Publications by authors named "Sule Goncu Ayhan"
Objective: To investigate the contribution of the cervical sliding sign to conventional cervical length measurement in patients at risk of preterm labor.
Methods: The study, performed as a prospective cohort study, included patients admitted to a tertiary research hospital with a diagnosis of threatened preterm labor. The participants were divided into two groups: those who gave birth before and after 37 weeks of gestation.
Objective: To evaluate both short and mid-term effects of maternal COVID-19 on cardiac functions of fetuses and children.
Methods: The present case-control study was conducted on 36 pregnant women who had COVID-19 infection in the second trimester of pregnancy and 30 pregnant women as healthy controls. Fetal, neonatal, and infant cardiac functions were compared between the groups.
Objective: This study focused on pregnant and postpartum women during the COVID-19 pandemic, aiming to determine the attitudes and behaviors of vaccinated and unvaccinated groups, and the vaccination behaviors in the groups with and without the disease. The reasons for refusing the vaccine were also questioned.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed from September 2021 to October 2021.
Purpose: To assess the effectiveness of half peak systolic velocity deceleration time (hPSV-DT) in predicting neonatal outcomes in pregnant women with preeclampsia and to compare its usefulness with the conventional umbilical artery (UA) pulsatility index (PI) approach.
Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted among pregnant women with preeclampsia who were admitted to the Department of Perinatology, Ministry of Health Ankara City Hospital between 01 September 2022 and 01 January 2023 at 28-41 weeks gestational age. 55 patients were divided into two groups: the study group with UA hPSV-DT value < 5th percentile (n = 22) and the control group with UA hPSV-DT value ≥ 5th percentile (n = 33).
Objective: To examine the cervical sliding sign (CSS) alongside cervical length (CL) in twin pregnancies to predict preterm birth (PB).
Methods: Twin pregnancies (n = 37) with no known risk factor for PB were included in this prospective study. CSS was defined as the ultrasonographic finding in which the anterior lip of the cervix slides over the posterior lip with gentle and continuous pressure application.
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of whole blood parameters, systemic inflammatory indices, and systemic inflammatory markers in pregnant women with COVID-19.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the demographic, clinical, and laboratory data (i.e.
The role of systemic immune-inflammation index in the severity of hyperemesis gravidarum.
J Gynecol Obstet Hum Reprod
May 2023
Background: Hyperemesis gravidarum(HEG) is one of the severe health problems in early pregnancy. Obstetricians should be aware of systemic inflammation in HEG patients to provide better preventive strategies.
Aim: Hyperemesis gravidarum(HEG) is one of the most common causes of hospitalization in early pregnancy.
Objective: To assess the epicardial fat thickness (EFT) and modified myocardial performance index (Mod-MPI) measurements in fetuses at pregnant women with preterm prelabor rupture of membranes (pPROM) and compare them to healthy pregnant women's fetuses.
Methods: Forty patients who presented to our clinic at 24-36 + 6 gestational weeks and were diagnosed with pPROM were included in the patient group. During the same period, 40 healthy pregnant women at similar gestational weeks were randomly selected as the control group.
Objective: To compare umbilical cord blood pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels in newborns of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2) positive pregnancies to those of SARS-COV-2 negative pregnancies.
Methods: Prospectively cord blood samples from newborns of 42 SARS-COV-2 positive women, and 42 negative pregnant were collected at birth and analyzed for pro-BNP levels.
Results: The mean cord blood pro-BNP level was significantly higher in newborns of SARS-COV-2 positive women than in controls.
Background: Convalescent plasma (CP) might be an additional treatment modality in COVID-19. The aim of this study was to compare CP-related clinical characteristics and perinatal outcomes in pregnant women with mild or moderate-severe COVID-19.
Methods: This prospective cohort study included 36 pregnant women (12 mild and 24 moderate-severe), who underwent CP therapy.
Objective: In this study, we investigated whether maternal hypothyroidism has a role in the cardiac output (CO) of the fetus or not.
Methods: Pregnant women between 33 and 37 gestational weeks known to have hypothyroidism and using levothyroxine were accepted as the case group. Gestational age-matched healthy euthyroid pregnant women constituted the control group.
Introduction: To assess the placental elasticity using point shear wave velocity (pSWV) in pregnant women who had recovered from coronavirus COVID-19.
Methods: A total of 40 pregnant women who had recovered from moderate severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and 40 healthy pregnant women were included in this study. We evaluated placental elasticity by using transabdominal pSWV method.
Objectives: We aimed to evaluate a new ratio of amniotic fluid volume (AFV) to Doppler measurements, and compare its association with adverse perinatal outcomes (APOs) in fetal growth restriction (FGR).
Methods: This prospective study included pregnant women with singleton fetal growth-restricted fetuses. Each participant underwent a detailed ultrasonographic examination.
