OBJECTIVE To examine preterm delivery risk in relation to maternal HIV infection, malaria history, and other infections among Zimbabwean women. DESIGN Hospital based, cross sectional study. SETTING Harare Maternity Hospital, Harare, Zimbabwe. SUBJECTS A convenient sample of 500 pregnant women. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Preterm delivery. THE STUDY FACTORS: Maternal socio-demographic informati...

Background and Objectives: The diagnosis of pregnancy associated adnexal masses is rising due to routine utilization of sonography in prenatal care. The purpose of this study was to describe pregnancy associated adnexal masses over a period of 10 years. Patients and Methods: A retrospective study was reviewed hospital records of all pregnant women with adnexal mass that underwent surgical rese...

SURVEY OF KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE PREGNANT WOMEN REFERRING TO THE DELIVERY WARD IMAM KHOMEINI HOSPITAL IN PIRANSHAHR REGARDING CIRCUMCISION 2020: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

abstract background: natural delivery is distressing and the mother’s severe pain and anxiety in this condition can have negative impacts on the fetus, mother, and the delivery process. yet, pain and anxiety can be reduced by supporting the mother by a doula. thus, the present study aims to compare the effects of doula supportive care and acupressure at the bl32 point on the mother’s anxiety le...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the national prevalence of cervical cancer (CCA) in women discharged from hospital after delivery, and to examine its associations with birth outcomes. METHODS We did a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of maternal hospital discharges in the United States (1998-2009). We used the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) database to identify hospital stays for women who ga...

evaluation of medical intervation in pregnant mothers in caming emergency of rajaee hospital in 2007 f minaee , md mr nikbakht , md m salimian , md f mirhosseini ,bsc t shariatzade tekie , bsc received: 15 april, 2009 accepted: 27 july, 2009 abstract background & aims: pregnancy and childbirth are a turning point in life. this study was performed to investigate the results of medical interventi...

objective: the purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence, type, location, and risk factors of accidental fetal lacerations during caesarean delivery. material and methods: total deliveries, caesarean deliveries, and neonatal records for documented accidental fetal lacerations were reviewed retrospectively in four university hospital. thegestational age, the presenting part of the f...

BackgroundSince the establishment of Hospital Readmission Reduction Program by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, reducing readmission rates has been a priority health care institutions. Many institutions have developed services to combat high rates, including bedside medication delivery programs, which demonstrated reductions in 30-day patients who used these services.ObjectiveTo eval...