Fetal Nasal Bone Length as a Novel Marker for Prediction of Adverse Perinatal Outcomes in the First-Trimester of Pregnancy.

Background: Adverse outcomes of pregnancy are a challenging health-care problem. Prediction of adverse pregnancy outcomes is important to prevent the morbidities of the foetus and the mother.

Aims: To study the clinical interest of fetal nasal bone length in predicting adverse pregnancy outcomes in the first trimester of pregnancy.

Ferritin and bile acid levels during the intrauterine pre-treatment of gastroschisis by serial amnioexchange.

We present a case of gastroschisis managed with serial amnioex-changes. Marked decreases were detected in both ferritin and bile acid levels following the procedure. The bowels were not severely affected, as expected.

Prenatal diagnosis of a 22q11 deletion in a second-trimester fetus with conotruncal anomaly, absent thymus and meningomyelocele: Kousseff syndrome.

A 30-year-old nulliparous woman was seen for a detailed ultrasound scan at 20 weeks of gestation. The scan revealed a male fetus with truncus arteriosus, membranous ventricular septal defect, absent thymus and sacral meningomyelocele. A 46,XY karyotype with a 22q11 deletion was detected.

Clinical results of the liquid-based cervical cytology tool, Liqui-PREP, in comparison with conventional smears for detection of squamous cell abnormalities.

Objective: To compare the adequacy and efficacy of the liquid-based cytology tool Liqui-PREP (LP) with the conventional Papanicolaou smear (CS) test, for the screening of squamous cell abnormalities.

Methods: Data for 2,000 subjects screened with CS and 4,000 different subjects screened with the LP test were compared.

Results: LP showed significant decrease in the rate of unsatisfactory smears (P<0.

Primary dysmenorrhea and uterine blood flow: a color Doppler study.

Objective: To examine pulsatility index (PI) and resistance index (RI) values in the uterine and arcuate arteries of patients with primary dysmenorrhea (PD) by color Doppler ultrasonography.

Study Design: A total of 49 female university students were recruited for this prospective, observational study. The study group consisted of 25 nulliparous women with PD and a control group of 24 healthy, nulliparous women without dysmenorrhea.