BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology

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• BJOG · Sep 2006

  Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study

  Active warming as emergency interventional care for the treatment of pelvic pain.

  To assess whether local active warming can lessen acute pelvic pain of gynaecological origin compared with traditional methods in a prehospital setting. ⋯ Local warming is an effective emergency care measure for acute pelvic pain.

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• BJOG · Sep 2006

  Oxidative stress in midpregnancy as a predictor of gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia.

  To explore the relationship between the levels of maternal oxidative stress and glycaemia during pregnancy and to compare the predictive values of 8-epimer of prostaglandin F(2alpha) (8-isoPGF(2alpha)) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) in midpregnancy for the development of hypertensive complications in later pregnancy. ⋯ Plasma markers of oxidative stress were positively correlated with plasma glucose at the time of OGTT (24-32 weeks). Women who subsequently developed gestational hypertension/pre-eclampsia had significantly higher plasma and urine markers of oxidative stress at the time of OGTT but only higher plasma markers at 34-37 weeks. Plasma 8-isoPGF(2alpha) appears to be a very good predictor of subsequent gestational hypertension/pre-eclampsia when measured at the time of OGTT, but its ability to discriminate deteriorates as pregnancy advances.

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