abstract background and purpose: high-risk pregnancy is referred to a situation in which mother, fetus or neonate are in higher risk of morbidity or mortality. because of adverse outcomes of high-risk pregnancies, this study aims to determine these outcomes in the north of iran. materials and methods: we recruited 803 urban and rural pregnant women in this crosssectional study via consensus met...

introduction weight in delivery is simplest and current health indication for assessment infant statues in each country.  purpose of this study is assessment correlation to unplan pregnancy and low birth weight in new infants also some key factors influencing on low birth weight. materials and methods in this study 838 pregnant mothers in two group wanted and unwanted performed. this study is d...

background systemic carnitine deficiency may present with apnea, hypotonia, and poor growth. premature infants often manifest these symptoms and are at risk of developing carnitine deficiency because of immaturity of the biosynthetic pathway, lack of sufficient predelivery transplacental transport, and lack of sufficient exogenous supplementation. objective this study was undertaken to examine ...

background: ninety-five percent of low birth weight infants are born in developing countries. this study was aimed to assess the predictors of low birth in east azerbaijan, north-west province of iran. materials and methods: the study was conducted through a hospital based case–control design involving 49 women delivering low birth weight infants and 98 delivering normal weight infants. the dat...

low birth weight ( lbw, birth weight<2500g) is a significant health problem of children. many studies have made it apparent that there is a direct relationship between low birth weight and infant motality. one of the most important measurements to prevent children morbidity is growth monitoring and the present study was set up to compare the growth indexes of 2 year old children born with low w...

background: one of the most important indicators in public health is earlier traits of new born specially birth's weight. the aim of this study was determined effects of biological and psychological traits mothers on low birth weight in isfahan province. methods: this research performed on 910 new born and delivered mothers of isfahan province in 2009. according to the percentage of population ...

Introduction Intramuscular and vaginal progesterone are recommended for prevention of preterm labor (PTL) in women with risk factors. Studies are emerging to indicate that HIV-infected women on combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) are at risk of PTL and low birth weight (LBW), and may benefit from supplemental progesterone. This study aims to determine the perceived acceptability of variou...

Background Nutritional status of women has been considered an important prognostic indicator of pregnancy outcomes. Few studies have evaluated patterns of weight gain and pre-pregnancy body mass index in developing regions where malnutrition and poor weight gain as well as maternal obesity have significant influences on the pregnancy outcome. This study aims to show effect of pregnancy body mas...

We examined the associations of mothers' perception of neighborhood quality and maternal resilience with risk of preterm birth and whether maternal resilience moderated the effect of neighborhood quality perception. We analyzed data from 10,758 women with singleton births who participated in 2010-2012 Los Angeles Mommy and Baby surveys. Multilevel logistic regression models assessed the effects...