Bleeding after childbirth / miscarriage - practical notes on the examination of biopsy material.

Postpartum haemorrhage is a significant cause of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. The pathologist encounters only a limited spectrum of causes leading to postpartum haemorrhage. The most common causes are retained placenta and placental site subinvolution.

SARS-CoV-2 placentitis - report of two cases and review of the literature.

Covid-19 disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) continues to be a global public health problem. Since the pandemic outbreak in early 2020, a number of cases have been reported in pregnant women whose infection has led to severe complications including preterm birth, miscarriage, intrauterine growth restriction or intrauterine fetal demise. The results of the current studies suggest that the transplacental transmission of infection from mother to fetus is a rare event and that the complications listed above are more likely due to damage of placental tissue.

Agreement on intrapartum cardiotocogram recordings between expert obstetricians.

Rationale, Aims And Objectives: To evaluate obstetricians' inter- and intra-observer agreement on intrapartum cardiotocogram (CTG) recordings and to examine obstetricians' evaluations with respect to umbilical artery pH and base deficit.

Methods: Nine experienced obstetricians annotated 634 intrapartum CTG recordings. The evaluation of each recording was divided into four steps: evaluation of two 30-minute windows in the first stage of labour, evaluation of one window in the second stage of labour and labour outcome prediction.

Changes in capillary diameters in pregnancy-induced hypertension.

Objective: To compare capillary diameters, density and reactivity in high-risk pregnancies complicated by pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) to other high-risk pregnancies not affecting microcirculation (O).

Methods: Patients hospitalized at a tertiary referral center from January to May 2012 were enrolled in the prospective pilot study. Five microscopic fields were recorded from the nailfold for capillary diameters and functional capillary density assessment.