Background: To know the adverse pregnancy outcome in term low-risk pregnancy with oligohydramnios (amniotic fluid index [AFI] <5). Materials and Methods: A case-control study on pregnancy outcome in 50 women with the ultrasound diagnosis of oligohydramnios after 37 completed weeks of gestation compared with 50 controls with no oligohydramnios matched with age and parity. Results: Increased chan...

BACKGROUND Little is known about fetal outcome after Listeria monocytogenes septicemia in the first trimester of pregnancy. CASE A primigravida with L. monocytogenes septicemia at 9 weeks gestation was treated with amoxicillin. At 40 weeks gestation a healthy female infant was born. CONCLUSION This case shows that fetal outcome can be normal after appropriate treatment of maternal L. monocy...

Maternal zinc deficiency during pregnancy has been related to adverse effects on progeny, and there are data showing that mild to moderate zinc deficiency (as assessed by available indicators) is quite common in the developing world. Observational data relating zinc deficiency to adverse fetal outcome have produced conflicting results, mainly because of the lack of a valid indicator of zinc def...

INTRODUCTION Limited data exist on the outcome of Dandy-Walker malformation (DWM), Dandy-Walker variant (DWV) and mega-cisterna magna (MCM). We report the first population-based study of posterior fossa anomalies from the northern region of England. METHODS Cases were identified from the Northern Congenital Abnormality Survey (NorCAS) and regional Fetal Medicine Unit databases for the period ...

Lyme disease is an inflammatory syndrome caused by infection with Borrelia burgdorferi. Although this syndrome has important implications for human pregnancy, little is known about gestational infection with B. burgdorferi. Fetal death occurred in 33 of 280 gestational sacs (12%) in 39 C3H/HeN female mice infected by intradermal injection of B. burgdorferi 4 days after mating (acute infection),...

Aim: To determine the fetal outcome in pre-term cesarean section in patients visiting Jinnah Hospital, Lahore. Study Design: It was a descriptive case series. Duration: From 20-12-2009 to 19-06-2010. Method: A total of 175 cases between 20-40 years with pre-term deliveries booked/un-booked during 24 to 36+6 weeks(on dating scan), having Reactive CTG on 20 minute record and parity upto gravida 4...

Fetal outcome was evaluated in 157 hypertensive pregnant women whose underlying disease had been established by renal biopsy. The patients had pathologic diagnoses of preeclampsia (95), nephrosclerosis (23), nephrosclerosis with superimposed preeclampsia (13), interstitial and tubular nephropathy (seven), and normal findings (six). Pregnancy outcome in this selected group of patients was extrem...

INTRODUCTION Maternal body mass index has an impact on maternal and fetal pregnancy outcome. An increased maternal BMI is known to be associated with admission of the newborn to a neonatal care unit. The reasons and impact of this admission on fetal outcome, however, are unknown so far. OBJECTIVE The aim of our study was to investigate the impact of maternal BMI on maternal and fetal pregnanc...

Clinical decisions are often based on the results of third trimester sonograms, particularly with small or large babies and so accuracy of estimating fetal weight (EFW) is essential. There are numerous EFW formula available and yet in Australia no one formula has been recommended for use due to the lack of clinical evidence as to their accuracy. Objectives: 1 To assess inter/intra observer erro...