rohrer's ponderal index in newborns (birth weight * 100/height3) has been used as an indicator of fetal growth status, especially to assess asymmetrical intrauterine growth retardation. low ponderal index or disproportionate intrauterine growth retardation has higher neonatal morbidity and there are some specific guidelines in intrauterine growth retarded infants to control some of their p...

background: a number of former studies have shown that tuberculosis (tb) is higher in diabetes mellitus (dm) patients than non-diabetics. both dm and tb are major public health problems in iran, and because of the lack of investigation in this field in the region, we conducted this study to evaluate the prevalence of dm in admitted pulmonary tuberculosis patients. methods: the medical files of ...

background: malnutrition is a major public health problem in a developing country like india. keeping this in mind a study was carried out to find the proportion of under–five children suffering from malnutrition among the under‑five hospitalized children and to study co‑morbid illnesses and epidemiological factors associated with malnutrition. methods: this was a hospital‑based cross sectional...

objective: to compare maternal complications and labor outcome in obese and non-obese women. materials and methods: it is a retrospective comparative study conducted at the department of obstetrics and gynecology, unit 1, civil hospital, karachi from december 2008 to december 2009. a sample size of 220 gravid women is selected by non probability convenience sampling technique. in these 110 obes...

objective: this study was undertaken with an aim to determine bacterial species involved in post partum infections and also their abundance in patients admitted to at khanevadeh hospital. in this study out of three different kinds of postpartum infections (i.e. genital, breast and urinary tract), only genital infection is considered. materials and methods:  post partum infection among 6077 pati...

conclusions in order to diminish the health impacts of particulate matter in khorramabad, health training for the public, especially for persons with chronic lung and heart diseases, the elderly, and children, should be conducted by health systems to encourage them to reduce their activities during dusty days. materials and methods the pm10 sampling was carried out with a high-volume sampler at...

in early 1990, an outbreak of measles occurred in kerman, (population 257, 284) iran. overall, 475 cases were identified and four died (case fatality ratio 5.4 per thousand). illness was limited primarily to children below 15 years of age 166 (22.3%) were in children under five, 573 (77%) between 5-14 and six (0.8%) above 15 years of age. the age of the cases ranged from five months to 35 years...

Background & aim: Studies have shown that puerperal sepsis is a major cause of maternal morbidity and the second cause of maternal mortality in the developing world. This study aimed to determine the incidence and management of puerperal sepsis among the women of reproductive age (i.e., 15-49 years) attending to two hospitals in Nandi County, Kenya. Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional st...