Antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) are part of the standard care for women at risk premature birth to reduce adverse neonatal outcome. Neonatal benefits optimized when ACS administered 2-7 days before delivery. Less is known about a shorter administration-to-birth interval less than 48 hours. We assessed association between short Corticosteroid Administration-to-Birth Interval and A retrospective ...

OBJECTIVES Determine the survivals, neonatal outcomes to hospital discharge, and perinatal risks of death among VLBW infants born in the Thammasat University Hospital. MATERIAL AND METHOD This was a retrospective longitudinal study. Data were colleted from medical charts of all neonates with a gestational age of more than 25 weeks and birth weight of less than 1500 grams, who were born in Tha...

objective: maternal hypovitaminosis d may impair fetal growth and cause adverse pregnancy outcomes including intrauterine growth restriction and neonatal low birth weight. the aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between maternal vitamin d status and neonate’s birth weight. materials and methods: a cross-sectional, descriptive analytical study was carried out in the nursery ward of...

Objective : 1) To find out which type of contraceptive methods were practiced before the present pregnancy. 2) What were the reasons for discontinuation of contraceptive methods in case of acceptors? 3) What are the reasons for not accepting contraceptive methods? 4) What is the relation between contraceptive method acceptors and non-acceptors and birth order? 5) What is the role of birth order...

BACKGROUND In the 1980s there was substantial interest in early pregnancy and pre-pregnancy interventions to increase birth weight and reduce preterm birth. We developed an inter-pregnancy intervention, implemented in a randomised controlled trial, to be provided by midwives at home soon after women's first birth. METHODS MCH nurses invited women to take part during their home visit to new mo...