INTRODUCTION Iron is an essential micronutrient in the growing fetus. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to find the possible correlations that may exist between maternal and fetal iron status and newborn weight. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study included 97 mothers scheduled to give birth by elective caesarean section in the central maternity of Tébessa (east of Algeria) between January a...

This study addresses the relationship between utilization of maternal health services in terms of antenatal care, delivery care, and contraceptive use, and current prevalence of gynecological problems mediated through socioeconomic, demographic and biological correlates, in two ethnic communities of Sikkim. Study participants included 506 parous, nonpregnant women of Rai and Bhutia communities....

OBJECTIVES This study examines maternal hemoglobin depletion in a cross-sectional sample of Ariaal women living in northern Kenya. Maternal hemoglobin depletion occurs when women do not have enough dietary iron to replace the high levels of iron allocated to the fetus during pregnancy. METHODS To study this phenomenon, reproductive histories, socioeconomic status, anthropometry, and hemoglobi...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate risk factors associated with maternal mortality in patients with eclampsia. METHODS The probable risk factors of maternal mortality including maternal age, length of hospital stay, gestational age, systolic and diastolic blood pressures; hematocrit, hemoglobin, platelet count, levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase...

Objective: To Study the Relationship between Maternal Hemoglobin and Perinatal outcome in a cohort of 860 pregnant women and to highlight the importance of antenatal care regarding maternal health and fetal outcome. Methods: All Singleton pregnancies delivering at Pakistan Railway Hospital Rawalpindi from January 2004 to December 2005 that fulfilled the required criteria were included. Results:...

BACKGROUND Vitamin D and iron deficiencies frequently co-exist. It is now appreciated that mechanistic interactions between iron and vitamin D metabolism may underlie these associations. OBJECTIVE We examined interrelations between iron and vitamin D status and their regulatory hormones in pregnant adolescents, who are a group at risk of both suboptimal vitamin D and suboptimal iron status. ...

Background: High maternal hemoglobin (Hb) concentration was considered a risk factor for the developing of pregnancy hypertension. The purpose of this study was to determine whether high maternal Hb concentration in first trimesters associated with pregnancy induced hypertension in Iranian nulliparous women. Methods: This study was carried out in teaching hospital in Sari, Iran. Samples were ob...

Objective: The present study aims to the identification of an association between neonatal birth weights and extent anemia in mothers during pregnancy. Study design: A case-control Place Duration: This was done Sobhraj Maternity Hospital Karachi from November 2021 2022 Methodology: total 1050 pregnant women were included who later delivered babies given time frame. blood samples all collected f...

Acute chest syndrome (ACS) is a severe pulmonary complication in pregnant women with sickle cell disease (SCD). Between January 1998 and December 2002, ACS occurred in 4 of 286 pregnant women with SCD in Bahrain (1.2%), and it was associated with two maternal deaths. In the United States, 10 pregnant women (0.06%) were diagnosed with ACS out of 17,952 deliveries in women with SCD from 2000 to 2...