Pattern of Antenatal Care Received by Working Mothers and Their Pregnancy Outcome

The influence of antenatal care on pregnancy outcome.

Analysis of medical records at the Ahmad Bello University Teaching Hospital in Zaria compared the effects of antenatal care in booked and unbooked women. 22,774 pregnancies resulted in 22,725 deliveries. Pregnancy complications were most prevalent in unbooked patients and included anemia, pregnancy-induced hypertension, malpresentation, and malposition of the fetal head. Lower incidence of c...

The Value of Reporting Decreased or Absent Fetal Movements by Mothers in Predicting the Pregnancy Outcome

Evaluation of Outcome of Mothers with Breast Cancer during Pregnancy, Fetal and Neonatal Development

uction:Breast cancer is the most common cancer in pregnant and non-pregnant women. It also occurs in one out of 3000 to 10000 delivery. The aim of this study is the evaluation of peri-natal and maternal outcome in women with pregnancy associated breast cancer. Method:case series were reviewed retrospectively, which included 9 pregnant women diagnosed with cancer in shahid sadoughi hospital fro...

Intellectual Development in Children Whose Mothers Received Propylthiouracil During Pregnancy

Standard intelligence tests were administered to twenty-eight children who had been exposed to PTU in utero and thirty-two non-exposed siblings. There was no significant difference in results between the two groups. The present study suggests that with careful attention, pregnant women with thyrotoxicosis can be treated with propylthiouracil without interfering with subsequent intellectual deve...

Content and timing of antenatal care: predisposing, enabling and pregnancy-related determinants of antenatal care trajectories.

BACKGROUND When examining risk factors for inadequate antenatal care, the assessment of antenatal care hardly considers the content and timing of interventions during pregnancy. This study aims to provide information about the importance of predisposing, enabling and pregnancy-related determinants on the received content and timing of antenatal care. METHODS In the Brussels Metropolitan Regio...