The changes in fear of childbirth in pregnancy during and before the COVID-19 pandemic.

We aimed to investigate how factors such as age, education level, planned delivery method and fear of childbirth were affected in pregnant women before and during the pandemic. This cross-sectional study compared a pre-pandemic pregnant group (July 2019 and December 2019) and a pandemic group (November 2020 and May 2021) of patients at Kütahya Health Sciences University Evliya Çelebi Training and Research Hospital. A total of 696 pregnant women in their second trimester were included in the study.

Role of the systemic immune-inflammation index in threatened abortion patients and predicting of abortion.

Purpose: Our study aimed to compare the systemic immune inflammation index (SII), one of the hematological inflammation parameters, between pregnant women diagnosed with threatened abortion (TA) and healthy pregnant women, and to evaluate the prediction of abortion in pregnant women with TA.

Methods: This retrospective study compared 150 patients with TA group and 150 age- and gestational week-matched healthy pregnant women (control group). Complete blood count parameters were assessed.

Ultrasonographic Imaging of the Fetal Pyloric Sphincter.

Objectives: In this study, we hypothesized that the pyloric sphincter can be directly visualized by ultrasonography in the prenatal period.

Methods: This study was designed as a cross-section. Single, healthy pregnancies between 18 and 22 weeks of gestation who applied to the Perinatology outpatient clinic for second-level ultrasonography were included in the study.

Does wearing double surgical masks during the COVID-19 pandemic reduce maternal oxygen saturation in term pregnant women?: A prospective study.

Purpose: This study aimed to compare the effects of using single and double surgical masks (SM) on maternal oxygen saturation in pregnant women.

Methods: In this prospective study, single or double SM were worn by term pregnant women who applied for routine controls. The vital signs of the participants such as oxygen saturation, pulse, respiratory rate, fever, systolic and diastolic blood pressure were measured at admission and 30 min later.

The relationship between inflammation markers and ketonuria in hyperemesis gravidarum.

Objective: Hyperemesis gravidarum is an illness that starts in early pregnancy and manifests itself with oral intake problems, electrolyte imbalance, ketonuria, and weight loss. Inflammation is closely associated with the hyperemesis gravidarum, and inflammatory indicators have been studied to understand its pathophysiology. This study investigates the relationship of ketonuria levels with inflammatory markers platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio (MLR), and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) for hyperemesis gravidarum patients.

Ultrasonographic Imaging of the Fetal Duodenal Tract.

Objectives: To investigate whether fetal duodenal tract sections can be visualized in the prenatal ultrasonographic examination.

Methods: This study was designed in cross-section. Healthy singleton pregnant women who applied to the perinatology outpatient clinic for second-level ultrasound scanning between September 2020 and February 2021 were included in the study.

Peripartum hemorrhage and other obstetric and neonatal outcomes in pregnant women with epilepsy: A single-center study.

Objective: There are inconsistent results in different studies on maternal and fetal complications of pregnant women with epilepsy (PWWE). The differences may be in part due to racial characteristics. The aim of this study was to investigate if there is an increase in obstetric and neonatal complications, especially postpartum hemorrhage, in pregnant women with epilepsy in the Turkish population.

The value of measuring cervical length between 24 and 28 weeks of gestation for predicting the risk of late and post-term pregnancy.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the value of measuring cervical length (CL) between 24 and 28 weeks of gestation for predicting the risk of late and post-term pregnancy.

Methods: In this prospective longitudinal study, pregnant women whose CL was measured between 24 and 28 weeks were followed until delivery. The CL was adjusted for confounders and the results are presented using odds ratio and receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC).

Does mild thrombocytopenia increase peripartum hemorrhage in elective cesarean deliveries? A retrospective cohort study.

Objective: To investigate the effect of mild thrombocytopenia (platelet count: 100 000-149 000/µl) on peripartum hemorrhage in elective cesarean deliveries.

Methods: This study was conducted between January 2018 and May 2019 in a hospital, located in Konya, Turkey. Uncomplicated pregnancies undergoing elective cesarean section were included.