PURPOSE To evaluate the maternal risk factors that require newborn assistance in neonatal Intensive Care Units (ICU). METHODS A prospective observational case-control study was conducted on 222 pregnant women (1:1 case-control ratio) attended at a public maternity. The following variables were analyzed in the puerperae: age at menarche, age at first sexual intercourse, history of chronic dise...

BACKGROUND/AIM Pregestational diabetes mellitus (PGDM) represents glucose intolerance that begins before pregnancy and is followed by the increased risk of neonatal and maternal complications. The aim of this study was to establish neonatal outcome in pregnancies with pregestational diabetes mellitus and the factors that had influence on it. METHODS This study included 27 pregnant women with ...

conclusion we suggest the standard cefazolin prophylaxis (after cord clamping) for elective cesarean section and cefazolin before incision for non elective cesarean section. therefore, administration of prophylactic cefazolin prior to incision will not increase the rate of neonatal sepsis. compared between these groups. results two groups were demographically identical. rate of iv line need (rr...

background: chronic graft versus host disease (cgvhd) is one of the most serious potential complications of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. study design and method: we analyzed the incidence of cgvhd and its associated risk factors in a group of 161 iranian recipients of hla-identical sibling transplants, with at least 90 days post-transplantation survival. in the majority of cases (n=7...

because of an unknown factor, the frequency of complicated pregnancy with placenta previa has been raised during past decade. this study was designed to deepen our understanding of risk factors and outcomes of placenta previa in our country. this study investigated 694 cases of placenta previa comparing with 600 healthy pregnant women with not overlie placenta in two referral and tertiary obste...

OBJECTIVE To determine the obstetric and perinatal outcome in multiple pregnancies at a teaching hospital. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Unit-A of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, PGMI, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, from January to December 2009. METHODOLOGY The analysis included data on all women between 20 and 35 years of a...

OBJECTIVE To identify characteristics associated with complications during pregnancy and puerperium in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis. METHODS Forty-one pregnant women (forty-five pregnancies) with mitral stenosis, followed-up from 1991 to 1999 were retrospectively evaluated. PREDICTOR VARIABLES the mitral valve area (MVA), measured by echocardiogram, and functional class (FC) befo...

AIM To study management and maternal and fetal outcome in single fetal death in twin pregnancies. MATERIALS AND METHODS We studied 64 (1.37 %) twin deliveries out of a total of 4,655 deliveries in GMC, Haldwani (Uttrakhand). Out of them, 5 (7.81 %) were complicated with single fetal death in the second or third trimester. These cases were managed conservatively with regular monitoring of mate...