The racial disparity associated with preterm birth is a public health concern in the United States. placenta principal metabolic, respiratory, and endocrine organ of fetus key route by which environmental exposures are transmitted from mother to offspring. Available at every delivery, it may serve as marker differences prenatal that manifest differently race. Recently, we described placental pa...

with the exception that cases have been excluded in which, in addition to abnormal position, labour was complicated by contracted pelvis, placenta previa, or other major abnormalities. The further reservation should be made that the review comprises only those cases in which diagnosis of posterior position was made or confirmed by vaginal examination during labour. In regard to the frequency of...

An increasing number of women of reproductive age are obese which affects the continuum of pregnancy and is associated with an increased incidence of adverse maternal and fetal outcomes, including preeclampsia, preterm birth, stillbirth, congenital anomalies, and macrosomia. Maternal obesity is associated with an increased incidence of metabolic and cardiovascular disease later in life in the m...

BACKGROUND Singletons born after IVF have an adverse perinatal outcome when compared with singletons in the general population. This study investigates maternal characteristics and IVF- treatment-related variables, for a possible influence on obstetric outcomes. METHODS Data from all IVF clinics in Sweden, including all IVF singletons born after fresh treatment cycles and own oocytes during 2...

background: measuring of maternal serum pregnancy-associated plasma protein-a (papp-a) in first trimester can be a way for early detection of adverse prenatal outcome due to faulty placenta.objective: the aim was to determination of association between placental thickness in second trimester with low level of papp-a in first trimester.materials and methods: in this cohort study, serum papp-a of...

BACKGROUND There are 3.2 million annual stillbirths, at least 98% occur in low-/middle income countries, and on average, as many as two-thirds of these stillbirths are thought to occur antenatally, prior to labour. The most useful test towards a diagnosis after stillbirth is pathological examination of the placenta and the foetus. However, this pathological examination is done in less than half...

BACKGROUND Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is one of the leading causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. Its causes & risk factors are important for its prevention and management. Poor, unhealthy, high parity women delivering away from health facility are usual victims. The purpose of this study is to determine causes of PPH, risk factors, preventable factors and to assess treatment measures a...

Twenty-two placentas were investigated for the presence and patterns of inflammation by extensive examination, and divided into four groups: 1) term vaginal delivery [group I; n=6]; 2) term cesarean section delivery [group II; n=5]; 3) preterm vaginal delivery [group III; n=4], and 4) preterm cesarean section delivery [group IV; n=7]. In group I, all had deciduitis, and choriodeciduitis/ chorio...

Considerable evidence exists for marked beneficial effects of omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA) during pregnancy. The omega-3 LC-PUFA docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is incorporated in large amounts in fetal brain and other tissues during the second half of pregnancy, and several studies have provided evidence for a link between early DHA status of the mother and visual and co...

Placental transfusion has been cornpared in premature and full-term infants. Blood volume measurements showed that the 5-minute transfusion was similar in full-term and premature infants (47% and 50% increase in blood volume from birth) . A larger proportion of the 5-minute transfusion occurred by 1 minute in full-term ( 76%) than in premature infants (56%). Placental transfusion, by increasing...