Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common infection during pregnancy and different age groups of children, including the neonatal period. It comprises 1/3 of bacterial infections in newborn infants, with a prevalence of 0.1-1% in term and 4-25% in preterm neonates. UTI occurs more commonly in male neonates (M/F: 2-6/1) for the higher incidence of structural abnormalities (1,2). Urin...

intervention in early childhood development as one of the social determinants of health, is important for reducing social gap and inequity. in spite of increasingly developing intensive neonatal care wards and decreasing neonatal mortality rate, there is no follow up program in iran. this study was carreid out to design high risk infants follow up care program with the practical aim of creating...

AIM The objective of the present study was to determine whether or not maternal metabolic syndrome in early pregnancy in women without previous diabetes is associated with the development of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). METHODS A total of 508 women from the Rhea study-involving a pregnant cohort in Crete, Greece (2007-2009)-with singleton pregnancies were included in the present analy...

conclusions: normothermia and hemodynamic stability are the most important factors which help to reduce fetal loss during open heart surgery in pregnancy. the fetus has an auto-regulation which comes into play when the mother is experiencing shock. objectives: the aim of this study was to report our experience with urgent cardiopulmonary bypass carried out in early pregnancy and to analyze fact...

In previous centuries adolescent pregnancy was normal but in developed countries in 20th century teenage mothers are common [1]. According to the definition of WHO Adolescent pregnancy can be defined as pregnancy in between the age of 15 to 19 years of age [2]. Early marriage, lack of knowledge of contraceptive methods , drug abuse, adverse childhood environment are the leading causes of early ...

BACKGROUND The aim was to evaluate the impact of early pregnancy events and complications as predictors of adverse obstetric outcome. METHODS We conducted a literature review on the impact of first trimester complications in previous and index pregnancies using Medline and Cochrane databases covering the period 1980-2008. RESULTS Clinically relevant associations of adverse outcome in the subseq...

It has been assumed that sexual activity during pregnancy would lead to an increased risk for miscarriage and other complications of pregnancy. Various studies showed no association of sexual behavior and pregnancy complications in single pregnancies. The aim of our study was to evaluate changes in sexual activity in women with twin pregnancies and whether a higher frequency of sexual intercour...

Adequate maternal iodine intake is essential during pregnancy for the development of the foetus. To assess the extent of iodine insufficiency and its association with household iodized salt in rural Bangladesh, we measured urinary iodine and household salt iodine content among pregnant women in early (≤16 weeks, n = 1376) and late (≥32 weeks, n = 1114) pregnancy. Salt (∼20 g) and a spot urine s...

Background: Spontaneous abortion (SAb) is the most common complication of early pregnancy. Numerous risk factors are associated with an increased risk of pregnancy loss such as: Maternally age, previous spontaneous abortion, prolonged ovulation to implantation, Gravidity, Interval Prolonged time to pregnancy, Balanced chromosomal translocations and Genetic disorders. The aim of this study was t...