The results of the present study indicate that women with PE had significantly increased visfatin concentrations in the third trimester. Furthermore, visfatin levels were significantly higher in severe PE group.

Visfatin levels were significantly elevated in women with gestational diabetes mellitus and during the course of pregnancy and increased visfatin concentrations were reduced within 6 to 10 weeks after delivery.

An important quotient of women experiences post-abortion mood depression which is significantly more frequent after surgical abortion. Women with past psychiatric and anxiety disorders should be carefully monitored for depression when they would undergo an abortion.

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The aim of this study was to identify the optimal time interval for in-vitro fertilisation that would increase treatment success after failure of the first attempt. This retrospective study evaluated 454 consecutive cycles of 227 infertile women who had two consecutive attempts within a 6-month period at an IVF centre. Data were collected on duration of stimulation, consumption of gonadotropin, numbers of retrieved oocytes, mature oocytes, fertilised eggs, good quality embryos on day 3/5 following oocyte retrieval and clinical and ongoing pregnancy. There were significant increases in clinical pregnancy rates at 2-, 3- and 4-month intervals. The maximum increase was after two menstrual cycles (p = 0.001). The highest rate of ongoing pregnancy was in women that had the second attempt after the next menstrual cycle following failure of IVF (27.2%). After IVF failure, initiating the next attempt within 2-4 months increases the clinical pregnancy rates.