Intra-uterine growth restriction (IUGR) may induce significant metabolic and inflammatory anomalies, increasing the risk of obesity and CVD later in life. Similarly, alterations in the adipose tissue may lead to metabolic changes in children with a history of extra-uterine growth restriction (EUGR). These mechanisms may induce alterations in immune response during early life. The aim of the pre...

Preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction are responsible for the majority of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality associated with complicated pregnancies. Although their etiologies are complex and multifactorial, both are associated with increased uterine artery resistance. Sildenafil citrate is able to rescue the dysfunction observed ex vivo in uterine arteries of women with preecla...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of pre-natal supplementation of antioxidant Lycopene in prevention of pre-eclampsia in the high risk pregnant women. We also assessed the effect of lycopene supplementation on intra-uterine growth restriction and the perinatal outcome in women at high risk of developing pre-eclampsia. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 54 women between 14-28 weeks of pregnancy w...

background: the incidence of ectopic pregnancy varies between 1.5-2% of all pregnancies. bilateral tubal ectopic pregnancy is rare. it may occur in 1 per 200 000 pregnancies. case: this is a case report of 25 year-old woman who underwent intra uterine insemination (iui), because of tubal factor infertility (unilateral). on the 30pthp day after the iui she complained from pelvic pain and vaginal...

BACKGROUND: Multi-vessel Doppler ultrasonography is the principal surveillance tools in pregnancies complicated by fetal growth restriction. OBJECTIVE:To determine diagnostic accuracy of umbilical artery, middle cerebral artery pulsatility indices and their ratio intrauterine restricted fetuses. PATIENTS METHODS: Forty patients were studied that had been diagnosed clinically ultrasonographicall...

OBJECTIVE To determine ante-partum maternal risk factors for intrauterine fetal death. METHODS We carried out a case control retrospective study, at the Maternity and Children's Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We included all pregnant women diagnosed as singleton intra-uterine fetal death in the third trimester with fetal weight of 1500 gm and more, admitted to the hospital over a ...

background: ovarian pregnancy is a rare form of the non-tubal ectopic pregnancy. it ends with rupture before the end of the first trimester. one of the important risk factors for ovarian pregnancy is in the use of intra uterine devices (iud). case:  we report here one such uncommon case of ovarian ectopic pregnancy. our patient is a 30 years old multiparous woman with two previous cesarean sect...

The environment in utero and in early neonatal life may induce a permanent response in the fetus and the newborn, leading to enhanced susceptibility to later diseases. This review concentrates on the role and mechanisms of events during the antenatal and immediate postnatal period resulting in later life diseases, concentrating on abnormal growth patterns of the fetus. Fetal overgrowth is relat...