Objective: To assess the effect of nifedipine used for tocolysis on cardiac morphology and functions.
Methods: The study included 47 pregnant women diagnosed with preterm labor at 32-33 weeks. Fetal echocardiographic evaluation was performed with two-dimensional (2D) imaging, M-mode, pulsed wave (PW) Doppler, and tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) before and after the 48 hour of nifedipine treatment.
Objective: To investigate the effect of cervical sliding sign (CSS) to predict preterm delivery in patients with premature rupture of membranes.
Methods: This prospective cohort study included 88 pregnant women between 24 and 36 weeks of gestation who were complicated with preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) between June 2020 and January 2022. We measured the cervical length (CL) and applied pressure to the anterior fornix of the cervix with the transvaginal probe to investigate the CSS, which is defined as the sliding of the anterior lip of the cervix on the posterior lip.
Aim: We aimed to examine fetal cardiac output (CO) in patients who recovered from severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection.
Materials: This prospective study included 48 pregnant women recovered from SARS-CoV-2 infection and 50 control cases. SARS-CoV-2 infection was diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test in patients.
Purpose: To determine the long-term fetal cardiac effects of the SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant women recovered from moderate COVID-19 with fetal echocardiography (ECHO).
Methods: Forty-five pregnant women that recovered from moderate COVID-19 (CRG) 4 weeks after the infection confirmation, were compared with 45 gestational and maternal age-matched control groups (CG) in terms of demographic features fetal cardiac morphological (sphericity index, cardiothoracic ratio), and functional (myocardial performance index, mitral E/A, tricuspid E/A, mitral and tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion) parameters.
Results: There was no difference in demographic features between the groups.
The aim of the present study is to share the experience of a tertiary reference pandemic centre on the labour and delivery of pregnant women with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This prospective cohort study was conducted on pregnant women with COVID-19 ( = 337). Patients were divided into two groups based on their severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) positivity ( = 103 positive and = 234 negative) during the delivery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: We aimed to evaluate and compare fetal cardiac morphology and functions of pregnant women with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and healthy pregnant women.
Methods: The study included 34 pregnant women with FMF and 68 healthy pregnant women matched with maternal age, gravidity, parity, gestational age, and pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) in 34th-37th gestational weeks. Fetal echocardiographic evaluation was performed with two-dimensional (2D) imaging, M-mode imaging, pulsed wave (PW) Doppler, and tissue Doppler imaging (TDI).
Confirmation of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) diagnosis with sonographic measurement of the median nerve cross sectional area (MN-CSA) is increasing in popularity. We aimed to analyse the ultrasonography (USG) values of MN-CSA in pregnant women with and without CTS symptoms. MN-CSAs of third trimester pregnant women were measured with USG and they were asked about the presence of CTS symptoms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To compare the clinical features and perinatal outcomes of pregnant women with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the pre-variant and post-variant periods.
Methods: This prospective cohort study includes pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 who were followed-up at Ankara City Hospital between 11, March 2020 and 15, September 2021. Demographic features, clinical characteristics and pregnancy outcomes were compared between the pre-variant (n = 1416) and post-variant (n = 519) groups.
Objectives: To investigate the long-term effects of the SARS-CoV-2 infection on the fetal immune system by fetal thymus size measurements with ultrasound (USG).
Methods: This prospective study was conducted in the Turkish Ministry of Health Ankara City Hospital between November 1, 2020 and April 1, 2021, with recovered, pregnant women, four weeks after they had been confirmed for the SARS-CoV-2 infection by real-time polymerase-chain-reaction (RT-PCR). COVID-19 recovered (CR) pregnant women compared with age-matched pregnant controls in terms of demographic features, fetal thymic-thoracic ratio (TTR), and laboratory parameters.
Article Synopsis
- Scientists studied pregnant women to see how a substance called midkine relates to how serious COVID-19 is for them.
- They found that pregnant women with COVID-19 had much higher midkine levels than healthy pregnant women, and these levels changed during different stages of pregnancy.
- The study showed that higher midkine levels could help figure out how severe a woman’s COVID-19 might be and can even suggest how long she might need to stay in the hospital.
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly around the world, causing massive morbidity and mortality. Vaccination during puerperium protects both the mother and the newborn and is important to keep the pandemic under control.
Methods: Women who gave birth at Ankara City Hospital between February 11, 2021 and March 21, 2021 were included.
The aim of this study is to share the comprehensive experience of a tertiary pandemic center on pregnant women with COVID-19 and to compare clinical outcomes between pregnancy trimesters. The present prospective cohort study consisted of pregnant women with COVID-19 who were followed up at Ankara City Hospital between March 11, 2020 and February 20, 2021. Clinical characteristics and perinatal outcomes were compared between the pregnancy trimesters.
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