Lactate and fibrinogen as good predictors of massive transfusion in postpartum hemorrhage.

Aim: This study aims to identify the clinical factors that can predict the requirement of massive transfusion among patients with postpartum hemorrhage (PPH).

Methods: Consecutive anonymized patients with PPH who were treated at the emergency department of our perinatal medical center were examined. Patients who had received transfusions before admission, those who had cardiac arrest on arrival, and those without history of blood gas analysis were excluded.

OS012. Eclampsia with progressing disease correlates to severe diastolicblood pressure.

Introduction: Eclampsia is MRI-radiologically defined as posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), which indicate cases with eclampsia might improve spontaneously and reversibly. On the other hand the central nervous system is the main target organ affected by the disease of severe preeclampsia. Eclampsia is thought to be one of the severe states of this disease.

Clinical predictors in the natural history of uterine leiomyoma: preliminary study.

This study was conducted to examine the correlation between uterine vascularity and natural history of uterine leiomyoma. Seventy women with leiomyoma participated in this study. Measurements of uterine and leiomyoma volume, as well as blood flow characteristics of the main uterine artery and leiomyoma arteries, were made every 3 months for 1 year.

[Influence of low calcium diet on the vascular response to angiotensin II in pregnant and non-pregnant rabbit vascular endothelium].

This study was conducted in order to evaluate the influence of low calcium intake on the vascular response to angiotensin II (A-II) in pregnant and non-pregnant rabbits. Both were fed on a regular and a low calcium diet, respectively, for a period of at least 25 days. By using the common iliac arterial rings of each of the rabbits, and further classifying the respective arterial rings into those with intact endothelium and those with denuded endothelium, the response to A-II in the rings was compared.