Does pregnancy increase the risk for development and progression of diabetic nephropathy?

Article Abstract:

Pregnancy may not cause women with insulin-dependent diabetes to have an increased risk or increased progression of kidney disease. Researchers studied 182 pregnant women with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) whose pregnancies continued for at least 20 weeks and followed them up for at least three years. Neither pregnancy nor having many children were found to be risk factors for kidney disease. Significant risk factors for kidney disease were protein in the urine and poor blood sugar control during pregnancy. Women with kidney disease were more likely to have complications of pregnancy, including newborn complications. No significant predictors of kidney disease progressing to end-stage kidney disease were found.

Health aspects, Complications and side effects, Risk factors, Type 1 diabetes, Pregnancy, Diabetic nephropathies

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In vivo ultrasonographic exposimetry: human tissue-specific attenuation coefficients in the gynecologic examination

Article Abstract:

Researchers used ultrasonographic exposimetry to analyze how ultrasound interacts with abdominal tissues. Although ultrasound is widely used on pregnant women, doctors don't know how much of the energy is transmitted through the abdominal tissues. Abdominal tissues include skin, fat, muscle and connective tissue. Researchers inserted a medical device called a hydrophone into the vaginas of 32 non-pregnant women to measure the energy transmitted through the abdominal tissues from an ultrasound scan. They confirmed the FDA derating factor of 0.3 dB/cm-MHz.

Ultrasound imaging, Measurement, Physiological aspects, Abdomen, Attenuation

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Is vaginal delivery preferable to elective cesarean delivery in fetuses with a known ventral wall defect?

Article Abstract:

Fetuses with a ventral wall defect can be delivered vaginally unless there is another reason to perform a cesarean. This was the conclusion of a study of 102 fetuses with a prenatal diagnosis of ventral wall defect, which is an abdominal hernia.

Abnormalities, Fetus, Ventral hernia

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