Over the past 40 years, medical and surgical management of congenital heart disease has advanced considerably. However, substantial room for improvement remains certain lesions that have high rates morbidity mortality. Although most cardiac conditions are well tolerated during fetal development, abnormalities progress in severity over course gestation impair development other organs, such as lu...

Despite a massive increase in private and public efforts over the last years, malaria remains one of most salient global health concerns. The study adopted cross sectional descriptive survey design to assess prevalence maternal its adverse fetal outcomes Federal Medical Centre (FMC),

Despite a massive increase in private and public efforts over the last years, malaria remains one of most salient global health concerns. The study adopted cross sectional descriptive survey design to assess prevalence maternal its adverse fetal outcomes Federal Medical Centre (FMC),

Causes of intrauterine fetal death (IUFD) are uncertain in most placental mesenchymal dysplasia (PMD) cases. Our case showed high α-fetoprotein levels in the maternal circulation, markedly dilated subchorionic vessels, and neonatal hemoglobin concentration of 8.4 g/dL, suggesting that fetal anemia may explain some adverse outcomes in PMD pregnancies.

Objective: one of the best tests for the assessment of a fetus is the biophysical profile test which has a significant effect on fetus health and the outcome of pregnancy. The present study was designed to determine the relationship between the full biophysical profile and the rapid biophysical profile tests in antepartum fetal surveillance. Patients and Methods: In this prospective study, Sin...

BACKGROUND/AIM Maternal, fetal, and neonatal outcomes in parturients with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) have been retrospectively documented. We aimed to present pregnancy outcomes of parturients with ICP who underwent delivery. The study was conducted during a 1-year period. MATERIALS AND METHODS After ethics committee approval, data from 1 January to 31 December 2015 were coll...

BACKGROUND Air pollution exposure during pregnancy might have trimester-specific effects on fetal growth. OBJECTIVE We prospectively evaluated the associations of maternal air pollution exposure with fetal growth characteristics and adverse birth outcomes in 7,772 subjects in the Netherlands. METHODS Particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter < 10 μm (PM10) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) l...

OBJECTIVE An early fetal growth lag may be a marker of future complications. We sought to determine the utility of early biometric variables in predicting adverse pregnancy outcomes. METHODS In this retrospective cohort study, the crown-rump length at 11 to 14 weeks and the head circumference, biparietal diameter, abdominal circumference, femur length, humerus length, transverse cerebellar di...

OBJECTIVE To estimate isotretinoin exposure in Dutch pregnant women despite the implemented pregnancy prevention programme (PPP) and second, to analyse the occurrence of adverse fetal or neonatal outcomes in these isotretinoin exposed pregnancies. DESIGN Population-based study. SETTING The Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS A cohort of 203,962 pregnancies with onset between 1 January 1999 and 1 Se...

PURPOSE To evaluate pregnancy outcomes following onabotulinumtoxinA (US Food and Drug Administration pregnancy category C product) exposure using the Allergan safety database. METHODS The Allergan Global Safety Database contains reports of onabotulinumtoxinA administration before/during pregnancy, including both prospective (reported before outcome) and retrospective (outcome already known) c...