BACKGROUND Pregnancy induces dramatic cardiovascular changes in order to meet the increasing metabolic needs. Adaptive change of left ventricle (LV) might be modified in pregnancy complicated by hypertension. METHODS Data from 193 consecutive pregnant women were analyzed. Clinical and echocardiographic data were compared in normotensive and hypertensive women. RESULTS Significantly higher L...

The successful outcome of pregnancy in a 25year-old woman with congenital afibrinogenaemia is discussed. She had been found to have afibrinogenaemia soon after birth, following investigation for severe bleeding from her cord stump. She frequently suffered with severe bruising, heavy menstruation and excessive blceding after dental treatment. She had had an avcrage of two to three fibrinogen tra...

To investigate the association between dose and frequency of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) sleep problems in children, after controlling for established risk factors problems. Data from birth cohort Longitudinal Study Australian Children (LSAC) was used. Mothers 3447 children provided information on consumption during pregnancy, children’s 2- to 9-years, potential confounders associated with ...

Epidemiology In the developed world, 2-5% of adult men and postmenopausal women have IDA. [4] Iron deficiency and IDA are common in young children. [5] Iron deficiency is the most common cause of anaemia in pregnancy worldwide; severe anaemia can have very serious consequences for mothers and babies. [6] Premenopausal women have a higher incidence of IDA because of heavy menstrual blood losses ...

Maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with greater rates of premature deliveries, low birth weight, perinatal morbidity and mortality, and impaired intellectual development. It also causes a three-fold greater risk for intracranial hemorrhage in neonates. To our knowledge no neonatal case with intracranial hemorrhage and hematuria related to heavy maternal smoking has been published t...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the influence of prospectively measured smoking during pregnancy on aspects of neonatal behavior in a large community sample. METHODS Participants were mothers and infants from the Providence, Rhode Island, cohort of the National Collaborative Perinatal Project enrolled between 1960 and 1966. Mothers with pregnancy/medical complications and infants with medical compli...

Objective—To assess whether alcohol and caVeine are independent risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Materials and methods—Analyses based on data from the Nordic epidemiological SIDS study, a case control study in which all parents of SIDS victims in the Nordic countries from 1 September 1992 to 31 August 1995 were invited to participate with parents of four controls, matched f...

BACKGROUND Women in developing countries often continue their agricultural work during late pregnancy. Whether this adversely affects birthweight is not clear from previous studies as few controlled for confounding factors. This study seeks to clarify this issue. METHODS This retrospective cohort study investigated 958 low-income women and their singleton newborn babies residing in a region o...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Women comprise a large percentage of the workforce in industrial countries. In Europe and many other places in the world, women of reproductive age comprise a significant proportion of the workforce at the workplaces, and the rules and regulations require employers to evaluate and minimize health risks to pregnant women. In U.K, 70%, and in the United States 59% of women...