Obstetric cholestasis and its impact on the maternal outcome.

Aim: To evaluate the association of GDM and pre-eclampsia in women with obstetric cholestasis.

Materials And Methods: Pregnant women with > 28 weeks gestation attending ANC, OPD and labor room of J.N.

Blood Acylated Ghrelin Concentrations in Healthy Term Newborns: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Objective: The effect of ghrelin, a growth hormone (GH) secretagogue on growth of neonates, has been studied in the past, but not fully clarified. We aimed to investigate the relationship between ghrelin and growth parameters at birth and at the age of three months in healthy term infants. .

Role of ferritin and oxidative stress index in gestational diabetes mellitus.

Objectives: To investigate the role of serum ferritin and oxidative stress in the development of GDM and to assess their relationship with the ensuing hyperglycemia.

Methods: A case-control study was carried on 90 non-anemic pregnant women of 20-40 years with a gestation of 24-28 weeks. Study group (n = 65) was identified according to the Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group India (DIPSI) criteria (2-h plasma glucose ≥ 140 mg/dl) and controls (n = 25) having 2-h plasma glucose < 120 mg/dl.

Foley Catheter versus Vaginal Misoprostol for Labour Induction.

Objectives. To compare the efficacy and safety of intravaginal misoprostol with transcervical Foley catheter for labour induction. Material and Methods.

Gossypiboma mimicking as dermoid cyst of ovary: a case report.

Gossypiboma is a rare condition caused by retained postoperative foreign bodies. The condition is under reported because of diagnostic difficulties and medicolegal implications associated with it. It may mimic a benign or malignant soft-tissue tumour in the abdomen and pelvis.

Heterotopic pregnancy with successful pregnancy outcome.

A heterotopic pregnancy is a rare complication of pregnancy, in which both extra-uterine and intrauterine gestation occur simultaneously. We hereby report a case of ruptured heterotopic pregnancy presenting at 6weeks of gestation and was managed with immediate laparatomy. The intrauterine pregnancy course was uneventful with delivery of a healthy baby at term by Caesarean section.

Normal delivery induced stress alters glutathione peroxidase and TNF-α in elderly primigravidas mononuclear cells.

To probe the glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activity coupled to ROS and TNF-α levels in younger versus elderly primigravidas. Monocytes were isolated from blood of young and elderly primigravidas after 12 hrs, 24 hrs and 14 days postpartum. Age-matched healthy female donors served as controls.