Signs Of Miscarriage Research Articles

Perinatal outcomes and morphological examination of placentas in pregnant women with critical lung lesions in new COVID-19 coronavirus infection

Introduction The likelihood of adverse perinatal outcome in new coronavirus infection (NKI) COVID-19 increases with the volume of lung tissue damage and correlates with the severity of respiratory failure (DN). Nevertheless, perinatal outcomes and placenta structural changes in pregnant women with critical lung lesions during NKI COVID-19 have been insufficiently studied.The objective of this investigation was to determine perinatal outcomes and the nature of placental lesions in pregnant women with critical lung injury during novel COVID-19 coronavirus infection.Material and methods A prospective cohort comparative study was conducted, with subsequent retrospective analysis of perinatal outcomes and the results of histologic examination of the placentas in 53 pregnant women with COVID-19 NCI. Group 1 was composed of 25 women with NKI COVID-19 complicated by community-acquired pneumonia with critical lung injury (KT-4, 76% or more); Group 2 was composed of 28 pregnant women with NKI COVID-19 complicated by community-acquired pneumonia with moderate-to-severe lung injury (KT-2, 25-50%). Perinatal outcomes and the results of morphological examination of the placenta were analyzed using the provisions of the classification of placental injuries developed by the Amsterdam Placenta Workshop Group (2014).Results In the main group, there were no children born with signs of miscarriage, while in the comparison group there were 8.7% of such children. SARS-CoV-2 antigen was diagnosed in a nasopharyngeal swab immediately after birth in 1 (4.3%) live-born infant in group 2 by PCR. The child died in the postnatal period on the 33rd day of life. Antenatal fetal death in women of Group 1 was the result of marked maternal hypoxia and extremely early PP, in Group 2 - the consequence of placental lesions. A wide spectrum of placental damages, including maternal and fetal malperfusion, maternal and fetal COVID-19 complicated by critical lung injury and with moderate lung injury.Discussion The placentas of pregnant women delivered due to critical condition do not have pronounced inflammatory and distrophic disorders, being characterized by the phenomena of acute PU. On the contrary, the placentas of women who successfully completed treatment with COVID-19 NKI of moderate severity and safely delivered at late gestational age exhibit the full spectrum of inflammatory and hypoxic lesions, leading to subcompensated and decompensated PU.Conclusion Weakly pronounced dystrophic processes, lymphocytic infiltration of the decidual and fetal membranes, signs of partial maternal vascular malperfusion and fetal stromal-vascular lesions, and acute PU phenomena were recorded in the placentas of women with NCI COVID-19 and critical pulmonary lesions. The absence of marked inflammatory infiltration of villi and fetal membranes, dystrophic processes, intervillous thrombosis, and villous infarcts realized in decompensated PU in the placentas of these patients was due to the immediate delivery of pregnant women with critical pulmonary lesions in NCI COVID-19.

Combination of medical and surgical management in successful treatment of caesarean scar pregnancy: a case report series

BackgroundThere is no clear consensus on the management of caesarean scar pregnancy (CSP), a complex and life-threatening condition. The objective of this study was to present a novel approach to management of CSP that combines medical therapy of multidose methotrexate and mifepristone with active surgical management by uterine curettage and consecutive local haemostasis.Case presentationWe report on a prospective case series of six women with first trimester pregnancy, in whom the diagnosis of CSP was confirmed by 2D and color Doppler transvaginal ultrasound and serial hormone chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) testing. Women were between 23 and 36 years old and had at least one previous delivery by caesarean. At admission, gestational age ranged between 6 to 14 weeks, and serum hCG levels between 397 and 23,000 mUI/ml. Upon decision of pregnancy termination, medical management was undertaken in all cases and 1 mg/kg systemic Methotrexate was administered between 1 and 5 daily doses. Mifepristone was part of the treatment in cases with live pregnancy. Surgical management was employed for the cases were an embryo was seen by ultrasound, being prompted by inadequate response to Methotrexate and/or signs of miscarriage with vaginal bleeding. Curettage combined with local isthmic balloon or vaginal pack tamponade prevented further complications. High treatment rates with preservation of fertility was achieved in all patients except one who underwent hysterectomy for invasive placentation. Ultrasound and hCG levels surveillance ensured that the resolution of pregnancy was achieved.ConclusionWomen with history of delivery by caesarean section should be carefully monitored in future pregnancies for prompt diagnosis of CSP. Early diagnosis of CSP allows selection of successful conservative therapy. Through this case series we contribute with our experience to the body of knowledge about the management of this serious complication of early pregnancy.

