this investigation aims to diagnose the incidence and complications of labor and delivery of grandmultiparity (gmp) in tehran. the results obtained are as follows: 1) the incidence of high parity was 11%. 2) 47.3% of gmp women were within the age range of 14-16 years at their marriage time. 3) the infants of gmp women were born with lower apgar score than the infants of the control group. 4) th...

Do not forget that when you sneeze, the fairies are endeavouring to carry you off, and that if a sudden lameness overtakes you, it indicates that you have been trespassing on fairy ground. The great safeguards against the fairies are fire, iron, and dung, the last-mentioned because the fairies, being pure spirits, cannot bear defilement. Never take fire out of a house with a person sick within ...

of Case Histories* Case 1. B., a white male, was born on December 1, 1932. The mother was 29 years old and had had one previous pregnancy. The mother's mem* As has been stated, the first 1 0 cases are not included in this series since they were used only to establish a satisfactory technic. Twenty-three infants were then examined between January 20 and March 4, 1932 (cases No. 11 to 36, with th...

PROBLEM/CONDITION Since the first U.S. infant conceived with assisted reproductive technology (ART) was born in 1981, both the use of ART and the number of fertility clinics providing ART services have increased steadily in the United States. ART includes fertility treatments in which eggs or embryos are handled in the laboratory (i.e., in vitro fertilization [IVF] and related procedures). Wome...

OBJECTIVE Hepatitis B vaccine is recommended for all infants, and the series may be started during the delivery admission. For infants who are born either to women who are positive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) or to women whose HBsAg status is unknown, vaccination should be started within 12 hours of birth to prevent perinatal and early childhood hepatitis B virus infection. Because ...

1. Ventilation was recorded in thirty term infants during the first week after delivery using the trunk plethysmograph, during periods of rapid eye movement sleep (r.e.m.) and quiet sleep (n.r.e.m.). 2. Continuous histograms of tidal volume (VT) and instantaneous respiration rate (f) were samples at 0.5 sec intervals, passed through a digital filter to remove long-term trends in the data, and t...

OBJECTIVE To determine short term morbidity and mortality outcomes, provision of care, and treatments for a national cohort of high risk infants born in 1998-1999 and admitted to New Zealand neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). SETTING All level III (six) and level II (13) NICUs in New Zealand. METHODS Prospective audit by the Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network (ANZNN) of all inf...