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Filter by:The purpose of the study is to estimate the rate of risk factors for appearance of disease or fetal malformations in a population who turn to hospital "Hillel Yaffe" and examine whether there is a difference in the rate of early testing for diseases or birth defects in the fetus. Understanding the population and its risk factors, will allow specific reference to these risk factors to lowering them to eventually reduce the rate of congenital malformations in this population.
The purpose of this study is to determine if inadvertent receipt of the BioThrax vaccine during pregnancy is independently associated with adverse maternal, pregnancy, or infant health outcomes.
The study has two components: component A is a cohort study to determine the in vivo efficacy of SP to clear and prevent malaria parasitaemia in asymptomatic pregnant women and component B is a cross sectional study of women delivering at the study hospitals to assess the effectiveness of SP-IPTp to reduce adverse maternal and birth outcomes in the current context of increasing SP resistance. Results of component A and B studies will be used to model the relationship between the prevalence of molecular markers of SP resistance, in vivo efficacy to clear parasite and the effectiveness of SP-IPTp and to develop guidelines for routine monitoring effectiveness of SP-IPTp as part of ANC surveillance.
The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy and safety of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) in the treatment of patients with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP). In the randomised (double-blind, placebo-controlled) study 20 pregnant women with ICP received (random allocation of) either 450 mg/day UDCA or placebo for 14 days during the third trimester of pregnancy. The severity of pruritus was registered. Itching scores and serum levels of alanine aminotransferase, total bile acids, estradiol, progesterone, prolactin, cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), fibrinogen D-dimers (FIDD) and platelet count were assessed before the treatment and weekly thereafter. Data on pregnancy and delivery outcome was recorded and analysed.
Hypertensive crisis (defined as a systolic pressure > 160mmHg or a diastolic pressure > 110mmHg) in patients with a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy is a serious complication with severe and even deadly consequences. The management in this population had been studied, but no consensus has been reached with regards to which treatment is better. Our study will compare two drugs: Hydralazine and Labetalol for the management of hypertensive crisis.
Listeriosis is a foodborne infection responsible for severe disease. Three main forms are described: septicaemia, central nervous system infections and maternal-fetal infections. Available data on the disease, are mostly retrospective and do not provide an accurate picture of the clinical / biological / genetic risk factors for the disease, nor identify any element to determine which patients are at higher risk of death, severe neurological impairment or fetal loss. The primary purpose of the study is to identify clinical, biological and genetic risk factors for systemic listeriosis and the determinants of listeriosis-associated mortality in the setting of a large prospective nation-wide study.
Urinary tract infection is the most common bacterial infection during pregnancy. Asymptomatic bacteriuria is the most common infection, in up to 8% of the population. Symptomatic infection may cause cystitis or cause pyelonephritis. Among pregnant women with recurrent bacteriuria, preventive antibiotic treatment has been found to be efficacious in reducing the bacteriuria rate and the complications. the changes of the urinary tract which appear during pregnancy usually resolve up to 3 months post-partum. The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of preventive antibiotic treatment during the puerperium.
ICP is known to cause abnormal bile acid homeostasis and to be associated with an increased risk of diseases of the biliary system in later life. There have been small studies (Dann et al. 2006; Wójcicka-Jagodzińska et al. 1989) suggesting that it causes dyslipidaemia (raised lipids) and impaired glucose tolerance in pregnancy. However the underlying mechanisms of these abnormalities is not known. Similarly the influence of cholestasis on fetal metabolism is not known, and nor is the role of the placenta. It is also not known whether women with ICP have a predisposition to abnormal lipid and glucose homeostasis when they are not pregnant. GDM is characterized by raised plasma glucose levels in pregnant women (in the absence of pre-pregnancy diabetes mellitus). This condition is associated with large-for-gestational age babies and obstructed labour. Women with GDM have increased risk of subsequent type 2 diabetes mellitus, and if they have this condition in a subsequent pregnancy there is an increased risk of stillbirth. This work is important to understand the causes of the metabolic abnormalities associated with ICP and GDM. If we demonstrate abnormal lipid and glucose profiles, these may be of relevance to the fetal complications of both disorders. It will also be of relevance to the future health of affected women and their children.
This is a Multicenter, randomized, open‐label, parallel groups study to test the hypothesis that prophylactic low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) (enoxaparin) initiated before 14 weeks of gestation could improve maternal and perinatal outcome in women at high risk for developing placental‐mediated pregnancy complications.
Induction of Labour in Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP) has become a common procedure in management of ICP to avoid fetal complications. Surprisingly, this empirical approach has not been evaluated as to delivery complications and fetal outcome as yet. The investigators now examine weather ICP affects (i) delivery procedures chosen, in particular the incidence of caesarian section, (ii)fetal and maternal outcome in induced labor, and (iii)possible impact of bile acids and UDCA treatment in a retrospective cohort study based on approximately 5000 induced deliveries at Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. The investigators analyze data on on previous deliveries, BMI, medical history and medical book data. Primary endpoint is the risk of caesarian section.