Browsing by Author "Konje, Justin C."
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Age-Related Dynamics in Endometrial Vascularity: A Comprehensive Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Evaluation During Follicular and Luteal Phases
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2025 , Article)Objective: Transvaginal ultrasonography plays a crucial role in contemporary fertility management, offering insights into uterine and endometrial blood flow. Three-dimensional ultrasonography utilizing power Doppler ... -
Bariatric surgery and reproduction-implications for gynecology and obstetrics
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)As the rates of obesity continue to rise across the world, there has been an increasing resort to bariatric surgery amongst the options for treatment. Through the reproductive lifespan, between menarche and menopause, women ... -
Best practice and research clinical obstetrics and gynaecology volume 92
( Elsevier , 2024 , Other)Obesity is rising world-wide and has become the most common risk factor for non-communicable diseases. The increase is disproportionate, being higher in the low- and middle-income countries compared to high-income countries. ... -
Challenges in timing and mode of delivery in morbidly obese women
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Globally obesity is increasing especially in the reproductive age group. Pregnant women with obesity have higher complication and intervention rates. They are also at increased risk of stillbirth and intrapartum complications. ... -
Challenges of prenatal diagnosis in obese pregnant women
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)Obesity rates are increasing world-wide with most of the increase in women of the reproductive age group. While recognised as an important contributor to non-communicable diseases, pregnant women with obesity are particularly ... -
Congenital and Perinatal Viral Infections: Consequences for the Mother and Fetus
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2024 , Article Review)Viruses are the most common congenital infections in humans and an important cause of foetal malformations, neonatal morbidity, and mortality. The effects of these infections, which are transmitted in utero (transplacentally), ... -
Differential Effects of First and Third Trimester HbA1c Levels on Neonatal Weight and Placental Mediation in Type 1 Diabetes
( Frontiers , 2025 , Article)Context: In women with type 1 diabetes (T1D), the effects of glycaemic control on neonatal weight and the role of the placenta are not fully understood. Objective: This study explores the relationship between glycaemic ... -
The epidemiology of obesity in reproduction
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Over the last decades, overweight and obesity rates have been rising exponentially and have now reached epidemic proportions. These are significantly higher in women than men, and indeed, data from 2022 show rates varying ... -
Fetal lung maturity assessment: A historic perspective and Non – invasive assessment using an automatic quantitative ultrasound analysis (a potentially useful clinical tool)
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Immature fetal lung is associated with many adverse outcomes including respiratory distress syndrome and transient tachypnoea of the newborn. Several methods/tools have been used over several decades to assess fetal lung ... -
Fetal Tele-Echocardiography-An Approach to Improving Diagnosis and Management
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2024 , Article)Introduction: Antenatal diagnosis of cardiac abnormalities and counselling parents about postnatal care require a multidisciplinary team, which includes a paediatric cardiologist, a neonatologist, and a fetal medicine ... -
Immunisation against COVID-19 in Pregnancy and of Women Planning Pregnancy
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)Following reports of the first human SARS-CoV2 infection in December 2019 from Wuhan Province, China, there was such rapid spread that by March 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) had declared a pandemic. Over 6.5 ... -
An investigation of endometrial vascularity in normally menstruating women and those in other physiological states using 3D ultrasound imaging
( Wiley-Blackwell , 2024 , Article)Objectives: This study aimed to determine the normal vasculature indices of the endometrium and to correlate them with those in various physiological states. Methods: Women undergoing ultrasound at the Feto-Maternal Center, ... -
A Meta-Analysis of the Global Stillbirth Rates during the COVID-19 Pandemic
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)COVID-19 has been shown to have variable adverse effects on pregnancy. Reported data on stillbirth rates during the pandemic have, however, been inconsistent—some reporting a rise and others no change. Knowing the precise ... -
Preterm birth in low-middle income Countries
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)Preterm birth (PTB), remains a major cause of significant morbidity and mortality world-wide with about 12–15million preterm births occurring every year. Although the overall trend is decreasing, this is mainly in high-income ... -
Prevention of spontaneous preterm delivery–an update on where we are today
( Taylor & Francis , 2023 , Article)Spontaneous preterm birth (delivery before 37 completed weeks) is the single most important cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality. The rate is increasing world-wide with a great disparity between low, middle and high ... -
Type 2 diabetes mellitus in pregnancy: The impact of maternal weight and early glycaemic control on outcomes.
( Elsevier , 2018 , Article)To study the pregnancy outcomes in women with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and to relate these to maternal risk factors. We conducted a retrospective study of 419 women with T2DM (index group)- who attended our diabetes ... -
Ultrasound diagnosis of infections in pregnancy
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Pregnancy is a unique period in which several changes occur in the mother, to ensure that the semiallograft fetus is not rejected. Some of these changes decrease the immunity of the mother to infections. As such, some ... -
Women with persistent/recurrent vaginal discharge should be offered multiplex-7 PCR testing
( Elsevier , 2025 , Article)Background: Recurrent vaginal discharge is an important cause of repeated visits to the gynaecologists. Failure to correctly identify the causative organism with standard microscopy and culture techniques results in repeated ...
