BACKGROUND Perinatal mortality is a rare outcome among babies born at term in developed countries after normal uncomplicated pregnancies; consequently, the numbers involved in large databases of routinely collected statistics provide a meaningful evaluation of these uncommon events. The National Perinatal Data Collection records the place of birth and information on the outcomes of pregnancy an...

background & objectives: cryptorchidism is one of the most common congenital anomalies at birth. cryptorchidism is an abnormally positioned testis. the undescended testis can be located anywhere between the abdominal cavity and just outside the anatomical scrotum. this study was conducted to determine some etiologic factors in cryptorchidism. materials & methods: in an analytical cross-sectiona...

BACKGROUND Recent epidemiological evidence has shown increased rates of cardiovascular mortality and associated risk factors in those born small. However, scarce information exists concerning cardiovascular risk factors in adulthood following pre-term birth, or distinguishing the relative contributions of length of gestation and fetal growth to small size at birth. METHODS Prospective follow-...

There is a paucity of evidence regarding long-term outcomes of Background: late preterm (34-36 weeks) and early term (37-38 weeks) delivery. The objective of this systematic review was to assess long-term cognitive outcomes of children born at these gestations. Four electronic databases (Medline, Embase, clinicaltrials.gov and Methods: PsycINFO) were searched. Last search was 5 August 2016. ...

Objective: The inexistence of publications on hemoglobin values in the first six months of life gave us the objective of describing these values, month by month in healthy, iron sufficient exclusively breastfed infants. Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study in 306 infants stratified according to age from one to six months, full-term births, weighing ≥2500 g, without intercurrenc...

BACKGROUND Burning fat and carbohydrates to provide energy in biological systems causes the formation of free oxygen species. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to evaluate the oxidative status of serum and breast milk of mothers giving birth prematurely and at full-term. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study comprised 50 mothers who gave birth at full-term at more than 38 weeks and 43 mothers who gave ...