Birth defects of blood clotting factors and obstetric complications

Nomenclature for blood clotting factors.

The Prevalence of Birth Defects and related Factors in Zanjan City (Northwest, Iran) during 2015–2016

Background and Objective: Regional differences exist in the prevalence of birth defects. This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence and related factors with birth defects in Zanjan, Iran. Material and Methods: This descriptive analytic study was performed in Zanjan province during 2015–2016. Data included 41265 child births, which were extracted from the Iranian Mother and Newborn (...

Blood clotting factors in cerebrospinal fluid.

The activity of blood clotting factors has been investigated in cerebrospinal fluid. No cephalin-like activity was found in cerebrospinal fluid but prothrombin activity averaged about 0.5% of normal plasma activity. The activity of factor VII was negligible in almost all cases. The activity of antihaemophilic factors showed great variation but in the majority of cases it did not exceed 1% of no...

Obstetric complications: does training traditional birth attendants make a difference?

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect that a training intervention for traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in Guatemala had on the detection of obstetric complications, the referral of patients with complications to the formal health care system, and, ultimately, those patients' utilization of essential obstetric care services. METHODS Using a quasi-experimental design, a surveillance system of birt...

The role of emotional factors in obstetric complications: a review.

This paper explores the relationship between emotional factors and "psychogenic" obstetric complications (those involving no discernible physical cause) by reviewing the pertinent articles that have appeared during primarily the past 15 years. The literature provides no conclusive evidence of causal relationships between emotional factors and such complications. The most consistent findings wer...