BACKGROUND In recent years, a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency amongst pregnant women and newborns has been observed throughout several regions of the world, especially in the presence of preeclampsia (PE) or obesity (OB). The aim of this study was to investigate whether nonobese and obese preeclamptic pregnant women and their newborns have low 25(OH)D compared with nonobese and obese no...

OBJECTIVE We studied and compared the attitudes of pregnant women v new mothers in an attempt to confirm changing patterns of maternal response towards medical ethical decision making in critically ill or malformed neonates. DESIGN Data were obtained by questionnaires divided into three sections: 1. sociodemographic; 2. Theoretical principles which might be utilised in the decision-making pro...

Anemia in pregnancy is a condition where the hemoglobin level less than 11.0 g/dl. pregnant women can harm mother and fetus during pregnancy. Mothers with anemic pregnancies need good knowledge to meet nutritional needs Pregnant about nutrition as an effort prevent complications from anemia The purpose of this study was describe effectiveness providing health education using booklet on pregnanc...

Since 1995 the United States Public Health Service has recommended voluntary prenatal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing for all pregnant women in the United States. To better understand how well this goal is being met in Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Division of Public Health facilitated a review of hospital medical records for a random sample of women who gave birth in Wisconsin in 2003. O...

1. Thiamin, riboflavin and pyridoxine status of 'low-income-group' mothers and their newborn infants was assessed by analysing paired samples of maternal and umbilical cord blood for erythrocyte transketolase (EC 2.2.1.1) (ETK), erythrocyte glutathione reductase (EC 1.6.4.2) (EGR), and erythrocyte aspartate aminotransferase (EC 2.6.1.1) (EAA) activities. 2. The vitamin status of the infants was...

BACKGROUND Studies on HPV infection in pregnant women and HPV transmission to the child have yielded inconsistent results. METHODS To estimate mother-to-child HPV transmission we carried out a prospective cohort study that included 66 HPV-positive and 77 HPV-negative pregnant women and their offspring attending a maternity hospital in Barcelona. To estimate HPV prevalence and genotype distrib...

BACKGROUND HIV testing of women in child bearing age is an entry point for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT). This study aims to identify the proportion of women tested for HIV and to determine factors associated with utilization of HIV testing services among pregnant mothers in primary care settings in northern Ethiopia. METHODS A cross sectional study was conducted in 41...

In this study 404 pregnant women in Islamshahr, a district southwest of Tehran, were examined for giardiasis. Results showed 7.92% of them to be positive. Abdominal pain, nausea and diarrhea were observed as the most common symptoms in infected mothers. Results also indicated that hematological parameters and weight gain of infected pregnant women did not differ significantly from those wi...

This study confirmed the hypothesis that pregnant teenagers in the 1990s are more likely to have a mother who had a teenage pregnancy than non-pregnant teenagers. It also found that the daughters of teenage mothers are more likely to continue their own pregnancies.