Background: Umbilical Doppler flow abnormalities occur in 6% of high-risk pregnancies. Preterm infants born with the umbilical artery waveforms is at a risk various complications. The objective this study were to understand and compare neonatal outcome normal verses abnormal antenatal Doppler.Methods: 100 newborns each Doppler, women singleton pregnancies 28 weeks above, enrolled for after taki...

We report a series of 38 patients with intra-uterine devices with lost strings where hysteroscopic aid was required after routine retrieval procedures failed. Thirty-five intra-uterine devices could be removed easily with hysteroscope. In one patient a fragmented Lippes Loop was removed piecemeal hysteroscopically. Laparotomy was required in only one patient, for an extra-uterine Copper T. Hyst...

background :reduction of neonatal mortality rate can improve health and newborn status of the society. this study was done to evaluate the prevalence and patternof causes for neonatal mortality in gorgan, north of iran. methods: this descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out on all birth in the maternity dezyani hospital in gorgan, north of iran during 1 september 2008 -31 march 2011 ....

Low birth weight (LBW) is common in humans and has been found to cause lasting cognitive and developmental deficits later in life. It is thought that the primary cause is intra-uterine growth restriction (IUGR) due to a shortage of oxygen and supply of nutrients to the fetus. Pigs appear to be a good model animal to investigate long-term cognitive effects of LBW, as LBW is common in commerciall...

OBJECTIVE To determine the ratio of disproportionate versus proportionate Intra uterine growth retardation among low birth weight babies using the Ponderal index. METHODS This was a retrospective study. Medical records of babies with weight < 2.5kg delivered in the Obstetric Department were reviewed. The ponderal index was calculated to determine disproportionate and proportionate intra uteri...

Introduction: Placental mesenchymal dysplasia (PMD) is a rare lesion, characterized by atypical placental development with placentomegaly, hydropic cystic stem villi formation and anomalous villous stroma and vessels. PMD fetuses are often normal. Because of this characteristics it is important to do the differential diagnosis among gestacional trophoblastic disease, Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome...