a quasi experimental study was conducted in the labour rooms of one of the hospital's of the university of   medical science of iran, to compare the effect ofcord blood drainage and oxytocin injection into the umblicat   vein in the duration of the third stage of labour.   a total of 180 women in the course of normal pregnancies with no complications and normal vaginal   dd ivery were sele...

10 children presented pre-hepatic portal vein obstruction during their first 6 years of life. 8 of them had massive esophageal varices, 1 died from acute esophageal hemorrhage. The perinatal history of these childre was studied: All of them had an abnormal birth history and all had been hospitalized during their neonatal period. In 5 of them an umbilical infection had been diagnosed, one had an...

BACKGROUND Abnormal venous connections involving a persistent right umbilical vein are rare. In a minority of cases the liver is entirely bypassed and the condition is associated with multiple congenital malformations. CASE PRESENTATION The described case illustrates a systemic venous drainage that was severely abnormal in a newborn girl with a truncus arteriosus type II congenital heart defe...

Measurements of placental transmission of atropine were performed during Caesarean section. Twenty-five patients received 3H-atropine 0.5 microgram . kg-1 i.v. 1-30 min before delivery. Maternal venous blood was sampled before the induction of anaesthesia and at the moment of delivery, together with umbilical arterial and venous blood. Total hydrogen-3 activity was determined by liquid scintill...

BACKGROUND The third stage of labour may be complicated by retained placenta, which should be managed promptly because it may cause severe bleeding and infection, with a potentially fatal outcome. This study evaluated the effectiveness of umbilical vein injection of misoprostol for the treatment of retained placenta in a hospital setting. METHODS This hospital-based placebo-controlled trial w...

The normal adult and older children exhibit an immediate insulin secretory response with peak insulin levels being reached within 5-10 minutes after a rapid intravenous glucose injection. It has been shown that the newborn disposes of glucose slowly,1,2 and that plasma insulin response to intravenous glucose injec tion is significantly delayed in newborn infants 3-5 Isles et al demonstrated tha...

background portal vein thrombosis (pvt) is one of the most common causes of extrahepatic portal hypertension in children, which may follow neonatal umbilical vein catheterization. the incidence rates of catheter-related pvt, in infants and children vary in different studies. this study aimed to determine pvt incidence in the children under 3 years old with a history of neonatal umbilical vein c...

Background: In order to determine the prognosis of neonates, it is recommended to use umbilical gas analysis in all high-risk pregnancies. However, utilizing umbilical gas analysis and Apgar score together is very helpful for determining the mortality rate confidence interval. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the application of umbilical gas analysis in assessing the prognosis of infan...