Anaemia is a very common condition during pregnancy. This is particularly so in developing countries where the level of intake of iron rich foods is low; malaria and other intestinal parasites are common. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of anaemia and the type of anaemia existing in pregnant women in Morogoro municipality. The effect of anaemia on infant birth weight was al...

After expending considerable time in establishing pregnancy in the subfertile mare, it is imperative that she be adequately monitored to detect complications in the later part of gestation. The most likely complication to arise during the last third of gestation in the subfertile mare would be placentitis. Timely identification of placentitis is crucial for multimodal therapy to be successful. ...

The frequency of chromosomal anomalies in spermatozoa appears to increase with male age. Because these anomalies play a role in the etiology of spontaneous abortion, an influence of paternal age on risk of spontaneous abortion is plausible but not established. The aim was to characterize this influence in a prospective study among 5,121 California women, who as members of a prepaid health plan ...

We evaluated the effect of carbon monoxide (CO) exposures during the last trimester of pregnancy on the frequency of low birth weight among neonates born 1989-1993 to women living in the Los Angeles, California, area. Using birth certificate data for that period, we assembled a retrospective cohort of infants whose mothers resided within 2 miles of 1 of 18 CO monitoring stations. Based on the g...

OBJECTIVE To review the clinical indications for first trimester ultrasound. OUTCOME Proven clinical benefit from first trimester ultrasound. EVIDENCE MEDLINE search and bibliography reviews in relevant literature. VALUES Content and recommendations reviewed by the principal authors and the Diagnostic Imaging Committee of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada. Levels o...

Objective To estimate the days in which the likelihood of conception happened by using first trimester ultrasound fetal biometry in natural cycles and spontaneous pregnancy, and to explore some factors that may affect them. MaterialsAndMethods This study is retrospective cohort study, with random sampling. It involved 60 pregnant ladies at first trimester; the date of conception was estimated u...

BACKGROUND Sleep disturbances in late pregnancy are common. This study aimed to survey sleep problems in third trimester pregnant women and to compare sleep in the pre-pregnancy period with the third trimester. METHODS Third-trimester women (n=650) were sent a postal survey containing questions relating to sleep experience, including perceived sleep quality, sleep difficulties, night waking, ...

OBJECTIVE To assess low back pain (LBP) intensity and subjective disability during pregnancy and compare the pain scores with lumbar motion patterns. DESIGN A prospective study of pregnant back pain sufferers and healthy controls. SETTING Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland. PARTICIPANTS Study group consisted of 32 pregnant women with LBP; control group consisted of 21 healthy pre...