Background: Transient neonatal hyperthyrotropinemia (TNH) occurs frequently in areas of iodine deficiency and may affect intellectual function and psychomotor performance. Design: A historical cohort study of intellectual development, psychomotor performance, urine iodine and thyroid function tests, performed in 9 years children with documented TNH at birth and control group. Subjects: Eighte...

objectives: the aim of this study was to compare the fine motor development between low birth weight (lbw) infants and normal birth weight infants (nbw) at the age of 8-12 months by using the peabody developmental motor scale-2 (pdms-2) . methods: this was a non experimental and cross sectional study which was conducted on the 18 lbw infants and 14 normal infants. by referring to the profile of...

Background & aim: Warm water immersion during labor is associated with relaxation and pain reduction for pregnant women. This method is not extensively used in Iran, given the fear of infection and other maternal/neonatal complications. Alternative methods are required to increase the safety of normal vaginal delivery. The purpose of this study was to compare maternal and neonatal outcomes, ass...

Back ground Anemia in pregnancy is associated with increased rates of maternal and perinatal mortality, premature delivery, low birth weight, and other adverse outcomes Materials and Methods A prospective study was conducted on 1405 Iranian pregnant women who delivered during 2015. Blood was collected from all the subjects to measure the hemoglobin (Hb) during 16-19 weeks, 22-24 weeks,...