Many problems relating to the premature baby have received intensive study during the past few decades. This has resulted in more efficient care of the premature with a subsequent decrease in the mortality rate. It is surprising, however, that there is still so much difference of opinion regarding the feeding of premature babies, not only with respect to the type of food but also to the timing ...

background & aim: one of the factors of affecting maternal anxiety is a history of fetal death or neonatal death. this anxiety affects fetal and maternal health. by consideration the impact of anxiety on fetal and maternal health and the lack of protective activities in this field, this study was done to determine the impact of adaptation with pregnancy educational package on anxiety and matern...

OBJECTIVES Premature rupture of the membranes (PROM) in pregnancy refers to rupture of membranes of the amniotic sac and chorion. The aim of the study was to review the literature and analyze the course of pregnancy (primipara) complicated by the premature rupture of the membranes, and consequent loss of amniotic fluid after 19 weeks of gestation. STUDY DESIGN A 27-year old primiparous patien...

AIM Maternal periodontal infection has been recognized as a risk factor for premature and low birthweight infants. It is suspected that pathogens causing periodontal disease may translocate to the amniotic cavity and so contribute to triggering an adverse pregnancy outcome. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the presence of specific periodontal pathogens may influence the incidence o...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to evaluate the radiation dose received by premature neonates using diagnostic radiographies. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on 116 premature neonates with gestational age from 25 to 37 weeks; with the diagnosis of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS) and tachypnea, they were admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Ahvaz Imam...

background the changes in the active phase length may lead to dangerous consequences for the mother as well as the baby. the primary aim of this study was to evaluate the effective factors related to the length of active phase in women who admitted in 22 bahman hospital in masjid solayman, iran. material and methods a crosssectional study was carried out on 390 women in the reproductive age who...

INTRODUCTION Until now, studies on paracetamol given intravenously have mainly been performed with the pro-drug propacetamol or with paracetamol in preterm babies above 32 weeks of gestation. Studies in these babies indicate that intravenous paracetamol is tolerated well, however studies on the efficacy of intravenous paracetamol are lacking. There are no pharmacokinetic data on the administrat...

Since women do not begin to secrete milk freely till the third day after delivery, and no other food is available in nature for the baby, its life is maintained during the first two days after birth largely at the expense of its own tissues, and some destruction of body protein and fat is inevitable. The extent of this protein breakdown was measured by McCance and Strangeways (1954) in six norm...

RATIONALE Hysterosalpingography is still the main method to begin with when studying the causes of female impossibility to conceive a baby. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to correlate and evaluate the wide range of tubal pathology discovered by routine hysterosalpingography in a university hospital in Romania with the successful pregnancy rate. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 95 consecut...