Background: Stillbirth is a sensitive indicator for health care quality, living conditions and equity in a society. The aim of this study was to determine the rate and contributing factors of stillbirth at Babol hospitals. Methods: This cross-sectional, descriptive, analytical study was designed as an applied research, using census sampling in 2012-2013. A questionnaire was applied for data co...

SUMMARY Antenatal ultrasonography has an important rule in diagnosis of congenital malformation. At present identification of most major congenital abnormality during pregnancy depends on . sensitivity and resolution of the instrument, skilful and experienced sonologist and gestational age. Cranial and spinal defects and other malformations can be ferquently diagnosed with ultrasound. Major a...

background oral cleft is the most common orofacial congenital anomaly among live births. this anomaly at birth is one of the main causes of children disability and mortality.  congenital heart disease (chd) is one of the most common anomalies in oral clefts.  this study aimed to assess the incidence of congenital heart diseases anomalies in newborns with oral clefts. materials and methods this ...

  Pulmonary agenesis is a rare congenital anomaly in which there is absence of pulmonary parenchyma as well as its bold vessels. It is an unusual cause of respiratory distress in newborn. Unilateral agenesis of lung is often associated with other congenital anomalies. The condition may lead to diagnostic difficulties.   Right pulmonary agenesis has poor prognosis. Here we present a case of fem...

Congenital anomaly of the liver and gall bladder in a 9 years old male child is presented. (JPMA 37: 202,1987).

r 'HE congenital cardiac defect known as Ebstein's anomaly has been recognized as a pathologic entity for 90 years.1 The first 80 years of this period constituted a relatively dormant era characterized by sporadic descriptions of the lesion at postmortem examination and by intimation that clinical recognition of this anomaly was not possible.2 Knowledge regarding Ebstein's anomaly has accumulat...

r 'HE congenital cardiac defect known as Ebstein's anomaly has been recognized as a pathologic entity for 90 years.1 The first 80 years of this period constituted a relatively dormant era characterized by sporadic descriptions of the lesion at postmortem examination and by intimation that clinical recognition of this anomaly was not possible.2 Knowledge regarding Ebstein's anomaly has accumulat...

OBJECTIVE We systematically reviewed epidemiologic studies on ambient air pollution and congenital anomalies and conducted meta-analyses for a number of air pollutant-anomaly combinations. DATA SOURCES AND EXTRACTION From bibliographic searches we extracted 10 original epidemiologic studies that examined the association between congenital anomaly risk and concentrations of air pollutants. Met...

Spontaneous asymptomatic intrahepatic portosystemic shunt is a rare anomaly of the hepatic vasculature. The main clinical manifestations may be encephalopathy, bleeding or hyperinsulinism, due to constant shedding blood. This article presents case an congenital shunt, found in patient I., aged 25, with results various imaging methods, as well analysis types described vascular anomaly.