Obesity and gestational diabetes during pregnancy have multiple short-and long-term
consequences for both mother and child. One common feature of pregnancies complicated …

SARS-CoV-2 causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) also in pregnant women.
Infection in pregnancy leads to maternal and placental functional alterations. Pregnant …

The entire maternal circulation adapts to pregnancy, and this adaption is particularly
extensive in the uterine circulation where the major vessels double in size to facilitate an …

Objective We conducted a systematic review of the published literature to test the hypothesis
that maternal exposure to extremes of ambient temperatures during pregnancy is associated …

Major obstetrical syndromes related to preterm birth—including preterm pre-labor rupture of
membranes, fetal growth restriction and pre-eclampsia—affect 10–15% of all pregnancies …

Maternal vascular malperfusion (MVM) largely results from defective remodeling of
uteroplacental spiral arteries, which normally are transformed into high-capacitance, low …

The maternal vasculature undergoes tremendous growth and remodeling (G&R) that
enables a> 15-fold increase in blood flow through the uterine vasculature from conception to …

Methods Fetal umbilical vein pH (fUVpH) was used as a surrogate measure for maternal
arterial pH (mApH). A secondary analysis was condducted on data gathered from a pre …

In many populations worldwide over 50% of women have a body mass index above 25.
Therefore, an increasing number of women enter pregnancy overweight or obese. This …

Preeclampsia (PE), a leading cause of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality, affects
approximately 4-5% of pregnancies and is characterized by the presence of new-onset …