BACKGROUND The relation between grand multiparity (GMP) and the possible adverse pregnancy outcomes is not well identified. GMP (parity ≥5 births) frequently occurs in the Arab nations; therefore, this study aimed to identify the correlation between GMP and the different adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes in the Saudi population. METHOD This cohort study was conducted on a total of 3327 w...

Background: Ventral hernias are a common problem confronting surgeons. Data about standards of their surgical management have failed to keep pace with rapid advances in techniques, and materials. Older techniques often been discarded simply because availability newer ones without due consideration availability, feasibility, training, local conditions constraints. Therefore, balanced, practical ...

Abstract Background Self-harm in pregnancy or the year after birth (‘perinatal self-harm’) is clinically important, yet prevalence rates, temporal trends and risk factors are unclear. Methods A cohort study of 679 881 mothers (1 172 191 pregnancies) was conducted using Danish population register data-linkage. Hospital treatment for self-harm during postnatal period (12 months live delivery) wer...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is highly endemic in many Asian countries. OBJECTIVES We examined whether prior contraceptive methods and sexual behavioral factors impact maternal HBV carriage in an obstetric population. PATIENTS AND METHODS For this study, pregnant women were considered to be representative of the sexually active and fertile female population. Contraceptive me...

OBJECTIVE To determine frequency, obstetrical risk factors and the subsequent feto-maternal outcome in women suffering from placental abruption. METHODS A retrospective case series study was carried out in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit One, Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad, Pakistan from 1st January 2006 to 31st December 2006. All women with the diagnosis of placental...

Several clinical observations suggest that pregnancy alters reticuloendothelial (RES) function. Pregnant women are more susceptible to paralytic poliomyelitis'," and influenza,' and there is a direct relationship of multiparity to bacteruria.' Pregnancy also appears to be the state most likely to prepare a human being for a generalized Shwartzman reaction. Measurements of RES function in pregna...

For determination of the incidence of renal events in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) all patients who had ADPKD and attended nephrology/urology clinics in Newfoundland in 1981 were identified, and members of 18 families who were at 50% risk for inheriting ADPKD were followed prospectively for 22 yr, including research clinics at 6-yr intervals. Time to hypertension treatme...

OBJECTIVE To assess the quality of prenatal care in mothers with premature and term births and identify maternal and gestational factors associated with inadequate prenatal care. METHOD Cross-sectional study collecting data with the pregnant card, hospital records and interviews with mothers living in Maringa-PR. Data were collected from 576 mothers and their born alive infants who were atten...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim was to investigate the association between reproductive, contraceptive, and menstrual factors and risk of benign ovarian tumours. DESIGN AND SETTING This was a case-control study carried out in six London Hospitals. An interviewer administered questionnaire was used. SUBJECTS 62 women with a benign epithelial ovarian neoplasm, 37 women with a functional ovarian cyst,...