background probiotics are thought to interfere with the mechanisms involving in the pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis in neonates. objectives this study was planned to assess the effect of prophylactic probiotics for the prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis in low birth weight neonates. patients and methods this prospective triple-blinded, interventional, randomized clinical trial en...

background: birth weight and gestational age are two important variables in obstetric research. the primary measure of gestational age is based on a mother's recall of her last menstrual period. this recall may cause random or systematic errors. therefore, the objective of this study is to utilize bayesian mixture model in order to identify implausible gestational age.   methods: in this cross-...

background: prematurity is the most common cause of death and disability and preterm infants, are prone to developmental complications. for this reason this study was designed for follow up of these babies until 2 years by modified ddst-2. methods: this study was a prospective longitudinal descriptive study from march 2009 to march 2011 in clinic of sheikh and imam reza hospitals, mashhad, iran...

background: metabolic bone diseases (mbd), including rickets and osteopenia, are important neonatal complications among preterm infants. this study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of mbd in neonates with very low birth weight (vlbw). methods: this prospective study was conducted on vlbw infants from january 2012 to july 2013. inclusion criteria were birth weight of ≤1500 g an...

background : twin pregnancies are commonly associated with low birth weight (lbw) infants. most studies focus on growth of lbw compared with normal infants in singleton. however, there has not been any study on twins to com-pare lbw with normal birth weight (nbw) infants as a match control of the same twin. methods : this cohort study was conducted at healthcare centers of kashan, in 2013. twin...

objective: maternal hypovitaminosis d may impair fetal growth and cause adverse pregnancy outcomes including intrauterine growth restriction and neonatal low birth weight. the aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between maternal vitamin d status and neonate’s birth weight. materials and methods: a cross-sectional, descriptive analytical study was carried out in the nursery ward of...

Anthropometric parameters are an important indicator of health and nutritional status comprising the whole span of mans life. However, they are not of the same degree of simplicity and sensitivity in assessing the public health status. During recent decades many studies have attempted to examine the relationships of these measurements in order to present simple alternatives for similar purposes...

introduction: the aim of this study was to investigate weight gain during pregnancy and birth weight in rural regions of tabriz, a province in the northwest of iran. materials & methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted using routinely collected data of pregnant mothers from rural health centers. eight health centers were randomly selected in rural areas of tabriz. totally, 874 women aged ...

introduction: there is a great deal of controversy regarding the effect of gestational magnesium (mg) deficiency on fetal growth and the incidence of low birth weight (lbw) in infants. therefore, this study aimed to delineate the possible relationship between maternal mg level and infant lbw. methods: this case-control study was conducted on 180 mothers in shiraz, iran. fasting blood samples we...

introduction minerals and trace elements such as zinc and copper have significant influence on development and growth of the fetus and newborn. the purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between low birth weight and maternal and neonatal zinc, copper levels. materials and methods this case – control study   was done from september 2006 to sep 2007 consisted of 65 infants with b...