background: preterm labor (ptl) is one of the most important causes in neonatal mortality and morbidity. late preterm labor (34-36w) includes 75% of such birth. assisted reproductive technology (art) pregnant women are at increased risk of ptl. objective: the study has been undertaken to determine whether beginning and continuing 17-α hydroxy progesterone caproate can reduce risk of ptl or chan...

background: preterm labor is at risk for respiratory distress syndrome (rds) and sometimes requires to mechanical ventilation (mv) and surfactant therapy. continuous positive airway pressure (cpap) and nasal continuous positive airway pressure (ncpap) are the methods of respiratory support especially for using in rds of neonates. in other method surfactant is administered to babies via tracheal...

introduction: considering the high incidence of preterm labor and its known complications, and that human myometrium contains receptors for human chronic gonadotropin (hcg) and that hcg can inhibit myometrial contractions on vitro, made me study treating effects of hcg on preterm labor. this clinical trial study was carried out to compare the effect of hcg, and magnesium sulfate (mgso4) on prev...

Aim Prematurity has been shown to affect social competence in children and adults. Our aim was evaluate profiles of self-reported behaviours loneliness preterm- term-born adolescents. Methods Preterm (≤1500 g and, or, <32 gestational weeks)- infants were recruited Turku University Hospital from 2001 2006. The Multisource Assessment Children's Social Competence Scale the Peer Network Dyadic Lone...

objective : the study evaluated the efficacy and safety of vaginal rogesterone on prevention of recurrent preterm labor. materials and methods: total number of 70 patients with preterm labor treated with intravenous magnesium sulfate in perinatology department of valiasr hospital entered to a randomized clinical trial. treatment group after inhibition of preterm labor with magnesium sulfate rec...

background: morbidity and mortality of preterm babies are important issues in perinatal medicine. in developed countries, preterm delivery is the cause of about 70% of mortality and 75% of morbidity in the neonatal period, respectively. objective: the aim of this study was to determine the risk factors for preterm labor and the outcomes, in terms of perinatal mortality and morbidity at the time...

background: the incomplete maturation of brain in preterm children results in long-term neurodevelopmental impairment. this study aimed to investigate the static balance function in children with a history of preterm birth. methods: participants were 31 preterm children including 21 moderately preterm (mpt), 10 very preterm (vpt), and 20 term children aged 5.5 and 6.5 years. the cervical vestib...

background: recent studies have demonstrated the high prevalence of vitamin d deficiency in the general population. pregnancy and preterm delivery are known as risk factors for vitamin d deficiency. consequently, vitamin d level in women with preterm deliveries might vary from those with term pregnancies. in this study, we aimed to compare vitamin d level in term and preterm infant–mother pairs...

Introduction Preterm birth is still a major health problem throughout the world. Preterm birth results in 75% of neonatal mortality. We sought to identify risk factors which cause preterm birth. Materials and Methods This cross-sectional study assessed all preterm neonates born in Asali Hospital in Khorram Abad (either by NVD or C/S) during the first 6 months of 2007. Sampling method was censu...

background: hyperbilirubinemia is a common physiological problem in approximately 80% of preterm infants during the first week after birth. increase in bowel movements reduces enterohepatic circulation and increases bilirubin excretion. aim: this study aimed to evaluate the effects of field massage technique on bilirubin level and the number of defecations in preterm infants method: this clinic...