how to cite this article: abdi m, khatami sh, hakhamaneshi ms, alaei mr, azadi na, zamanfar d, taghikhani m.validation of urinary glycosaminiglycans in iranian patients with mucopolysaccharidose type i: the effect of urine sedimentation characteristics. iran j child neurol. 2014; 8(4):39-45.   abstract objective the first line-screening test for mucopolysaccharidosis is based on measurement of ...

background: the admission test (at) has been carried out for many years, but there are still debates about the prognostic value of the test. therefore, we aimed to examine the value of the at in predicting the adverse outcome in neonates. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 425 pregnant women with normal vaginal delivery were studied between2009 and 2014at vali-e-asr hospital. based on the ...

A 34-year-old Caucasian female presented during the third trimester of her pregnancy with bilateral hip pain that became progressively severe. Imaging of her pelvis and bilateral hips with MRI obtained during her third trimester of pregnancy demonstrated bilateral bone-marrow edema of the femoral heads and the sacrum at S1. Repeat MRI performed at 6 months postpartum revealed resolution of edem...

The accuracy of OptiMAL((R)) dipsticks was compared with that of microscopy in the diagnosis of malaria infection in pregnancy. During the course of a clinical trial of antimalarial drugs in pregnancy, we screened 4500 pregnant women of all parities who accessed antenatal clinic services at St. Theresa's Hospital's in Nkoranza, Ghana, between March 2003 and December 2004 with OptiMAL((R)) dipst...

Preterm birth is one of the most important global issues. Mortality and morbidity among children under 5 years, including neonates, affected by preterm birth. A good maternal care, health workers, facilities play an role in outcome pregnancy, An early screening test for pregnancy crucial to find any abnormality thus can be predicted following treatment may applied without delay. One potential ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the highest 50-g glucose challenge test (GCT) value that indicates no further diagnostic test is needed to confirm a diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) under the criteria of National Diabetes Data Group (NDDG) or the Carpenter and Coustan (C&C) and fasting glucose thresholds from the International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Group (IADPSG). ...

there are now several tests available that can assess fetal status. a series of 164 cases of high risk pregnancies were studied in order to assess predictive value of a nonstress test. the majority (36%) of patients complained about postdate pregnancy. a nonreactive test was identified in 24 of the patients (14.6%). fetal distress, low apgar score in 1 and 10 minutes after birth and mean of apg...

OBJECTIVE Our objective was to measure the sensitivity and specificity of a six-item "pregnancy checklist" at excluding early- or luteal-phase pregnancy among women with a negative urine pregnancy test who were initiating contraception. STUDY DESIGN This was a secondary analysis of the Contraceptive CHOICE Project, a prospective cohort study of 9256 women in the St. Louis region. Women who ha...

BACKGROUND This study was conducted to assess the efficacy and acceptability of using a multi-level pregnancy test (MLPT) combined with telephone follow-up for medical abortion in Tunisia, where the majority of providers are midwives. METHODS Four hundred and four women with gestational age ≤ 70 days' LMP seeking medical abortion at six study sites were enrolled in this open-label trial. Part...

Previous studies have demonstrated the influence of changes in the age at which women give birth, and of developments in prenatal screening and diagnosis on the number of pregnancies diagnosed and terminated with chromosomal anomalies. However, we are unaware of any population studies examining pregnancy terminations after diagnosis of chromosomal anomalies that has included all aneuploidies an...