Kenneth F. Trofatter, Jr
Swelling in the feet and ankles is common during the later months of pregnancy. This is because your body retains more fluid, and your growing uterus also puts pressure on your veins, which can cause fluid to leave the blood and move into the surrounding tissues, causing swelling. Add pregna...
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Pregnancy is a period of profound hormonal and physiological changes experienced by millions of women annually, yet the neural changes unfolding in the maternal brain throughout gestation are not well studied in humans. Leveraging precision imaging, we m
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withblood group Oand infant withblood group Aor B (ABO set up) were found in 14% of the cases. ABO set up anddirect Coombs testwere positive in 4% of the infants. Mothers with Rh negative and infant with Rh positive were 5.1% and those with positive direct Coombs test were 4.3 per...
Rebecca is a 33-year-old woman who has had difficulty achieving a pregnancy. She and her partner have been trying to get pregnant without use of any contraception for one year and have been unsuccessful. She was seen by her family physician and tests were ordered. Her testosterone levels wer...
Blood groupis also assessed through blood tests, particularly the rhesus D status of the mother. If you are rhesus D negative and your baby is rhesus D positive you may create anti-D antibodies in your bloodstream. Though generally not problematic for your first pregnancy, future pregnancies may...
3.4. Effects of COVID-19 on pregnancy and the perinatal period The PRIORITY study, which included 179 infants born to COVID-positive mothers and 84 infants born to COVID-negative mothers, found no increased risk of preterm birth, NICU admission, and respiratory disease in the COVID-positive ...
[2]; ectopic pregnancy (EP: pregnancy incorrectly located external to the endometrial cavity) [3]; persistent PUL (PPUL: PUL with ≥3 serial hCG values that vary by <15 %); or [4] failed PUL (FPUL: PUL with a negative urine pregnancy test two weeks from initial review) [3]. Se...