Abstract Background and Objective: Nutritional factors are a matter of debate in the etiology of preterm labor. This study was conducted to assess the association of maternal folic acid consumption with preterm labor .comprised and Materials and Methods: This cohort study was conducted on 191 healthy pregnant women in 2009, referring to two teaching hospitals in Tehran (Iran). The folic acid in...

Bakground: Neonatal mortality in the world is mostly caused by premature birth (43%), and Indonesia biggest cause of neonatal death (45%). One causes pregnant women experiencing labor, namely urinary tract infections due to changes system during pregnancy. This study aims analyze primary effect on preterm delivery with a meta-analysis. Subjects Method: meta-analysis following PICO, population: ...

background: spontaneous occurrences of multifetal pregnancies always have been a medical problem. the risks of perinatal morbidity and mortality and maternal morbidity increase with enhancement of the number of fetuses. in our prospective experimental study, the outcome of twin pregnancy after assisted reproductive technologies (art) with and without multifetal pregnancy reduction (mfpr) is com...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to determine the relationships between secretory and endogenous secretory receptors for advanced glycation end products (sRAGE, esRAGE), sRANKL, osteoprotegerin and the interval from diagnosis of threatened premature labor or premature rupture of the fetal membranes to delivery, and to evaluate the prognostic values of the assessed parameters for preterm birth. MET...

Normal term and spontaneous preterm births (PTB) are documented to be associated with oxidative stress (OS), and imbalances in the redox system (balance between pro- and antioxidant) have been reported in the maternal-fetal intrauterine compartments. The exact mechanism of labor initiation either at term or preterm by OS is still unclear, and this lack of understanding can partially be blamed f...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation,[1] preterm labor is defined as labor starting earlier than 37 completed weeks (less than 259 days) from the first day of the last menstrual period and the term premature should no longer be used. The term premature was previously defined as a birth weight of less than 2500 gm. Therefore, this will include infants of low birth weig...