BACKGROUND Even though the problem of anemia during pregnancy has been adequately emphasized, very little attention has been paid to postpartum anemia. The objective of the current study was to estimate the mean change in maternal hemoglobin from 36 weeks' gestation to 6 weeks postpartum and to identify the factors associated with anemia during the postpartum period among women in a rural devel...

Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) is an indicator to assess the degree of a nation, especially women. MMR according results 2012 Indonesian Demographic and Health Survey in Indonesia was 359 per 100,000 live births. The most common causes maternal death city Dumai are ante partum hemorrhage preeclampsia 3 cases each. purpose this service activity increase knowledge understanding anemia pregnant wom...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this work was to assess the effect of severe maternal iron-deficiency anemia and nutritional status on cord blood and breast milk iron status. METHODS We conducted a prospective observational study over a 6-month period in a teaching hospital in central India. The study population consisted of 55 anemic (hemoglobin: < 110 g/L) and 20 healthy nonanemic (hemoglobin: > ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the critical maternal antibody threshold for specialist referral in cases of RhD alloimmunization. METHODS This was a retrospective cohort study, covering a 16-year period at the national tertiary fetal medicine center for management of alloimmunization. Data concerning RhD alloimmunized pregnant women were extracted from an institutional database and maternal anti-D an...

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...

The high incidence of anemia of infection among children in developing countries is not well characterized. We investigated the relationship between diarrhea, fever and other risk factors for anemia in young children in the community. The relationship between risk factors for anemia was examined in a cross-sectional study of 85 229 children, aged 6-59 months, from impoverished families in rural...

Fetal growth restriction or intrauterine growth restriction is one of the leading causes of perinatal mortality and morbidity in newborns. Fetal growth restriction is a complex multifactorial condition resulting from several fetal and maternal disorders. The objective of this study was twofold: first to examine the correlation between maternal parameters such as body mass index (BMI), nutrition...

BACKGROUND Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal deaths worldwide. This study sought to quantify the potential health impact (morbidity and mortality reductions) that a low-cost uterine balloon tamponade (UBT) could have on women suffering from uncontrolled PPH due to uterine atony in sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS The Maternal and Neonatal Directed Assessment of Technolog...