МОЖЛИВОСТІ ЛІКУВАННЯ ЗАГРОЗИ ПЕРЕДЧАСНИХ ПОЛОГІВ ПРИ БАГАТОПЛІДНІЙ ВАГІТНОСТІ З ВИКОРИСТАННЯМ СУБЛІНГВАЛЬНОЇ ФОРМИ МІКРОНІЗОВАНОГО ПРОГЕСТЕРОНУ

Мета дослідження – оцінити ефективність застосування сублінгвальної форми мікронізованого прогестерону (Лютеіна) у жінок із багатоплідною вагітністю з високим ризиком загрози передчасних пологів.Матеріали та методи. Обстежено 85 вагітних із двійнятами з ознаками невиношування у термінах 22–36 тижнів вагітності, котрі склали основну групу, сформовано дві підгрупи: Іа – 43 жінки, котрі отримували в комплексі лікування загрози передчасних пологів мікронізований прогестерон сублінгвально; підгрупа Іб – 42 вагітні, які не отримували під час лікування препарати прогестерону. Ретроспективно було проаналізовано 40 історій передчасних пологів при одноплідній вагітності (група порівняння). В основній групі було проведено загальноклінічне та біохімічне обстеження вагітних, визначення вмісту в сироватці крові АЛТ, АСТ, рівнів білірубіну та прогестерону. Проведений аналіз перебігу вагітності, пологів, післяпологового періоду та стану неонатальної адаптації новонароджених в обстежуваних вагітних.Результати дослідження та їх обговорення. Доведені основні чинники ризику розвитку передчасних пологів при багатоплідній вагітності, а також роль інфекційного анамнезу, даних трансвагінальної цервікометрії, неповного обстеження та несвоєчасного початку лікування загрози передчасних пологів, недостатньої профілактики ускладнень при багатоплідній вагітності. Динаміка вкорочення шийки матки була значно повільнішою у пацієнток Іа підгрупи, яким було призначено мікронізований прогестерон, це є ефективним методом профілактики та лікування невиношування у жінок із багатоплідною вагітністю, зниження частоти пізнього аборту та передчасних пологів, перинатальних втрат. Встановлено, що в жінок основної групи рівні АЛТ та АСТ, а також загального білірубіну не відхилялися від норми. Відмічено зниження рівня прогестерону в обох підгрупах. У вагітних Іа підгрупи на тлі лікування мікронізованим прогестероном відмічалося суттєве зростання рівня прогестерону у сироватці крові вже на 3-тю добу лікування до (1109±27) нмоль/л, а до кінця першого тижня лікування цей показник зростав до рівня (1280±39) нмоль/л, тоді як у Іб підгрупі його динаміка не змінювалась ((886±29) нмоль/л та, відповідно, (891±33) нмоль/л). Використання сублінгвальної форми мікронізованого прогестерону у період вираженої клінічної симптоматики загрози передчасних пологів при багатоплідній вагітності дозволяє отримати максимально швидкий терапевтичний ефект, що сприяє швидкому усуненню клінічних симптомів, регресу ультразвукових маркерів загрози переривання вагітності та запобігає подальшому прогресуванню структурних змін з боку шийки матки.Висновки. 1. При ознаках загрози передчасних пологів застосування сублінгвальної форми мікронізованого прогестерону дає можливість швидко відновити рівень прогестерону в сироватці крові до фізіологічних показників і тим самим знизити частоту передчасних пологів та покращити перинатальні наслідки у новонароджених. 2. Застосування сублінгвальної форми мікронізованого прогестерону у вагітних із загрозою передчасних пологів не впливає на функцію печінки. 3. Комплексна терапія загрози передчасних пологів із використанням мікронізованого прогестерону має високу ефективність терапевтичної дії та може бути рекомендована для широкого використання, сприяє коротшому періоду перебування в стаціонарі, зменшенню кількості ускладнень.

Use of Noninvasive Cerclage in Combination of Micronized Progesterone in Miscarriage Of Multifetal Pregnancy

We represent the results of the combined method of treatment and prevention of miscarriage in women with a multiple pregnancy and a high risk of the threat of termination the pregnancy because of using the obstetric unloading pessaries, combined with micronized progesterone. The efficiency of this method of treatment is evidenced by the rapid elimination of clinical symptoms of threatened abortion, accelerating the regression of ultrasound markers, reducing the number of complications in of pregnant women and reducing the time of their stay in hospital.Goal: To evaluate the effectiveness of the handling the obstetric pessary in combination with micronized progesterone at women with multifetal pregnancy and a high risk of miscarriage.Materials and methods. We analyzed 120 cases of multifetal pregnancies with signs of miscarriage within the terms from 16 to 28 weeks. The first group of the examined women was: 40 pregnant women with twins and signs of miscarriage, who in the scheme of treatment and prophylactic measures were offered to use the unloading obstetric pessaries in combination with continuous therapy by natural micronized progesterone until 36 weeks of pregnancy. The second group included 40 pregnant women with twins, who were laid seam on the cervix because of istmicocervical insufficiency and were applied short-term courses of therapy by gestagens. The control group comprised 40 pregnant women with twins at the age of 16-28 weeks of pregnancy who were conducted the therapy about the threat of miscarriage according to the current clinical protocols (Order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine No. 624). It was carried out the analysis of the course of pregnancy, childbirth, the postpartum period and the state of neonatal adaptation in the surveyed groups.Results of the research and their discussion. In the first group, urgent childbirth occurred in 34 (85%) cases, in group II in 29 (72.5%) cases, in control group – in 25 (62.5%) cases. Cesarean delivery was performed in 7 (17.5%) patients of group I pregnant women, in 9 (22.5%) of group II patients and in 11 (27.5%) in the pregnant group. When studying the state of neonatal adaptation of newborns in the examined groups, the following results were obtained. The average weight of the newborns in group I was 3245 ±280 g, in group II 2865 ±365 g, in the control group - 2975 ±325 g (p>0.05). The evaluation of the state of newborns on the Apgar scale, respectively at the 1st and 5th minutes, was respectively: in newborns of the I group, 7.5 ± 1.4 and 8.4 ± 1.3 points, in group II - 7.3 ± 1.6 and 8.2 ± 1.1 points, in the control group – 7.2 ± 1.6 and 8.6 ± 1.2 (р 1-р 2> 0.05).Conclusions. Comprehensive prophylaxis of non-pregnancy in multiple pregnancies, combining the use of a traumatic cardiac cervix with the help of unloading obstetric pussies with progesterone preparations, allows prolonging pregnancy, preventing the development of prematurity, contributes to the improvement of perinatal indicators.

