objective: to determine the status of serum zinc in pregnant women in different gestational ages and correlation with socio-demographic and anthropometric factors in iranian women referring to prenatal care public health clinics . materials and methods: we analyzed the zinc concentrations in plasma samples obtained at different gestational ages from 961 women and recorded bmi at the first trime...

Management in pregnancy should be multi-disciplinary. Obstetric, cardiology and anaesthetic opinions should all be sought. The following need to be addressed: accurate diagnosis as to which valves are involved, assessment of the severity of the lesion, degree of impairment resulting from the lesion and evaluation of concomitant therapy. In addition, as well as optimising management during pregn...

The role of physical violence during pregnancy on receipt of prenatal care is poorly understood, particularly for South Asian countries that have high levels of both fertility and domestic violence. Data from the 1998/1999 Indian National Family Health Survey and a 2002/2003 follow-up survey that re-interviewed women in four states were analyzed, examining the association between physical viole...

Primary care teams, including nurses, midwives and health visitors deliver advice on smoking cessation to pregnant women. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued a guidance report for health care professionals on cautious use of NRT, during pregnancy although use of other pharmacotherapies during pregnancy is not currently recommended (NICE, 2010). This syste...

Pregnancy is a unique time in a woman's life, accompanied by a variety of physiologic, anatomic, and hormonal changes that can affect how oral health care is provided. However, these patients are not medically compromised and should not be denied dental treatment simply because they are pregnant. This article discusses the normal changes associated with pregnancy, general considerations in the ...

Understanding the factors that operate during pregnancy, delivery and postpartum is the key to success in the prevention of maternal mortality. This cross-sectional survey in Jordan for the years 2007-2008 aimed to identify the role of substandard care and delays in maternal deaths. All maternal deaths among women aged 15-49 years over this period (n = 76) were investigated retrospectively thro...

background: preconceptional care is very effective to ensure mothers and babies health during and after pregnancy. the clinics and health center personnel are able to offer preconceptional care especially to the risky cases. learning about the experiences of health center personnel in such cases is useful for others to find solutions for the same problems which may come up. this study tends to ...

In the current era of low-birth rate in Korea, it is important to improve our neonatal intensive care and to establish an integrative system including a regional care network adequate for both high-risk pregnancies and high-risk newborn infants. Therefore, official discussion for nation-wide augmentation, proper leveling, networking, and regionalization of neonatal and perinatal care is urgentl...

BACKGROUND Antenatal care service which is among strategies to maintain maternal and fetal wellbeing is strongly recommended to be initiated early during pregnancy. To developing world where there is uncommon practice of pre-pregnancy care and support, timely commencement is crucial in getting potential benefits from some of the elements of the care. Therefore, we sought to assess timing and fa...