background: pre-pregnancy care is considered as the services assessing and reducing the pregnancy risks through providing medical care and mental support. therefore, a pre-pregnancy counseling protocol was prepared based on a series of guidelines. this study aimed to determine the effect of the protocol on pregnancy and labor indices. methods: this was a four-phase field study conducted in four...

BACKGROUND Pre-pregnancy care is considered as the services assessing and reducing the pregnancy risks through providing medical care and mental support. Therefore, a pre-pregnancy counseling protocol was prepared based on a series of guidelines. This study aimed to determine the effect of the protocol on pregnancy and labor indices. METHODS This was a four-phase field study conducted in four...

Objectives: To study the uterine artery resistance and pulsation indices during the mid luteal phase in patients with history of unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss and the effects of the nitric oxide donor isosorbid mononitrite on these indices. Study Design: A cross-section, controlled observational study. Setting: Benha University Hospital, Egypt. July 2009 to July 2010. Subjects and Method...

Objective. This study is aimed at evaluating the effects of gingivitis on white blood cell count and certain hematological indices of pregnant women in their first, second, and third trimesters. Material and methods. General, oral and dental health status examinations were performed on 86 pregnant women, aged between 17 and 37 years (mean age = 25.0 ± 0.5 years), in their first, second, and thi...

The aim of present study was to assess fetomaternal blood flows in normal and abnormal pregnancies using color Doppler indices. Subjects were divided into two groups as: Group A of 25 subjects of normal pregnancy as controls and group B of 25 subjects of pregnancy induced hypertension. All the subjects were lying in the age-group of 25-35 years and having 28 to 34 weeks of gestation; the patien...

BACKGROUND The objectives of this study were to determine rates of prenatal care utilization in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from 1991 to 2000; to compare two indices of prenatal care utilization in identifying the proportion of the population receiving inadequate prenatal care; to determine the association between inadequate prenatal care and adverse pregnancy outcomes (preterm birth, low birth ...

Characteristics of the uterine and umbilical artery blood flow patterns are indirect measures of uteroplacental circulation. We examined whether uterine and umbilical artery resistance indices are influenced by maternal demographic and lifestyle characteristics, track from the second trimester to the third, and are associated with the risk of pregnancy complications. This analysis was embedded ...

Food intake of rats increases during pregnancy. This requires changes in the structure of the small intestine to absorb additional food. The aim of the present study was to investigate the morphological changes in the layers of small intestine in rats during pregnancy. Duodenum, jejunum and ileum of 18 pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats (day 7, 14 and 21 of pregnancy) were collected. Villous height a...

food intake of rats increases during pregnancy. this requires changes in the structure of the small intestine to absorb additional food. the aim of the present study was to investigate the morphological changes in the layers of small intestine in rats during pregnancy. duodenum, jejunum and ileum of 18 pregnant sprague-dawley rats (day 7, 14 and 21 of pregnancy) were collected. villous height a...