Abstract: Aim: To evaluate differences in uteroplacental blood flow and pregnancy outcome in women with idiopathic recurrent spontaneous miscarriage (IRSM) following administration of micronized vaginal progesterone and oral dydrogesterone. Methods: One hundred and thirty-three women (aged 23–40 years) who had had early miscarriages and spontaneous conception participated. Oral dydrogester…
Abstract Aim: To determine whether maternal serum placental growth factor (PlGF) estimation in early second trimester (20–22 weeks of gestation) can predict the occurrence of early onset preeclampsia and/or early onset intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). Material and Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted on 722 women with singleton pregnancies, screened from the antenatal cl…
Abstract Aim: A tubal ectopic pregnancy (EP) in the first trimester remains a major life-threatening complication for the mother. We aim to determine whether serum reproductive hormones may be clinically useful in the early identification of a tubal EP. Methods: A total of 109 age-matched patients with a serum b-human chorionic gonadotropin (b-hCG) concentration
Aim: To assess the accuracy of blind vaginal swab in diagnosis of preterm labor (PTL) and prediction of subsequent occurrence of preterm birth (PTB). Methods: Eligible women who presented at 24–34 weeks of gestation with threatened PTL had their cervicovaginal secretions sequentially sampled for fetal fibronectin (fFN) using two types of swabbing techniques. The first swab was a blind vagina…
Abstract: Aims: To compare the amino acid differences of changes of frozen-thawed early-stage human embryos andfresh cultured early-stage human embryos. Material and Methods: Discarded embryos and their in vitro culture medium of patients who underwent in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET) at the Research Center for Reproductive Medicine, the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen…
Abstract Aim: This study aimed to compare the hemodynamic profile and efficacy of carbetocin versus intra-umbilical oxytocin in the management of retained placenta following vaginal delivery. Material and Methods: In this randomized clinical study, women with retained placenta for more than 30min were assigned to receive either an i.v. bolus of 100-μg carbetocin (n = 38) or an intra-umbilica…