Fetal growth restriction is associated with substantial perinatal mortality and morbidity. Incidence of fetal demise, birth asphyxia, meconium aspiration, neonatal hypoglycemia and hypothermia are all increased, as is the prevalence of abnormal neurological development. Postnatal growth and development of growth restricted fetuses depends on the cause of restriction, nutrition in infancy and so...

Background: Accurate assessment of fetal weight is important for optimal obstetric management labouring mothers. Among the methods estimation, symphysis-fundal height (SFH) measurement inexpensive and non-invasive readily available simple acceptable procedure estimation. On other hand, high rate low birth one causes perinatal mortality in our country. Objective was to assess by measuring height...

AIM To investigate the association of cornual-fundal location of the placenta and breech presentation at term delivery. METHODS This study was conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Novi Sad, in 2011. The inclusion criteria were delivery at ≥37 weeks of gestation, singleton gestation, and cornual-fundal location of the placenta determined by ultrasonography at ≥37 weeks of ...

background: detection of women at risk for dystocia will allow physicians to make preparations and treatment decisions that can minimize maternal and neonatal morbidity. we aimed to determine the risk factors for dystocia in nulliparous women. methods: this case series enrolled 447 nulliparous women who presented with a single pregnancy in the vertex presentation and gestational age of 38-42 we...

BACKGROUND Use of endoscopic therapies for esophageal varices has resulted in increased prevalence of fundal varices and severe portal hypertensive gastropathy. This study was meant to compare the effect of band ligation and sclerotherapy on development of fundal varices and portal hypertensive gastropathy. METHODS Patients with esophageal varices presenting in the endoscopy unit of Shiakh Za...

BACKGROUND Fundal pressure during the second stage of labour (also known as the 'Kristeller manoeuvre') involves application of manual pressure to the uppermost part of the uterus directed towards the birth canal, in an attempt to assist spontaneous vaginal birth and avoid prolonged second stage or the need for operative birth. Fundal pressure has also been applied using an inflatable belt. Fun...

PURPOSE To investigate the patterns of fundal height (FH) growth curve in pregnant women with term low birth weight (LBW) infants compared with the standard FH growth curve for Thai women. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A retrospective study was conducted at the four governmental general hospitals in the northern part of Thailand between 2009 and 2011. All data were obtained from antenatal records and ...

Gastric emptying was compared in patients with gastric cancers and fundal gastritis to determine its value in identifying patients at high risk of gastric cancer. Gastric emptying was measured by the acetaminophen absorption method, and the extent of fundal gastritis was determined by the endoscopic Congo red test. The results showed that gastric emptying was significantly slower in patients wi...

POSTTRAUMATIC LEFT-SIDED PORTAL HYPERTENSION MANIFESTED WITH BLEEDING FUNDAL VARICES (Abstract): Splenic vein obstruction (usually due to thrombosis) induces left-sided portal hypertension and isolated fundal varices in patients with unaffected liver parenchyma and permeable portal vein. Pancreatic etiology is among the most frequent for splenic vein thrombosis. Hemorrhage from isolated fundal ...