Hole and Tressler • Management of preterm labor P birth occurs in approximately 10% of pregnancies in the United States. Therefore, it is not only one of the most common obstetric complications, but also one of the most serious. After fetal anomalies, it is the leading cause of perinatal mortality, resulting in 70% of perinatal/neonatal losses. It is also one of the leading contributors to long...

BACKGROUND Lack of data is a critical barrier to addressing the problem of stillbirth in countries with the highest stillbirth burden. Our study objective was to estimate the levels, types, and causes of stillbirth in rural Sylhet district of Bangladesh. METHODS A complete pregnancy history was taken from all women (n=39 998) who had pregnancy outcomes during 2003-2005 in the study area. Verb...

The terminology of obstetric pelvic floor disorders should be defined and reported as part a wider clinically oriented consensus. This Report combines the input members two International Organizations, Continence Society (ICS) Urogynecological Association (IUGA). process was supported by external referees. Appropriate clinical categories sub-classification were developed to give coding definiti...

background and objective: pregnancy termination and recurrent abortion are one of the common complications during pregnancy and in patients with a bad obstetric history. materials and methods: in this study, a total of 154 individuals including 75 couples four single women from different communities and with various incomes were investigated chromosomal abnormalities using blood culture and chr...

background and aim: considerable increase in the rate of cesarean section is currently a major health challenge in our country, iran. cesareans are performed mostly without having a medical indication and due to pregnant women’s negative attitude to normal vaginal delivery. this study was conducted to measure the effectiveness of group cognitive behavioral training in changing nulliparous women...

BACKGROUND Hypertensive disorders represent the major cause of maternal morbidity in middle income countries. The main objective of this study was to identify the prevalence and factors associated with severe maternal outcomes in women with severe hypertensive disorders. METHODS This was a cross-sectional, multicenter study, including 6706 women with severe hypertensive disorder from 27 mater...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether episiotomy, perineal laceration, and operative delivery are associated with pelvic floor disorders after vaginal childbirth. METHODS This is a planned analysis of data for a cohort study of pelvic floor disorders. Participants who had experienced at least one vaginal birth were recruited 5-10 years after delivery of their first child. Obstetric exposures were ...

because of an unknown factor, the frequency of complicated pregnancy with placenta previa has been raised during past decade. this study was designed to deepen our understanding of risk factors and outcomes of placenta previa in our country. this study investigated 694 cases of placenta previa comparing with 600 healthy pregnant women with not overlie placenta in two referral and tertiary obste...

Objectives: There is limited research on the potential future psychiatric effects of in utero COVID-19 infection. evidence that infection can lead to obstetric complications and adverse neonatal outcomes. Obstetric neurodevelopmental insults such as viral infections have been implicated development some mental disorders including schizophrenia (SZ). The aim was address possible mechanisms influ...

Abstract Background Pediatric physiotherapists help children to achieve their optimal physical development. The present study was aimed evaluate the out-patient pediatric conditions managed by in Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Nigeria (FMCA). Methods included all attended at Unit (outpatient) of FMCA period between beginnings May 20121 end 2022. clinic runs every Tuesdays and Thursdays. All ...