heavier cotwin) and 30 concordant (birth weight discordance ≤10%) twins.

Lipids and Adipokines in Cord Blood and at 72 h in Discordant Dichorionic Twins.

Background: Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is a risk factor for developing metabolic syndrome later in life. We explored whether adipokine concentrations in cord blood (CB) and on day 3 (D3) were related to impaired fetal growth and lipids in IUGR twins.

Patients And Methods: Thirty-six discordant (birth weight [BW] discordance ≥20% calculated in relation to the heavier co-twins) and 42 concordant (BW discordance ≤ 10%) twin pairs were included.

Epidemiology of Uterine Myomas: A Review.

Myomas are the most common benign tumors of the genital organs in women of childbearing age, causing significant morbidity and impairing their quality of life. In our investigation, we have reviewed the epidemiological data related to the development of myomas in order to homogenize the current data. Therefore, a MEDLINE and PubMed search, for the years 1990-2013, was conducted using a combination of keywords, such as "myoma," "leiomyoma," "fibroids," "myomectomy," "lifestyle," "cigarette," "alcohol," "vitamins," "diet," and "hysterectomy".

Obstetric complications of placenta previa percreta.

Introduction: Placenta previa is related to severe maternal and fetal morbidity. The increasing incidence of cesarean delivery rate causes a marked increase in abnormally invasive placenta over the past decades. The abnormally invasive placenta is becoming the foremost cause of obstetric hemorrhage and postpartum hysterectomy, causing a significant maternal and fetal morbidity and even mortality.

Brain metastases of choriocarcinoma--a report on two cases.

Introduction: Gestational trophoblastic diseases (GTD) are a spectrum of tumors with a various of biological behavior and potential for metastases. It consists of hydatiform mole, invasive mole, choriocarcinoma and placental site trophoblastic tumor. Choriocarcinoma presents a very aggressive tumor with high malignant potential.

[Term pregnancy after minimally invasive surgical treatment of Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome].

Introduction: Uterus didelphys with obstructed hemivagina and ipsilateral renal agenesis represents a complex congenital anomaly, also known in the literature as Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich (HWW) syndrome.

Case Outline: A 16-year-old patient presented with secondary amenorrhoea and abdominal pain. Her history revealed anorexia nervosa; she had menarche at the age of 14; her menstrual cycles were regular, with progressive dysmenorrhoea.

Complications during cesarean delivery in a patient with two previous myomectomies.

Introduction: Myomas are associted with numerous pregnancy-related maternal and fetal complications, including high rate of cesarean deliveries.

Case Outline: We present a woman with huge posterior myoma who had two previous myomectomies. During the cesarean section, the anatomy was found to be grossly distorted.

Reliability and relationship of colposcopical, cytological and histopathological findings in the diagnostic process.

Background/aim: The question about the accuracy of cytology and colposcopy is more and more asked due to false positive and negative findings on the basis of which the decision on biopsy is made. The aim of this study was to examine reliability of biopsies based only on abnormal colposcopical findings, before receiving the results of Papanicolaou (PA) smear, by comparing findings of colposcopical, cytological and histopathological (HP) examinations as well as determining validity of these diagnostic methods.

Methods: The study involved all patients who had their regular colposcopical and cytological examinations in the outpatient department during a two-year period (2009-2010) in the Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade.

[Morbidity and mortality of patients suffering from gestational trophoblastic diseases at the Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Clinical Center of Serbia in the period from 2000 to 2007].

Introduction: Gestational trophoblastic disease is a heterogenous group of diseases with malignant potential. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate potential risk factors in pathogenesis of gestational trophoblastic disease, its morbidity and mortality as well as treatment results.

Method: We investigated 82 patients who were treated at the University Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinical Center of Serbia from Jan 1st 2000 to Dec 31st 2007.

["Basics of delivery" by Dr Miladin Velickovic, the first text-book on obstetrics in our country].

Introduction: In order to establish the School of Medicine in Belgrade it was necessary, among other things, to prepare textbooks for undergraduate studies in Serbian language. Considering the gynaecology and obstetrics in general, it is interesting to mention that the manuscript "Basics of delivery", which may be considered the first textbook of obstetrics in our country, was prepared to be published in 1925 by Dr. Miladin Velickovic, a Head of Gynaecology Department of the State Hospital in Novi Sad.

[Pregnancy outcome during the bombing of Yugoslavia from March 24 to June 9, 1999].

Background/aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate pregnancy outcome during the bombing of Yugoslavia in the period from March 24 to June 9, 1999.

Methods: A retrospective study included a total of 81 spontaneous abortion following XII gestation week, and 1448 deliveries, hospitalized in the regional hospital. The analyzed were: the incidence of spontaneous abortion, Cesarean section, post-term delivery, vaginal delivery following the previous Cesarean section within the period from March 24 to June 9, 1999, and compared to the same periods in 1998 and 2000 by the use of chi2 and Kolgomorov-Smirnov tests.

Magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of uterus didelphys with obstructed hemivagina and renal agenesis: a case report.

Uterus didelphys with obstructed hemivagina and ipsilateral renal agenesis usually presents after menarche with progressive abdominal pain during menses secondary to hematocolpos. Initially, the anomaly remains unrecognized, while patients most frequently referred to surgeons for assistance. The method of choice for diagnosis is magnetic resonance imaging.

[Petar Radovic's concept on the transplantation of the fertilized ovum in human reproduction].

The authors wish to call attention to the fact that, according to available sources, including MEDLINE data base, Dr. Petar Radovic, senior consultant, was the first expert worldwide who had suggested the transplantation of a fertilized egg cell in human reproduction. He presented his paper "Possibility of transplantation of a fertilized egg in woman" at the Fifth Congress of Gynaecology and Obstetrics in Sydney in 1967.