aim &background;: muslims fast from sunrise to sunset during ramadan, the 9th lunar month. the duration of fasting varies from 13 to 18 hrs per day. fasting individuals abstain from drinking liquids and eating foods. manypregnant women and gynecologists are concerned about the possible complicationsassociated with fasting and effects on fetal health. the aim of this study was to determine the e...

OBJECTIVES We aimed to determine the accuracy of sonographic formulas for estimating birth weight in twin pregnancies. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study of consecutive twin pregnancies undergoing sonography at within 1 week of delivery. Pregnancies were included if biometric measurements and birth weight were available and excluded if anomalies were present. Estimated fetal we...

background and aims:the most common reason in neonatal mortality rate in the world is low birth weight (lbw). the objective of our study was to determine the prevalence and related factors associated in birth weight in garmsar, iran in 2013. methods: this cross sectional study was carried out on 683 live births which delivered in garmsar in 2013. the required information was collected by examin...

abstract  background: low birth weight neonates are confronted with some problems after  birth, they should be followed up and evaluated at different ages of life.the aim of this study was to determine the impact of birth weight on the risk of sensorineural hearing impairment on children.  method: this cross sectional and retrospective study determined the prevalence  of hearing problems in low...

Introduction: Assessment of fetal weight is a vital factor in antenatal care, not only in the management of labor and delivery but also in identifying fetal weight disorders. Objective: This study compares the accuracy of clinical methods and ultrasonography in Estimating Fetal Weight (EFW) with Actual Birth Weight (ABW) in term pregnant women. Materials and Methods: This diagnostic test eval...

BACKGROUND Estimation of fetal weight is important for antenatal and intrapartum management of pregnant women. Sonographic methods are not readily accessible in under-resourced settings, it is therefore necessary to study the accuracy of a clinical method of estimating fetal weight where this limitation (unavailability of ultrasound) exists. OBJECTIVE To compare the accuracy of clinical and u...

For estimating genetic parameters for body weight traits in Kourdi sheep data were collected from 1996 to 2013 in Kourdi Breeding Station in Northern Khorasan province of Iran. Studied traits were birth weight (BW), weaning weight (WW), six-month weight (6MW), nine-month weight (9MW) and yearling weight (YW). The fixed effects in the model were lambing year, sex, type of birth and age of dam. (...

background: given the importance of birth weight and the effects of anthropometric indices and socioeconomic status on it, this study was conducted to assess birth weight and its related factors among infants born in the hospitals of ahwaz jondishapour university. methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out on 269 newly born babies and their mothers in hospitals of ahwaz jondishapour un...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the accuracy of gestation-adjusted birth-weight estimation using a three-dimensional (3D) fractional thigh volume (TVol) method in pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and to compare it with the conventional two-dimensional method of Hadlock et al. METHODS Pregnant women with GDM were referred at 34 to 36 + 6 weeks' gestation for ultrasound examinati...