Kyriakidis D, Thanassas I, Tziomaki M
Pregnancy is characterized by increased risk for thromboembolic disease. Inherited and acquired thrombophilia, included in the term thrombophilia, are implicated in the pathogenesis of thromboembolic disease as well as pregnancy complications, including recurrent abortions, intrauterine fetal demise, preeclampsia and abruptio placentae. The clotting mechanism and its disorders …
Moraitou M, Galanakis M, Chatzitheodorou M, Markou A
Postpartum depression is a common psychological disorder which affects women after giving birth. Depression symptomatology prior to pregnancy has been linked to specific positive and negative emotions and self-esteem levels. The present study investigates the relationship of positive and negative emotions, self-esteem and depression with postpartum depression levels in a sample …
Felesakis I, Kortesidis Ε, Τosounidou Z, Τsouknidas S, Soilemetzidis G, Karamanidou P
Use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) during pregnancy is common. They are separated in two categories, selective and conventional anti-inflammatory drugs. Aspirin is the most frequently used NSAID, followed by indomethacin. Their use in the first trimester of pregnancy has not been associated with an increase of miscarriage risk. However, when they are prescribed …
Grammatikakis Ι, Εvagelinakis ΕN, Salamalekis N, Κassanos D
Antiphospholipid syndrome is a condition characterized by one or more episodes of thrombosis in combination with high blood levels of antiphospholipid antibodies. Antiphospholipid syndrome is one of the few treatable causes of pregnancy loss, when early detected. Heparin, usually combined with low-dose aspirin, is used in patients at risk for thrombosis. Pregnancy in women with …
Diamantopoulou S, Karanikolopoulos P, Kassanos D
Pregnancy related osteoporosis is a rare disease. Both etiology and mechanism remain unknown. Pregnancy causes considerable alterations in calcium levels, in hormones regulating calcium levels and homeostasis as well as a gradual decline of bone mineral density (BMD). Osteoporosis may also appear during the puerperium or affect pregnant teenagers. The usual symptoms are low back pain …
Grammatikakis J, Evaggelinakis N, Kassanos D
Acute viral hepatitis is the most common cause of jaundice in pregnancy. Chronic hepatitis B or D infections may be transmitted to the neonate. However, hepatitis B virus transmission is effectively prevented with perinatal hepatitis B vaccination and prophylaxis with hepatitis B immune globulin. Cholelithiasis occurs in 6% of pregnancies. Complications can be safely treated …
Gkekas A, Vitoratos N
Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare cardiac disorder which develops in the last month of pregnancy or within 5 months after delivery, and is associated with a high rate of maternal mortality. Peripartum cardiomyopathy is recognized as a distinct entity, different from preexisting cardiomyopathy that is worsened during pregnancy. Its etiology is unknown, although several theories …
Paplomata E, Tsalikis L
We present the case of a 32 year old woman who was diagnosed with measles at 38 weeks of gestation, during a measles outbreak which appeared in northern Greece since November 2005. She was complicated by pneumonia and an emergency caesarian section was performed due to fetal distress. After the widespread use of the vaccine, measles is one of the rarest infectious complications …