During the recent decades with increasing the use of assisted reproductive techniques including IVF, IUI and ovulation induction, the rate of multiple pregnancies has been increased worldwide. More than 30% of ART pregnancies are twins or higher-order multiple gestations (triplets or greater) a frequency 15- to 20-fold greater than with spontaneous conceptions. Because of the high cost of treat...

background: to study the outcome of cases with nuchal translucency (nt) ≥ 95th centile in the first trimester of pregnancy. methods: this cross sectional study was performed at iranian fetal medicine foundation (fmf) between january 2009 and december 2011. totally, 186 cases with nt≥ 95th centile who attended for the first trimester screening were studied. all cases with increased nt including ...

Fetal cells transfer to the mother during pregnancy and can persist long-term as microchimerism. Acquisition of microchimerism may also occur during pregnancy loss, either miscarriage or pregnancy termination. Because nearly half of all pregnancies end in loss, we recently investigated the magnitude of fetal cell transfer during pregnancy loss and whether obstetric clinical factors impacted cel...

BACKGROUND The preoperative diagnosis of acute appendicitis is often inaccurate in pregnant women, and complicated appendicitis is associated with a high rate of fetal loss. The study objective was to evaluate rates of fetal loss and early delivery in pregnant patients undergoing appendectomy, using a large population-based database. STUDY DESIGN Using the California Inpatient File, we retros...

background & aim: one of the factors of affecting maternal anxiety is a history of fetal death or neonatal death. this anxiety affects fetal and maternal health. by consideration the impact of anxiety on fetal and maternal health and the lack of protective activities in this field, this study was done to determine the impact of adaptation with pregnancy educational package on anxiety and matern...

trauma during pregnancy is remarkably common, motor vehicle crashes are cause of hospitalized trauma during pregnancy. trauma occurs in 5% of pregnancies that appropriate high proportion of maternal and fetal mortality. motor vehicle crashes, falls, assaults, including domestic violence, are all important mechanisms of injury. motor vehicle accidents account for more than 50% of all traumas dur...

The present study was designed to establish whether plasma pregnancy-associated glycoprotein-1 (PAG-1) measurements during the early fetal period can be associated with early fetal loss. Blood samples were obtained and ultrasound controls performed on days 35, 42, 49, 56, and 63 of gestation or until pregnancy loss from 98 lactating dairy cows. Radioimmunoassay systems were used to determine PA...

An association between fetal loss and thrombophilia has recently been described but has not been yet fully elucidated. We have evaluated prospectively the prevalence of the three common thrombophilic polymorphisms (TP) factor V G1691A (Leiden), thermolabile-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (TL-MTHFR) C677T and factor II G20210A mutations, in 76 women with fetal loss (> or =3 in first, > or =...