OBJECTIVE To assess cognitive and behavioral outcome in treated maternal phenylketonuria (PKU) offspring. METHODS In this prospective, longitudinal study, 228 children who were born to mothers with treated PKU or untreated mild hyperphenylalaninemia were compared with 70 control subjects at 7 years of age. RESULTS Offspring cognitive outcome negatively correlated with the number of gestatio...

Introduction: Anemia is one of the most prevalent nutritional deficiency problem affecting pregnant women. It defined by World Health Organization as hemoglobin (Hb) level less than 11 g/dl. Hemoglobin 9.0- 10.9 g/dl mild, 7.0-8.9 moderate and 7 severe anemia respectively. Maternal in pregnancy commonly considered a risk factor for poor outcome can result complications that threaten life both m...

BACKGROUND The study evaluated the pattern of severe maternal outcome, near miss indicators and associated patient and healthcare factors at a private referral hospital in rural Nigeria. METHODS This was a cross sectional study conducted from September 2014 to August 2015 in Madonna University Teaching Hospital Elele, Rivers State, Nigeria. Pregnant and postpartum women were recruited for the...