• The accumulation of pleural fluid during labour 

      Gourgoulianis, K. I.; Karantanas, A. H.; Karvelas, S. N.; Molyvdas, P. A. (1997)
      Objectives: Labour appears to promote the development of pleural effusion. The presence of pleural fluid at the end of normal pregnancy and after an uncomplicated labour was investigated using thoracic ultrasonography. ...
    • Relation between leptin and cortisol values in umbilical vessels at normal vaginal delivery 

      Papageorgiou, I.; Messinis, I. E.; Milingos, S.; Boli, A.; Kolios, G.; Seferiadis, K. (2004)
      To study the role of various hormones in the control of fetal leptin secretion during labour, 33 pregnant women with normal singleton term pregnancy were recruited. At the time of spontaneous vaginal delivery, a venous ...