Objectives: To find out the maternal and fetal complications of twin gestation and to assess the effect of these complications on perinatal outcome. Material and Methods: This Descriptive study was carried out in Gynae B Unit of Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar from January 2010 to December 2010. A total of 50 patients with twin pregnancy who had completed 28 weeks of twin gestation both book...

Once a cow becomes pregnant, the effect of pregnancy loss on its reproductive cycle is a topic of great interest for dairy herds. This paper reviews the factors of a non-infectious nature that affect the pregnancy maintenance during the late embryonic/early fetal period. Some clinical suggestions on bovine neosporosis and coxiellosis are also highlighted.

violence and the threat of violence against pregnant women are main barriers to women’s empowerment and equal participation in society. when stress and violence increase in developing societies, women’s safety in the home, workplace and community is often seriously affected. to determine the prevalence of physical abuse in pregnant women and to assess association between physical violence durin...

Methods: A prospective randomized-controlled trial was conducted on 200 patients with ectopic pregnancy at the Obstetrics and gynecological Departments of Zagazig University, Egypt between June, 20 11 to May 2014. Patients were randomized into two groups, (group 1) who received a single dose 50 mg per meters squared surface area methotrexate (50 mg/m2 IM on day 1) intramuscularly or (group 2), ...

In three consecutive years, spring-calving Hereford and Hereford x Angus cows (n = 348) were used to determine effects of level of supplemental energy or protein before and after calving on cowherd performance. Beginning on November 1, cows were individually fed 1.22 kg/d of a 40% CP (PROTEIN) or 2.44 kg/d of a 20% CP supplement (ENERGY) until calving. After calving, cows remained on the same s...

Background and objective: this study was conducted given the importance of pregnancy and its serious complications on prescribing Vitamin D during pregnancy to prevent pregnancy complications. Method: The research population included the pregnant women referring to Yasuj Shahid Moftteh Clinic in 2017 .In this clinical trial, 150 patients were selected after obtaining their consent and they wer...

Obstetricians use a unique form of classification of diabetes in pregnancy originally proposed by Dr. Priscilla White. The system was designed to estimate the prognosis for pregnancy outcome for women with diabetes who become pregnant. White first described her classification system in a report entitled, “Pregnancy Complicating Diabetes.” The prognostic system was based on the observation that ...

background: heterotopic abdominal pregnancy is a rare entity which poses unique management challenges. case: a 24-year-old gravida 1 woman with history of two years infertility and treatment with clomiphene citrate presented with acute right lower quadrant abdominal pain. heterotopic abdominal pregnancy was recognized at 16 weeks gestation by transvaginal ultrasound scan. we aimed to remove ect...

Studies show increased autism risk among children born to mothers experiencing obstetrical complications. Although this is usually interpreted as suggesting that the obstetrical complications could be causing autism, it is possible that a single factor could be responsible for both complications and autism. We hypothesized that low levels of the hormone progesterone is responsible since it is s...