Prediction of Placenta Previa from Serial Reading of Serum Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Late in the First Half of Pregnancy.

Background: Abnormally sited placenta is considered a major life-threatening condition for pregnant woman, and many debate about the way of early diagnosis and management to decrease the mortality and morbidity.

Aim Of Study: To evaluate the role of beta-human chorionic gonadotrophin (B-HCG) level in the first half of pregnancy as a marker for prediction of placenta previa.

Study Design: This is a prospective study done in Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital from first of January 2020 till first of January 2021.

Salivary ABO antigens and risk of microbial vaginosis.

Objective: To investigate the effect of blood group ABO antigens on the risk of vaginosis.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq, from April 2016 to June 2017. Two vaginal swabs and 1ml of stimulated saliva from women aged16-46 years were collected.