Across the placenta infections include Toxoplasma gondii, Treponema pallidum, Listeria monocytogenes, Plasmodium falciparum (malaria), rubella and cytomegalovirus (CMV). Ascending maternal infection and chorioamnionitis causing fetal infection, usually subsequent to prolonged rupture of membranes. Perinatal infection acquired during birth via the haematogenous or genital route. These include hu...

The neonatal outcomes of 30 pregnancies that were complicated by premature and prolonged rupture of the membranes that had started in the second trimester of pregnancy, were reviewed. The neonatal mortality was 11 (36%), the main cause of death being pulmonary hypoplasia. Two infants died of sepsis, but these were the only proved episodes of maternal or fetal infection. Of the survivors, 27% de...

The management of patients with premature rupture of membranes has changed markedly in the past several years. The basis for this is a combination of a better understanding of newborn physiology, improved neonatal care, refinements in antibiotic therapy, and the widespread use of maternal and fetal monitoring. The best outcome for both mother and infant undoubtedly reflects data based on a comb...

Background: Preterm premature rupture of membranes is defined as before the onset labor with gestational age < 37 weeks. associated 10% perinatal mortality, particularly respiratory distress syndrome and neonatal infection. Objective: The study aims to assess outcome maternal fetal in preterm membranes. Materials Methods: This cross-sectional was performed on 136 pregnant women complicated b...

introduction: preterm birth is still a major health problem throughout the world, which results in 75% of neonatal mortality. preterm labor not only inflicts financial and emotional distress, it may also lead to permanent disability. the present study was conducted to determine the related risk factors and preventive measures of preterm labor. methods: this retrospective cross-sectional study a...

Labor is a physiological event involving a sequential, integrated set of changes within the myometrium, deciduas, and uterine cervix that occur gradually over a period of days to weeks. Biochemical connective tissue changes in the uterine cervix appear to precede uterine contractions and cervical dilation, and all of these events usually occur before rupture of the fetal membranes. In other wor...

despite reduction in infant mortality rate, neonatal mortality rate particularly during the first 24 hours of life is still high in developing countries. a cross-sectional study was performed to determine neonatal mortality prevalence during the first 24 hours of life (f24nm) and its probable risk factors. data collection were performed by a structured form containing maternal and neonatal char...

This study was done to evaluate the prevalence of rectovaginal colonization with group B streptococci among pregnant women who delivered in our center. Also maternal and neonatal complications were compared between colonized and noncolonized groups. Rectovaginal cultures were obtained from 1197 pregnant women with gestational ages greater than 24 weeks who were admitted to the labor room of Zei...