Fetal anemia is a potentially life-threatening condition in pregnancy that requires fast and accurate diagnosis, careful monitoring and appropriately timed action. Clinical presentation depends on several factors among which the…

Uterine leiomyomas are the most common benign neoplasms of the uterus. The definitive treatment in symptomatic patients is most often surgical either by myomectomy or by hysterectomy. Depending on the…

BACKGROUNDS. Pain in newborns is often difficult to recognize and therefore to treat. Changes in heartbeats per minute, respiration rate and peripheral oxygen saturation levels are most often considered to…

Threatened preterm birth is the third most common cause of sick leave during pregnancy in Slovenia. There is no evidence that sick leave may reduce the risk of preterm birth.…

Cerebral palsy is a group of movement and posture disorders sometimes associated with other neurological deficits. It represents a significant decrease in the patients’ quality of life and a substantial…

Acute intermittent porphyria is a rare inherited disease that is caused by the deficiency of one of the enzymes in the heme synthesis chain. Together with the accelerated metabolism of…

Various observational studies implicated the potential role of vitamin D in maternal, fetal, neonatal and infant health. Vitamin D deficiency could influence the development of gestational diabetes, pre-eclampsia, fetal growth…

Urinary incontinence is a common side effect of treatment of gynecological cancers and has an important negative effect on the patients’ quality of life. It can be caused by all…

BACKGROUNDS. The frequency of preterm deliveries is increasing and late preterm newborns (from 34 to 36 weeks of gestation) represent the majority of preterm infants. There was therefore a need…

Choanal atresia is a rare congenital malformation which occurs in every 5000 to 8000 live newborns. Clinically, it may present as an isolated form or in association with other malformations. In…

In order to make a diagnosis in a patient with a gynecologic disease, detailed history taking and clinical examination are the first steps to patient management, while cytological diagnostic methods (including…

Despite the fact that women represent only a small proportion of convicted people, special standards and conditions should be taken into consideration in their treatment. Incarcerated women are often affected…

Most women of reproductive age experience some psychological and physical symptoms during the final premenstrual and the initial days of the menstrual cycle. Common complaints include depressed mood, anxiety, irritability,…

For as long as assisted reproductive technologies (ART) have been used, there has been an ongoing concern as to whether they might have an impact on pregnancy course and espe­cially…

Endometrial cancer and endometriosis are very common estrogen-dependent diseases. Endometrial cancer is the third most common cancer in women, while endometriosis affects around 15–20% of women of reproductive age and…

Background: Endometriosis involves an appearance of endometriotic tissue with all of its his­tological and functional properties outside the uterine cavity. The frequency of endometriosis in women of reproductive age without…

In 71 women with clinically confirmed early spontaneous abortions we wanted to find the ultrasound detectable morphological abnormalities of uterus and ovaries and to establish the frequency of these anomalies.…

Cancer of the ovary is the major killer among gynaecologic cancers. Early diagnosis is generally made by chance rather than by making use of refined scientific methods. Early detection of…

The etiology of ovarian cancer is unknown. Some women, however, seem to be at great risk for the development of this serious disease, which is the major killer among gynaecologic…

Assessment of the Fallopian tube patency in a woman is an important part of infertility investigation, its results being essential to planning the program of treatment. X-ray hysterosalpingography and laparoscopy…

Breast cancer is treated by various methods depending on whether we have to deal with primary cancer or recurrence, which may be either locoregional or systemic. In the majority of…

Amenorrhea in younger women is a fairly common problem encountered both by general practitioners, gynaecologists and school doctors. The spectrum of its causes is very broad. Fortunately, the disease is…

The tumor marker CA 125 was detected in the sera of patients with epithelial ovarian cancer using high levels of labeled monoclonal antibodies. The paper lists the tissues in which…

Sex hormones, which are involved in the development and maintenance of reproductive tis­sue, are produced by female and male gonads, suprarenal cortex and the placenta. There are three main sex…