The combined use of various forms of micronized progesterone in the treatment of the threat of termination of pregnancy in multiple pregnancies

The article highlights the data on the features of the etiology and pathogenesis of the threat of premature birth in a multiple pregnancy. The results of a clinical study of the effectiveness of combined therapy in the threat of termination of pregnancy in women with multiple pregnancies with sublingual and vaginal forms of micronized progesterone are presented.In the course of the study 120 twins pregnancies with signs of miscarriage in terms of 14–28 weeks were analyzed. The first group consisted of 40 women who were offered a sublingual form of natural micronized progesterone in combination with the vaginal form (drug Luteina) in the scheme of treatment and prophylactic measures. The second group included 40 women, who received a synthetic progesterone preparation (dydrogesterone) for treatment of the threat of termination of pregnancy. The control group consisted of 40 pregnant women, who were treated according to the current clinical protocols.The results of the study showed that the effect of the use of the sublingual form of micronized progesterone in the period of severe clinical symptoms of the threat of premature delivery in multiple pregnancy came out twice as fast compared to the oral form of synthetic dydrogesterone, what contributes the rapid elimination of clinical symptoms, regression of ultrasound markers of the threat of miscarriages and prevents further progression of cervix structural changes. The presence of sublingual and vaginal form of micronized progesterone allows, if necessary, to go from one form to another, and also combine both forms to quickly saturate the body of pregnant woman by progesterone in conditions of gestagen deficiency in order to eliminate the symptoms of the threat of pregnancy termination.Therefore, complex therapy of the threat of premature birth with the use of sublingual and vaginal forms of micronized progesterone has a significant therapeutic effect, contributes to a shorter period of inpatient stay, a reduction in the number of complications compared to other progestins and can be recommended for widespread use. The use of natural micronized progesterone in women with the threat of interruption of pregnancy in multiple pregnancies significantly reduces the risk of preterm labor and improves perinatal outcomes.

The Relationship between Constitution of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the First Trimester and Pregnancy Symptoms: A Longitudinal Observational Study.

Objective. We report on the distribution of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) constitution in the first trimester and on the association between TCM constitution and maternal symptoms related to pregnancy. Methods. Participants were followed up until delivery to observe primary measures (gestational hypertension and gestational diabetes mellitus) and secondary measures (signs of miscarriage, miscarriage, nausea and vomiting, and sleepiness and defecation during pregnancy). Descriptive analysis, t-tests, chi-square tests, and logistic regression analysis were used in this study. Results. 61.8% of the participants had unbalanced constitutions. We did not find a significant association between the TCM constitution and gestational hypertension, gestational diabetes, miscarriage, signs of miscarriage, and defecation during pregnancy. And we found that women with unbalanced constitutions in early pregnancy had a greater likelihood of severe nausea and vomiting and poor sleep during pregnancy in the logistic regression analysis. Conclusions. These results have implications for female health care providers and policy makers. Identification of TCM constitution may be helpful for understanding nausea and vomiting and poor sleepiness during pregnancy, especially in the condition that can not be explained by modern medical science, and be helpful for making program to improve these uncomfortable symptoms.

HORMONAL REACTIONS OF PLACENTA IN WOMEN WITH THE THREAT OF MISCARRIAGE IN EARLY TERMS OF GESTATION

30 women with an uncomplicatedcourse of pregnancy and 49 women with the signs ofmiscarriage in the 1st trimester were examined. Theserum levels of hormones (estrasdiol, progesterone,cortisol, as well as testosterone and prolactin) andhormonal reactions of placenta were studied. Aconclusion has been arrived that pathologic typesof hormonal reactions are more frequently observedin patients with threat of miscarriage in the 1stpregnancy trimester, in comparison with healthypregnant women

Dynamics of serotonin metabolism in pregnant women with uterine fibroids under the influence of electrosleep

It is known that pregnancy in patients with uterine myoma in 25-31% of cases proceeds with signs of miscarriage.