The American Institute for Ultrasound Medicine, the Society for Materanal Fetal Medicine, and other societies (Wax, et al., 2015) recommended a threshold BMI of greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2 for performing a detailed fetal anatomic ultrasound for pregnancy complicated by obesity. A previous...
Preeclampsia was defined as repeated periods of blood pressure > 140/90 mmHg accompanied by proteinuria (>0.3 g/day). Participants were identified in two ways. First, we included eligible women based on diagnoses recorded using ICD-10 codes (preeclampsia: ICD-10 codes O11, O14 and with...
This study describes a large retrospective cohort of pregnancies affected by pre-existing maternal heart disease. Pre-eclampsia prevalence was not increased compared to the general population, however preterm pre-eclampsia, SGA and FGR prevalence were. Routinely indicated preterm and early term delivery ...
This study compared lifestyle and health status in women whose pregnancy was complicated by GDM with women who had a normal pregnancy and delivery.The inclusion criteria were women with GDM (ICD-10: O24.4 A and O24.4B) and women with uncomplicated pregnancy and delivery in 2005 (ICD-10: O...
Three of the 12 pregnancies were complicated by AKI; 1 woman recovered, 1 progressed to ESRD, and 1 had an unknown renal outcome post-delivery. These 3 patients were not treated with steroids during pregnancy. In 2 patients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, each of whom each had 3 ...
A complex analysis of acute kidney injury (AKI) in pregnant women shows that it is caused by the interaction of gestation-associated pathologies and beneficial signaling pathways activated by pregnancy. Studies report an increase in the regeneration of some organs during pregnancy. However, the kidney...
24 Statistical Analysis Using ICD-9-CM procedure codes, we divided study patients into 3 groups: those with successful nonoperative management, failed nonoperative management, and immediate operation for complicated appendicitis. Successful nonoperative management was defined as no appendectomy during the ...
This cohort study examines the excess risk of cardiovascular disease in women with a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and estimates the
Early diagnosis of congenital heart disease (CHD) can improve the prognosis of neonates with CHD. We retrospectively evaluated the value of prenatal diagnosis of CHD by comparing the pregnancy outcomes. Prenatal diagnosis of CHD was established by echoca
Among the 4 patients who died without surgical intervention, 1 patient had VSD with PDA accompanied by trisomy 21 syndrome and intellectual impairment and died from a traffic accident during follow-up; 1 patient had severe tetralogy of Fallot complicated with neural tube malformation. Considering the...