introduction: early differentiation of biliary atresia from neonatal hepatitis is of utmost importance, since on time surgery of biliary atresia significantly improves the outcome. hepatobiliary scintigraphy is an integral part of diagnosis work-up of these patients; however its specificity for diagnosis of biliary atresia is suboptimal. in this study we evaluated the value of ursodeoxycholic a...

background: preterm birth is the major cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity. objective: the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of prophylactic vaginal progesterone on decreasing preterm birth rate and neonatal complications in a high-risk population. materials and methods: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was performed on 100 high-risk singleton pregnancies. v...

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 Preeclampsia may cause both maternal and neonatal complications. Uteroplacental dysfunction is one of the reasons fetal complications in preeclampsia. Recent findings about etiology pathogenesis disease shows that inflammation factors responsible for complications, thus should be associated with same inflammatory process. We considered evaluating mean platelet volume (MPV) infants bor...

Introduction: To compare the incidence of fetal, maternal and neonatal complications amongst women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and pregnant women with normal glucose tolerance in Shahrood. Materials and Methods: In order to compare fetal and maternal complications, for all pregnant women who were referred from private clinics and health care settings to Fatemiyeh Hospital for scree...

The debate about whether to circumcise infants in the neonatal period likely will continue. As the medical and ethical issues are discussed and studied, however, economic factors are beginning to limit the practice in the United States. As the shift in reimbursement occurs, parents who believe that circumcision is a medically necessary practice will need to be reassured that their child may lea...

The incidence of certain neonatal complications associated with the use of Kielland's forceps was analyzed retrospectively in liveborn singleton babies delivered at this hospital between January and December 1976. The neonatal mortality rate attributable to use of the forceps was 34.9 per 1000. The incidences of delayed onset of respiration (17.4%), birth trauma (15.1%), and abnormal neurologic...

Background: Pregnancy in opioid-dependent women is a major public health issue. According to a national household survey in 2001, 3.7% of pregnant women in the United States used illicit drugs. In 2009 this number increased to 4.5% . Women who are afflicted by opioid addiction form a highly vulnerable group of patients frequently facing unplanned pregnancy with adverse outcomes including perina...

OBJECTIVES To determine the incidence of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality in women with history of at least one previous cesarean section and to compare the pregnancy outcome of the women with the history of one previous cesarean section to the women with the history of two or more previous cesarean section. MATERIAL AND METHOD We performed a retrospective study of 458 patients u...

Impact of gestational diabetes mellitus(GDM) on maternal and fetal health is a major concern since prevalence of GDM is increasing worldwide. Present study aims at identifying the magnitude of increased perinatal risks due to GDM. Nine hundred antenatal women of gestational age 24 weeks and above were screened for GDM using 50g glucose challenge test followed by oral glucose tolerance test(OGTT...

Most newborns with complications are identified and cared for in community hospitals or level II perinatal centers (American Academy of Pediatrics [AAP], 2012). Perinatal nurses must have a thorough understanding of pathophysiologic and clinical signs of illness during the immediate newborn period. The length of stay limits the time to identify behavioral cues or subtle changes that could poten...