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Data comparison between pharmacological induction of labour and spontaneous delivery. A single centre experience.
2016
Objectives: To assess the differences in the maternal and fetal outcomes between pharmacological induced and spontaneous labour in nulliparous women. Material and methods: Observational cohort study carried out over a period of 2 years. Inclusion criteria: nulliparous singleton pregnancies, with cephalic fetal presentation, elective labour induction with intra-vaginal prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) gel (Prepidil® 2 mg) at a gestational age of 41 weeks. Control group: patients who entered labour spontaneously at a gestational age of ≥ 40 weeks. The main demographic maternal characteristics and intra- and postpartum data were extracted from computer records and obstetrics diaries and were used for…
How does a lifestyle intervention during pregnancy influence perceived barriers to leisure-time physical activity? The Norwegian fit for delivery stu…
2018
Abstract Background To develop effective health promotional and preventive prenatal programs, it is important to understand perceived barriers to leisure-time physical activity during pregnancy, including exercise and sport participation. The aims of the present study was 1) to assess the effect of prenatal lifestyle intervention on the perceived barrier to leisure-time physical activity during pregnancy and the first year after delivery and 2) identify the most important perceived barriers to leisure-time physical activity at multiple time points during and after pregnancy. Methods This secondary analysis was part of the Norwegian Fit for Delivery study, a combined lifestyle intervention e…
Assessment of the implantation of day-2 human embryos by morphometric nonsubjective parameters
2014
Objective: To demonstrate the usefulness of image analysis in designing objective embryonic morphometric variables. Design: Retrospective study of 214 top-quality day-2 embryo photographs from 50 double-embryo transfers resulting in no pregnancy (group 0) and 57 resulting in twin pregnancy (group 1). Setting: Human reproduction unit. Patient(s): Study of 107 in vitro fertilization intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF ICSI) cycles in women age<36 years with doubleembryo transfer of top-quality embryos. Only the first cycle of IVF ICSI was included. Intervention(s): Standard IVF ICSI protocols. Main Outcome Measure(s): The embryo photographs were analyzed using the ImageJ program. The effect…
Breastfeeding initiation and duration in France: The importance of intergenerational and previous maternal breastfeeding experiences — results from t…
2019
International audience; OBJECTIVE: To assess the role of the mother's mother and mothers' previous personal experiences with breastfeeding and childcare in breastfeeding practices. DESIGN AND SETTING: The analysis included 13,774 mother-infant dyads from the French national birth cohort ELFE. Feeding practices were assessed by face-to-face interview in maternity wards in 2011, by phone interviews at months 2 and 12 post-partum and by Internet/paper questionnaires monthly from months 3-10. Sociodemographic, maternal and newborn-related factors were collected in the maternity unit and by postnatal phone interview at month 2. Multivariable logistic and linear regression was used to assess the …
Equivalence of the 3-month and 28-day formulations of triptorelin with regard to achievement and maintenance of medical castration in women with endo…
2003
OBJECTIVE: The present study aims at demonstrating the equivalence of the 28-day and 3-month formulations of triptorelin SR (sustained release) in terms of percentage of patients achieving castration levels of estradiol (<==50 pg/mL) 84 days after treatment initiation. DESIGN: A phase II, prospective, randomized, multicenter, open study was conducted in two parallel groups of women with endometriosis. SETTING: Academic hospitals. PATIENT(S): Seventy-two women with endometriosis. were treated with a single intramuscular injection of 3-month triptorelin SR, and 74 patients were treated with one intramuscular injection of 28-day triptorelin SR every 28 days for 3 months. INTERVENTION(S): As pa…
Characteristics of urinary luteinizing hormone (LH) during the induction of LH surges of different magnitude in blood
1995
Urinary luteinizing hormone (LH) testing has been proposed as a reliable method for the prediction of ovulation but its accuracy has been challenged by some studies. To check how accurately the oscillations of urinary LH reflected the plasma changes, surges of LH of different magnitude and duration were artificially induced in plasma and the hormone was measured simultaneously in urine. Post-menopausal women (n = 16) were stimulated during 1 week with a combination of transdermal oestradiol (400 micrograms) and i.m. progesterone (25 mg on day 4, 50 mg on day 5) to obtain an LH discharge comparable with the pre-ovulatory LH peak. A short and moderate peak of LH was induced by the i.v. inject…
Invasive cervical cancer during pregnancy: laparoscopic nodal evaluation before oncologic treatment delay
2010
Introduction. Cervical cancer is the most frequently encountered malignancy during pregnancy. Presence of nodal metastasis is the most important negative prognostic factor and its assessment represents a crucial parameter to decide if pregnancy can safely continue. We describe the results of 18 pregnant patients with cervical cancer who had their nodal status proved by means of laparoscopy. Material and methods. Eighteen patients with cervical cancer who underwent laparoscopic pelvic lymphadenectomy during pregnancy at Charit-University Berlin and Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena between 1999 and 2010 were analyzed retrospectively. Results. The mean age at diagnosis was 32 years (26-40) a…
Fetus acardius: two- and three-dimensional ultrasonographic diagnoses.
2001
Objective. To determine whether ultrasonographic detection of acardiac fetuses and diagnostic accuracy of related malformations improve with complementary use of two-dimensional ultrasonography, three-dimensional ultrasonography, and Doppler scanning. Methods. Three pregnant women with multifetal gestations who were found to have discordant fetuses on initial two-dimensional ultrasonographic scanning were subsequently scanned with three-dimensional ultrasonography and color Doppler ultrasonography. Results. Although the possibility of acardiac fetuses was entertained in all cases after two-dimensional ultrasonographic scanning, the diagnosis was confirmed, and the accuracy and extent of fet…
Growth factor concentrations and their placental mRNA expression are modulated in gestational diabetes mellitus: possible interactions with macrosomia
2009
Abstract Background Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a form of diabetes that occurs during pregnancy. GDM is a well known risk factor for foetal overgrowth, termed macrosomia which is influenced by maternal hypergycemia and endocrine status through placental circulation. The study was undertaken to investigate the implication of growth factors and their receptors in GDM and macrosomia, and to discuss the role of the materno-foeto-placental axis in the in-utero regulation of foetal growth. Methods 30 women with GDM and their 30 macrosomic babies (4.75 ± 0.15 kg), and 30 healthy age-matched pregnant women and their 30 newborns (3.50 ± 0.10 kg) were recruited in the present study. Serum …
Transobturator suburethral tape in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence: efficacy and quality of life after 5 year follow up.
2013
Abstract Objectives Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is a highly prevalent dysfunction in middle-aged and elderly women. One recent technique places a sub-urethral tape passed through the transobturator foramen. Efficacy and quality of life were assessed after five years of treatment with the transobturator technique in women suffering SUI. This evaluation followed a previous control at the first year post-intervention. Study design Sixty-three women were assessed five years after operation with the transobturator technique. Additionally, twenty-nine women of these women had undergone pelvic floor reconstruction due to different forms of genital prolapse. Quality of life (QoL) was assessed…