Editors Rodger L . Bick . M . D . . F A . C P . Genesio Murano. Ph .D. Meyer M . Samama, M . D . Ernst Wenzel , M . D . Copyright

AFE is an unpredictable, unpreventable, and, for the most part, an untreatable obstetric emergency. Management of this condition includes prompt recognition of the signs and symptoms, aggressive resuscitation efforts, and supportive therapy. Any delays in diagnosis and treatment can result in increased maternal and/or fetal impairment or death. Whereas once the invariable outcome of AFE was dea...

Purpose: Regarding changing trends in the policies affecting perinatal and neonatal care, there is a need to assess stata of pregnancies adolescents women advanced age with term ten years. We aimed evaluate maternal, fetal, outcomes during last decade tertiary referral center Sivas province central Anatolia.
 Methods: In this retrospective study, we collected maternal data from hospital el...

a true estimation of gestational age (ga) plays an important role in quality maternity care and scheduling the labor date. this study aimed to evaluate the normal fetal kidney length (kl) and its correlation with ga. a cross-sectional study on 92 pregnant women between 8th and 10th week of gestation with normal singleton pregnancy underwent standard ultrasound fetal biometry and kidney length m...

in this paper we report a case of jejunal atresia that was detected pre-nataly. polyhydramnios and multiple dilated bowel loops in the lower part of fetal abdomen in ulterasonography helped us to diagnose this abnormality. post-natal barium enema showed it and also it was confirmed by laparotomy confirmed it. pre-natal diagnosis is important in these cases to facilitate delivery in centers wher...

one hundred and sixty preterm deliveries were done at our center in (1996-97). classification according to etiology shows that 30% of these deliveries were due to prom, and 13.75% had to be induced secondary to underling fetal or maternal indication, in 35.6% there were maternal or fetal pathology, and in 20.6% there were no recognized reason (idiopathic). the various etiologic factors were eva...

BACKGROUND In 2001, the WHO Antenatal Care Trial (WHOACT) concluded that an antenatal care package of evidence-based screening, therapeutic interventions and education across four antenatal visits for low-risk women was not inferior to standard antenatal care and may reduce cost. However, an updated Cochrane review in 2010 identified an increased risk of perinatal mortality of borderline statis...

PURPOSE Increased use of prenatal technologies has increased the numbers of women and partners whose fetus is diagnosed with a severe impairment. Virtue ethics provides a useful perspective to consider truth telling in this context, specifically how couples and providers interpret the diagnosis and prognosis to create truth. Virtue ethics is person-centered rather than act-centered, with moral ...