background: role of genetic factors in etiology of preeclampsia is not confirmed yet. objective: gene defect frequency varies in different geographic areas as well as ethnic groups. in this study, the role of factor v leiden mutation in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia syndrome among the pregnant population of northern shore of persian gulf in iran, were considered. materials and methods: betwe...

Abstract To investigate the possible association of obstetric complications and autistic disorder, we performed a review of case-control studies of any obstetric complication in autistic disorder. If the odds ratio = {(Number of cases with autistic disorder with any obstetric complication) / (Number of cases with autistic disorder without any obstetric complication)}/{(Number of controls withou...

BACKGROUND Because of the lack of large obstetric anesthesia databases, the incidences of serious complications related to obstetric anesthesia remain unknown. The Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology developed the Serious Complication Repository Project to establish the incidence of serious complications related to obstetric anesthesia and to identify risk factors associated with ...

Stillbirth is still an important problem for parents and healthcare providers worldwide. Nowadays, the neglected shoulder presentation is usually observed in developing countries and is associated with increased risk of fetomaternal morbidity and mortality. In recent years, there were limited reports about obstetric management of this serious complication in the literature. In this case report,...

The obstetric urogenital fi stula has caused women misery ever since they fi rst started delivering children. It was once common worldwide, but with the advent of safe obstetric care during the early part of the last century, the condition has become rare in rich countries. Urogenital fi stulae do still occur in developed countries, but unlike in the developing world, they are usually a complic...

Obstetric anesthesia-related complications occur as a result of labor epidural or spinal placement. The purpose of this continuous quality-improvement audit was to review the occurrence of accidental dural punctures (ADPs), postdural puncture headaches (PDPHs), and failed regional anesthetics at an academic tertiary-care medical center over a 5-year period. Obstetric anesthesia complications co...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether obstetric complications occur to excess in the early histories of individuals who go on to develop schizophrenia when compared with controls, and to seek clinical correlates of any such excess. DESIGN Contemporaneous maternity hospital records were identified and extracted verbatim, and these extracts evaluated for obstetric complications by two independent asse...