OBJECTIVE To examine the obstetric and perinatal outcome of pregnancies with singleton breech presentation at term when selection for vaginal delivery was based on clear prelabor and intrapartum criteria. METHODS The outcomes of all pregnancies with a breech presentation after 37 weeks of gestation were retrospectively reviewed from January 1997 to June 2000. Criteria for prelabor cesarean or...

.. Objective: To determine the obstetric and perinatal outcome of pregnancies with singleton breech presentation, and to scrutinize the causes of increasing incidence of cesarean section in breech presentation. Design: Analytical Observational study. Place and duration: Department of obstetrics and gynecology Fatima hospital Baqai university campus from Jan 2010 to Oct 2011. Patients & Methods:...

breast feeding has a great impact on the infant morbidity and mortality. according to pakistan demographic and health survey (pdhs) infant mortality rate is 78 deaths per 1,000 live births. world health organization recommends that exclusive breast feeding for six months can decrease infant mortality rate by one-third. the objective of the study was to find out how the mode of delivery had impa...

background & aim : many changes occur during and after pregnancy which affect physical, psychological and social health and generally women's quality of life. this study aims to explore the relationship between quality of life and sexual dysfunction after delivery. methods & materials : this cohort study was designed to compare the relation of mode of delivery to quality of life and sexual sati...

Introduction Obstetrical emergencies are a high-risk yet infrequent occurrence in the emergency department. While U.S. emergency medicine (EM) residency graduates are required to perform 10 low-risk normal spontaneous vaginal deliveries, little is known about how residencies prepare residents to manage obstetrical emergencies. We sought to profile the current obstetrical training curricula thro...

Chapter 4 Abstract OBJECTIVE To examine if we could identify factors that predict caesarean section and instrumental vaginal delivery in women who had a successful external cephalic version. METHODS We used data from a previous randomized trial among 25 hospitals and their referring midwife practices in the Netherlands. With the data of this trial we performed a cohort study among women attempt...

the effect of foot reflexology on the outcomes of labor on primiparous moghimi hanjani s[1]*, mehdizadeh torzani z[2], shoghi m[3], ahmadi g[4] received: 20 may, 2012 accepted: 23aug, 2012 abstractbackground & aims: fear of labor pain is one of the problems that raises the rate of caesarean section in our country. midwifes can use one of the non-pharmacological pain relief methods such as refle...

background : there has always been an asking question with physicians and health staff whether delivery mode can effect on child intelligence. this study was conducted to compare the intelligence quotient (iq) of school aged children delivered by cesarean section and vaginal delivery in mashhad, iran. methods : this study conducted in two stages; a cross-sectional section in which 5000 randomly...