INTRODUCTION Maternal body mass index has an impact on maternal and fetal pregnancy outcome. An increased maternal BMI is known to be associated with admission of the newborn to a neonatal care unit. The reasons and impact of this admission on fetal outcome, however, are unknown so far. OBJECTIVE The aim of our study was to investigate the impact of maternal BMI on maternal and fetal pregnanc...

Sexual activity during adolescence can lead to unwanted pregnancy, which in turn can result in serious maternal and fetal complications. The present study aimed to evaluate the complications related to adolescent pregnancy, through a systematic review using the Medical Subject Headings: "pregnancy complication" AND "adolescent" OR "pregnancy in adolescence". Only full original articles in Engli...

Erysipelas is an acute non-necrotizing bacterial dermohypodermatitis (DHD), most often (85%) affecting the lower limbs. The occurrence of during pregnancy may jeopardize maternal–fetal prognosis because its severity and obstetric complications. Early management multidisciplinary follow-up reduce complications these infections pregnancy. Several risk factors are implicated in DHB. They encounter...

background: there are many parameters that modulate the severity of sickle cell anemia. fetal hemoglobin (hb f) is one of these major variables. however, its effect is clinically inconsistent. we conducted a descriptive study to assess the influence of hb f on clinical events and hematological variables in patients with sickle cell anemia. methods: 151 patients with sickle cell anemia with a st...

Bi-directional transplacental trafficking occurs routinely during the course of normal pregnancy, from fetus to mother and from mother to fetus. In addition to a variety of cell-free substances, it is now well recognized that some cells are also exchanged. Microchimerism refers to a small number of cells (or DNA) harbored by one individual that originated in a genetically different individual. ...

BackgroundThe Fetal Medicine Foundation proposed a competing risks model for early identification of women at high risk preterm preeclampsia, typically associated with deep placentation disorders. The Great Obstetrical Syndromes include spectrum pregnancy complications (preeclampsia, intrauterine growth restriction, birth, late spontaneous abortion, and abruptio placentae) that are also disorde...

BACKGROUND The management of women with prosthetic heart valves during pregnancy poses a particular challenge as there are no available controlled clinical trials to provide guidelines for effective antithrombotic therapy. Oral anticoagulants such as warfarin sodium cause fetal embryopathy; subcutaneous administration of heparin sodium has been reported to be ineffective in preventing thromboem...

Introduction and Objectives: Nulliparous women with unplanned pregnancy experience high levels of anxiety, which may adversely affect maternal-fetal attachment. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to determine the effect of guided imagery on maternal-fetal attachment in nulliparous women with unplanned pregnancy. Materials and Methods: In this clinical trial, 67 nulliparous women with unplanned ...