BACKGROUND Perinatal characteristics may identify subgroups of term-born children at risk for academic and behavioural difficulties. Using follow-up data from the Pregnancy Outcomes and Community Health Study, we subdivided term births according to two potential markers of perinatal risk (gestational age, delivery circumstance) and evaluated their association with attention deficit hyperactivit...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether twins born second are at increased risk of perinatal death because of complications during labour and delivery. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Scotland, 1992 and 1997. PARTICIPANTS All twin births at or after 24 weeks' gestation, excluding twin pairs in which either twin died before labour or delivery or died during or after labour and delivery b...

Background: Painless delivery using IV sedation is a method in which the pain and anxiety delivery process will be reduced by IV injection of analgesic and sedative drugs to the mother. In this method the health of neonate is taken into account. Neonate’s health can be measured by Apgar score system. This research was carried out to study Apgar score of the minutes 5 and 10 in neonates born...

background: women's dissatisfaction with childbirth experience may have immediate and long-term effects on their health and relationship with infant. there is not enough documented researchs in this area. the aim of this study was to evaluate effects of li4 acupressure on delivery satisfaction in women referring to fatemieh hospital in shahroud.  methods: in this experimental study 100 women in...

The neonatal risks of late preterm (34 0/7-36 6/7 weeks of gestation) and early-term (37 0/7-38 6/7 weeks of gestation) births are well established. However, there are a number of maternal, fetal, and placental complications in which either a late-preterm or early-term delivery is warranted. The timing of delivery in such cases must balance the maternal and newborn risks of late-preterm and ear...