ABSTRACT Prematurity is a major cause morbidity and mortality in developing countries. The factors associated with preterm births in Warri over an eight year period include, low socioeconomic class, place of antenatal care, antenatal complications notably hypertension in pregnancy, fever, anaemia and bleeding in pregnancy. Other associated factors include multiple gestations, previous history o...

Recent analyses have reached differing conclusions on how effectively the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) improves infant health. We use 1996–2003 data from North Carolina’s Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System to address limitations in previous work. With information on the mother’s timing of WIC enrollment, we test whether greater exposure to W...

Obstetrical and neonatal data were analysed for pregnancy outcome in 259 deliveries complicated by first or second trimester vaginal bleeding. There was a high incidence of low birth weight, low gestational age, perinatal death, asphyxia, breech delivery, placental infarcts and small-for-dates term infants. Fetal anomalies were slightly though not significantly increased. Combined suboptimal pr...

In the United States, molar pregnancy occurs between 1 in 1,200 and 1 in 2,500 pregnancies. The critical nature of complications associated with a molar pregnancy requires advanced perioperative anesthetic management. This case report details the perioperative events of a 34-year-old gravida 5, para 3, with a partial molar pregnancy who underwent general anesthesia for a dilatation and curettag...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of initial periodontal therapy in gingival pregnancy tumors. Thirty-nine patients diagnosed with gingival tumors of pregnancy between 2007 and 2015 were enrolled in this study. The patients received initial periodontal therapy, then supportive periodontal therapies at 3- to 6-month intervals. The patients underwent follow up for 6 ...

Approximately one of five pregnant women will experience bleeding during the first trimester of pregnancy. Of these women, about half will go on to have a spontaneous abortion. Comfort with triaging this common problem assists the midwife in providing quality, cost-effective care without eliminating continuity. This article reviews the causes of early pregnancy bleeding, offers strategies to di...

One should be cautious in using long term tetracyclines, thiazides or steroids during pregnancy.  In toxemic pregnant patients who are com­plaining of epigastric pains, pancreatitis should be ruled qu t. Two patients who developed pancreatitis during their pregnancy are introduced and the dilemma of diagnosing this process from other causes of acute abdomen are discussed. It is suggested not t...

Over a period of 6 months, from February to July 1987, 26,837 patients attended St Mary's A&E Department. Of these, 179 (0.7%) were complaining of bleeding in pregnancy of less than 20 weeks gestation. In May 1987 new management guidelines were introduced. These emphasised the importance of vaginal examination and the use of ultrasound to determine the viability of the pregnancy. As a result, t...

BACKGROUND Tanzania has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world, and unsafe abortion is one of its leading causes. Yet little is known about its incidence. OBJECTIVES To provide the first ever estimates of the incidence of unsafe abortion in Tanzania, at the national level and for each of the 8 geopolitical zones (7 in Mainland plus Zanzibar). METHODS A nationally represen...