OBJECTIVE Women's nutritional status during conception and early pregnancy can influence maternal and infant outcomes. This study examined the efficacy of pre-pregnancy supplementation with iron and multivitamins to reduce the prevalence of anemia during the periconceptional period among rural Tanzanian women and adolescent girls. DESIGN A double-blind, randomized controlled trial was conduct...

OBJECTIVES The objectives were to document the prevalence of maternal anxiety about food supply in Cree women who had 9-month-old infants, and to understand maternal and infant characteristics associated with anxiety. STUDY DESIGN The design was descriptive and combined both cross-sectional and retrospective analyses. METHODS The study took place in nine Cree communities in northern Quebec....

Objectives: Thyroid problems are one of the endocrine conditions that affect pregnant women most frequently. It is now widely acknowledged both overt and subclinical thyroid can have a negative impact on obstetrical neonatal outcomes. Surprisingly, there aren't many statistics from India regarding prevalence disease during pregnancy. The purpose this study to ascertain frequency dysfunction in ...

Introduction: Anemia in pregnancy is associated with many adverse fetal and maternal outcomes. It the commonest hematological disorder that occurs pregnancy. Prevalence of anemia pregnant women very high worldwide, especially developing countries. The objective this study was to find prevalence factors among attending Birat Medical College Teaching Hospital.
 Methodology: A Quantitative, c...

Alpha-methyldopa has been demonstrated to be safe for use during pregnancy and is now used to treat gestational hypertension. In pregnancy, alpha-methyldopa-induced autoimmune hemolytic anemia does not have typical features and the severity of symptoms ranges from mild fatigue to dyspnea, respiratory failure, and death if left untreated. A case of alpha-methyldopa-induced autoimmune hemolytic a...

Anemia in pregnancy is a major health problem developing countries with high morbidity rates pregnant women. Average pregnancies caused by anemia Asia estimated at 72.6%. The prevalence of women that being faced the Indonesian government. often occurs due to lack iron content food, very low absorption from presence substances inhibits absorption. Iron condition which mothers Hb levels below 11 ...

Exposure to air pollution can lead to pathological conditions such as anemia. The aim of the study was to assess the frequency of anemia in pregnant women exposed to different and substantial quantities of air pollutants. The subjects were pregnant women (n = 327), aged 20-30, non-smokers, in good physical condition, living for more then five years in Niš and Niška Banja and not exposed to harm...

Part of the rationale for this practice is the high iron requirement during pregnancy, almost 3 times that required for nonpregnant women of childbearing years, which is difficult to meet from dietary sources. Another reason for supplementation is that anemia caused by iron deficiency alone or in combination with other factors, eg, folate deficiency, vitamin A deficiency, and malaria, has been ...

P. falciparum malaria in pregnancy was evaluated using histidine-rich proteins-2 RDT and related to HIV infection and hematologic parameters. Prevalence of malaria, HIV and anemia were 19.7%, 3.1% and 17.2% respectively. Primigravidae were significantly more infected with malaria. Malaria was not significantly associated with anemia, blood group, genotype and HIV infection.

Objective: To correlate clinical variables (gestational age, severe pregnancy-induced hypertension, gestational diabetes mellitus, history of previous cesarean sections, fetal distress, perinatal mortality , postpartum anemia, Apgar score-<3 at 1 minute and-<7 at 5 minutes, and instrumental delivery) with postpartum endometritis (PPE) and wound infection. Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional st...