BACKGROUND Anemia in pregnancy is one of the public health problems in the developed and developing world. If uncontrolled it is a major indirect cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. This is worst in settings with poor prenatal practices. Quality prenatal interventions therefore are expected to prevent or ameliorate this disorder in pregnancy. Nigerian scientific literatures...

abstract background: postpartum period is the critically important part of obstetric care but most neglected period for majority of pakistani women. only life threatening complications compel them to seek for tertiary hospital care. we describe the nature of these obstetric morbidities in order to help policymakers in improving prevailing situation. objective: to find out the frequency and caus...

BACK GROUND Anemia in pregnancy is associated with increased rates of maternal and perinatal mortality, premature delivery, low birth weight, and other adverse outcomes. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective study was conducted on 1405 Iranian pregnant women who delivered during 2015. Blood was collected from all the subjects to measure the hemoglobin (Hb) during 16-19 weeks, 22-24 weeks, and 3...

Anemia is the most common hematologic abnormality in pregnancy. Maternal anemia associated with adverse fetal, neonatal, and childhood outcomes. This study aims to determine prevalence of anemia, iron deficiency (IDA), severity condition, effect some socio-demographic factors on pregnant women Garmian province. The was conducted among 157 province between 17 49 years old. Participants completed...

BACKGROUND Complete blood count is one of the routinely advised blood investigation during pregnancy. It is also utilized as a diagnostic tool for neonatal anemia, sepsis and determining hemostatic status of the newborn. The present study aims at estimating the complete blood count of maternal and umbilical cord blood at the time of delivery and to establish its correlation. METHOD This cross...

BACKGROUND Giant placental chorioangiomas have been associated with a number of severe fetal complications and high perinatal mortality. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of giant chorioangioma with fetal hydrops, additionally complicated by severe anemia, mild cardiomegaly with hyperdinamic heart circulation and maternal mirror syndrome. Intrauterine blood transfusion and amniodrainage was ...

pregnancy.[1] Published research showed that maternal iron deficiency affects the health of both mother and child, and further it is likely to be responsible for intrauterine growth reduction, preterm births, cognitive impairments, and nutritional deficiencies.[1,3,4] Hemoglobin (Hb) concentration has been widely used in diagnosing anemia[1]; however, there have been modern advances such as pre...

adolescents and young adults can have negative effects on their cognitive performance and growth. If pregnancy occurs during adolescence, anemia can not only increase maternal morbidity and mortality, but increase the incidence of poor birth outcomes in the infant (e.g., low birth weight, and prematurity) and also negatively impact infant iron status. Furthermore, through its effects on cogniti...

Introduction: Anemia is one of the major public health problems among pregnant women in the world. It causes low birth weight and maternal mortality during pregnancies. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among pregnant women. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 400 pregnant women in Shirvan city, Iran in 2015. For sampling, each o...

Maternal metabolism provides essential nutrients to enable embryonic development. However, both mother and embryo produce reactive metabolites that can damage DNA. Here we discover how the embryo is protected from these genotoxins. Pregnant mice lacking Aldh2, a key enzyme that detoxifies reactive aldehydes, cannot support the development of embryos lacking the Fanconi anemia DNA repair pathway...