introduction: cloacal malformation is an extremely rare fetal pathological condition but an important anomaly that presents as a variety of defects. it predominantly affects females, with prevalence of 1 in 50,000 births. prenatal ultrasonography usually showed oligohydramnios and the fetus having a large cystic mass in the lower abdomen with a single septum, bilateral hydronephrosis, ambiguous...

OBJECTIVE To report the duration of and factors associated with exclusive and any breastfeeding among the French-speaking community of Belgium (Wallonia). MATERIAL AND METHODS A two-stage cluster sample was drawn from the population of children aged 18-24 months living in the area in 2012. Anamnestic data on breastfeeding and sociodemographic information were collected from 525 mothers. Cox's...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate health professionals' opinions toward offering noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) as first-tier screening test regardless of pregnant women's risk, and toward a potential broader range of disorders. METHODS A questionnaire completed by obstetric health professionals (n = 240) after an in-service NIPT training in the West and North of the Net...

Background: Prenatal diagnosis for Fetal Chromosomal anomalies currently relies on assessment of risk followed by a combination of biochemical and nuchal translucency. Trisomy 21 is the most common trisomy that is associated with intellectual disability. Pregnant women who receive a prenatal diagnosis of trisomy 21 currently have the option of continuing or terminating their pregnancy, but no f...

down syndrome (ds) is a birth defect with huge medical and social costs, caused by trisomy of whole or part of chromosome 21. it is the most prevalent genetic disease worldwide and the common genetic cause of intellectual disabilities appearing in about 1 in 400-1500 newborns. although the syndrome had been described thousands of years before, it was named after john langdon down who described ...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether implementation of an electronic health record (EHR) would increase the rate of prenatal Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and purified protein derivative (PPD) testing. METHODS Eligible participants received prenatal care and delivered at term at a single academic institution in March-April 2011, March-April 2012, and March-April 2013. As part of routine prenat...

O acesso das gestantes ao pré-natal, desde o início da gravidez, constitui-se uma estratégia para diagnóstico precoce de alterações, corroborando assim a redução morbimortalidade materna e perinatal. Trata-se um relato experiência dos graduandos em enfermagem do 9° semestre, na aplicação Processo Enfermagem às consultas unidade Atenção Básica à Saúde, cidade Feira Santana, Bahia. A construção d...

Objective(s):As far as we know,there has been no report regarding the effects of opium addiction or dependency of both parents on the learning and memory process in offspring. The aim of this study was to examine the learning and memory changes of adult male offspring whose mothers, fathers and/or both parents had dependency to opium before and during pregnancy. Materials and Methods: All exper...