Predictive factors of subsequent insulin requirement for glycemic control during pregnancy at diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus.

Objective: To determine maternal and biological parameters at diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) as predictors of antenatal insulin therapy (AIT) for glycemic control.

Methods: In this planned secondary analysis of a prospective observational study, we recruited women diagnosed with GDM between July 1, 2014, and October 31, 2015. Maternal and biological parameters were analyzed as predictors of AIT using multivariable logistic regression analyses.

Predictive factors for successful cervical ripening using a double-balloon catheter after previous cesarean delivery.

Objective: To identify predictors of successful cervical ripening using double-balloon catheter (DBC) for labor induction among women with previous cesarean delivery (PCD) and unfavorable cervix at term.

Methods: The present prospective observational study was conducted among women who underwent cervical ripening with DBC at a French tertiary care hospital between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2017. Inclusion criteria were PCD; singleton term fetus; cephalic presentation; and unfavorable cervix (Bishop score <6).

Axillary lymph node metastases from unknown primary: A French multicentre study.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate the management and prognosis of axillary cancers from unknown primaries (CUPax).

Methods: We included all patients with lesions described as axillary nodal metastases from an unknown primary referred to four French tertiary breast cancer centres between January 1988 and December 2012. The inclusion criteria comprised: no sign of primary breast cancer on clinical examination nor on imaging (mammography, ultrasonography and breast MRI) and no primary tumour identified elsewhere.

Efficacy of serum procalcitonin to predict spontaneous preterm birth in women with threatened preterm labour: a prospective observational study.

Background: A hypothesis of preterm parturition is that the pathogenesis of spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB) may be associated with an inflammatory process. Based on this theory, we have hypothesized that an inflammatory biomarker, procalcitonin (PCT), may be a good predictive marker of sPTB at the admission for threatened preterm labour (TPL). The present study was aimed to investigate the association between serum PCT and sPTB in women with TPL and to evaluate whether PCT levels may predict sPTB in women with TPL within 7 or 14 days.

Using the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) to evaluate sexual function in women with genital mutilation undergoing surgical reconstruction: a pilot prospective study.

Objectives: Few prospective studies have evaluated sexual function in women with female genital mutilation by cutting (FGM/C) before and after clitoral reconstructive surgery, and none used a validated questionnaire. A validated questionnaire, the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) was used for the first time, to assess the impact of reconstructive surgery on sexual function in women with female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) before and after clitoral reconstructive surgery.

Study Design: Women with FGM/C consulting at the Nantes University Hospital for clitoral reconstruction between 2013 and 2014 were prospectively included.