A new effect of intravenous iron treatment in pregnancy: contraction in nonstress test and timing of labor.

Objective: The aim of this study was to elucidate the cause and results of contractions occurring in term pregnant women receiving intravenous iron therapy.

Methods: During 2019-2020, 136 pregnant women beyond 35 weeks of gestation, who received intravenous iron treatment due to iron deficiency anemia, were included through retrospective screening. Iron deficiency anemia was defined as having hemoglobin levels <10 g/dL and ferritin levels <15 ng/mL, and the pregnant women underwent nonstress test before and after treatment.

Role of cystatin C levels as an inflammatory marker in predicting endometriosis.

Objective: Endometriosis is a common chronic inflammatory disease associated with infertility and pelvic pain. Diagnosis is based on the appearance of endometriotic lesions at the time of surgery. Our study aimed to determine whether cystatin C can be used as a predictor of endometriosis and to investigate its potential role in doing so.

Can Transvaginal Cervical Elastography predict the success of induction of labor with oxytocin?

Objective: We aimed to show whether elastography can be analternative, although the Bishop score used in the follow-up of labor induction success with oxytocin is a relative concept.

Material And Methods: This prospective case-control study includes 56 cases admitted to a tertiary maternity hospital for induction between March and June 2019. Cervical elastography was applied to patients before induction.