background: monozygotic monochorionic triplet pregnancy with conjoined twins is a very rare condition and is associated with many complications. case: in this study, we describe a monochorionic–diamniotic triplet pregnancy after in vitro fertilization with an intracytoplasmic sperm injection. at a gestational age of 6 weeks and 4 days of pregnancy one gestational sac was observed, and at a gest...

  Introduction :Jaundice is the most common cause of hospitalization of infants in the first month of life. Delivery and maternal and neonatal risk factors may affect the progression of complications of jaundice. This study aimed to investigate the problems of pregnancy and delivery in neonates with jaundice. Methods: This descriptive study was performed on 2796 full term 3 to 29 day infants w...

background: recto-vaginal colonization of group b streptococcus (gbs) has been known as an important issue in mother and newborn’s health, which is getting frequent in developing countries. screening test have been introduced and utilized in many countries and is recommended by many researchers. however, due to lack of information in prevalence of gbs, especially in iran, there are doubts and c...

gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) is one of the important problems in pregnant women. this study conducted to determine association the level of serum glucose with fetal-maternal complications of gestational diabetes with insulin therapy. this study has been conducted as an existing data study, so medical records of all pregnant women with gdm that have been treated with insulin during 2 year...

Acute complications of pregnancy can appear in all trimesters and pose challenges in diagnosis and management for the emergency physician. Life-threatening disorders, such as ectopic pregnancy in early pregnancy, pregnancy-induced hypertension in mid to late pregnancy, and abruptio placentae in late pregnancy, are relatively common. Clinicians must consider the signs and symptoms, stage of preg...

OBJECTIVES To provide an up-to-date review of the literature on the assessment and management of pulmonary and cardiac conditions that may affect women during pregnancy and the postpartum period. DESIGN A review of the current literature was performed. RESULTS Pregnancy may be complicated by a variety of pregnancy-specific and other cardiopulmonary complications. Management requires knowled...

Pregnancy induces significant physiologic stresses on the pulmonary and cardiovascular systems that may precipitate respiratory compromise. In addition, certain disease states that are unique to the pregnant woman, such as amniotic fluid emboli syndrome, may be associated with respiratory failure. The physiologic changes that affect the pregnant woman are reviewed. Pregnancy-related conditions ...

Pregnancy causes significant metabolic and hemodynamic changes in a woman's physiology to allow for fetal growth. The inability to adapt to these changes might result in the development of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (hypertension, preeclampsia or eclampsia), gestational diabetes and preterm birth. Contrary to previous beliefs these complications are not limited to the pregnancy period ...