a comparative study of pregnancy results in adolescents and young mothers referred to the motazedi hospital in kermanshah n rezavand , md m zangane , md sh malek khosravi , md m rezaee , phd received: 25 april, 2009 accepted: 27 july, 2009 abstract: background & aims: pregnancy in early years of reproductive period has been considered as high-risk pregnancy. considering high prevalence of such ...

introduction: regarding to the recent advances in assisted reproductive techniques (art), twin and multiple pregnancies have increased during past years. objective: this study was performed to compare obstetrics and perinatal outcomes of dichorionic twin pregnancy following art with spontaneous pregnancy. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study which was performed in ghaem hospital...

Obstetric anesthesia-related complications occur as a result of labor epidural or spinal placement. The purpose of this continuous quality-improvement audit was to review the occurrence of accidental dural punctures (ADPs), postdural puncture headaches (PDPHs), and failed regional anesthetics at an academic tertiary-care medical center over a 5-year period. Obstetric anesthesia complications co...

BACKGROUND In communities with low rates of institutional delivery, little data exist on care-seeking behavior for potentially life-threatening obstetric complications. In this analysis, we sought to describe care-seeking patterns for self-reported complications and near misses in rural Bangladesh and to identify factors associated with care seeking for these conditions. METHODS Utilizing dat...

PURPOSE In modern days, grand multiparity is confined to communities where contraception is not practiced because of social and religious beliefs. For this reason, it is quite prevalent in all GCC countries. Few studies have compared the outcomes between the three groups: low parity (2-4), grand multiparity (5-9), and great grand multiparity (10 and more) . This study intended to analyze the tr...

Complications arising in the third trimester often challenge the clinician to balance the concern for maternal well-being with the consequences of infant prematurity. The most serious and challenging antepartum issues relate to preterm labor and birth, hypertensive disorders, and bleeding events. This article guides the practitioner through decision-making and management of these problems.

Sophisticated modern methods of fetal monitoring during labor have improved the prognosis for high-risk infants, but the possible adverse side effects have not yet been fully documented. One infant with osteomyelitis and one with streptococcal sepsis are reported. In the future, greater attention should be paid to such potential complications and new noninvasive techniques of fetal monitoring s...