PURPOSE To evaluate the performance of a Brazilian reference curve of fundal height (FH) regarding its capacity of screening the deviations of volume of amniotic fluid using a Brazilian reference curve of amniotic fluid index (AFI) as gold standard. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study evaluating 753 pregnant women receiving prenatal care at the public health services of João Pessoa (PB),...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Symphysis-fundal-height (SFH) could be prove useful for the management of labour. This study aims to assess the behaviour of induced labours in relationship with SFH values. METHODS Prospective observational study in a sample of 158 women underwent induction with intravaginal dinoprostone for different indications. SFH, SFH corrected for station, gestational age and parity ...

BACKGROUND There is a strong association between stillbirth and fetal growth restriction. Early detection and management of IUGR can lead to reduce related morbidity and mortality. In this paper we have reviewed effectiveness of fetal movement monitoring and Doppler velocimetry for the detection and surveillance of high risk pregnancies and the effect of this on prevention of stillbirths. We ha...

BACKGROUND Dystocia is one of the important causes of maternal morbidity and mortality in low-income countries. This study was aimed to determine the diagnostic accuracy of maternal anthropometric measurements as predictors for dystocia in nulliparous women. MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospective cohort study was conducted on 447 nulliparous women who referred to Omolbanin hospital. Several m...

Method: This was a prospective, longitudinal and analytical study conducted in Kathmandu University Hospital, Dhulikhel from 1st July 2011 to 1st of December 2012. There were 32 patients included in the study. Indomethacin was administered orally at the dose of 25 mg three times a day for 1 week. The patients were admitted for observation of clinical symptoms, fundal height, fetal status and am...