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"new look" in human maternal-fetal nutrition
Low birth weight serum albumin and incidence of neonatal jaundice
Maternal nutrition is the most influential, nongenetic environmental factor for the growth of fetus during the course of pregnancy. Growth of the fetal tissue imposes metabolic alteration in mother’s body resulting in an increased demand for nutritional requirement. Though the human fetus synthesizes its own carbohydrates, fats and proteins form glucose, amino acids and other short chain metabolites supplied from the maternal circulation through placenta. (1. PAGE, E. W. Human fetal nutrition and growth. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 104: 378, 1969./ 2. Shelley H. J. Carbohydrate metabolism in the foetus and the newly
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This was a prospective cohort study, carried out on mother baby pairs selected randomly from the delivery done at our hospital during the period of June 2009 to Dec 2012. The study protocol was reviewed and approved by Institutional ethics committee on the agreement that patient anonymity must be maintained, the finding would be treated with utmost confidentiality and for the purpose of this research only.
A total One hundred and twenty one (n=121) mother infants pairs were followed up at the time of birth and prospectively for the first 30 days of new born life with daily clinical examination. Infants with Rh incompatibility, congenital malformation, major systemic disease evident at birth and any unrelated complications arising during hospital stay were excluded from the
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Apgar score was recorded with in 5 min of birth for all newborns by single examiner.
After obtaining informed consent from parent, 2 to 3 ml of cord blood was collected immediately after birth in the labor room. Newborns’ Blood groups were detected by Blood group typing antisera from Ortho diagnostics. Cord blood hemoglobin estimation was performed by Drabkin’s reagent supplied by Nice Company and CS-Albumin estimation by BCG dye binding method on Shimadzu-UV17000- spectrophotometer. Record of mother’s Serum Albumin and hemoglobin levels were obtained from the prenatal checkup file.
The neonates were followed up clinically for 30 post-natal days by our post graduate student in either neonatal ward or home for recording of their developmental parameters like weight gain, feeding habit, motor and nervous developments.
The data obtained was analyzed using Medcalc program, correlations of various parameters were statistically looked for and P value < 2500g Birthweight
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Figure 16 displays the phylogenetic tree for a pig and shows that these species consists of several clades. A clade is specie with one common ancestor and all of its descendants. In Figure 15, the phylogenetic tree shows the very close relationship between the pig (Sus Scrofa) and Sus bucculentus as they have the most recent common ancestor. Figure 15, also shows that sus scrofa is more related to sus verrucisus than sus cebifrons as it closer to the phylogenetic tree. 4.
Research has been with the fetal tissue for several kinds of diseases to help find a
Introduction As a nurse there is a responsibility to make sure the client has the information necessary to make decisions regarding their health and the health of their family. The primary goal of maternity nursing is to optimize the health and well-being of the mother and the baby. This will be an individualized teaching plan for the prenatal client. The stage of growth and development are described with support from literature.
The authors addressed the birth disparity outcomes between the African American and White population. They stated that racial discrimination interconnects with income disparities, poverty, cultural isolation, stress, etc., As a result of these factors the African Americans still have the highest rate of infant mortality in the nation, and the African American babies die before the first birthday twice the rate comparing to White babies. Greg, R., Alexander, Michael, D. Kogan, & Nabukera, S. (2000).
According to Dr. Shah, the main reason for hospital births becoming
Kulich, E. (2015). Low Birth Weight. Retrieved from http://www.pregnancycorner.com/giving-birth/complications/low-birth-weight.html 3. Mayo Clinic. (2014).
During the second trimester or four to six months, the heart rate gets stronger and other body systems are further developed. Nails, hair, eyelashes and footprints. Perhaps the most obvious size of the fetus is dramatically increasing and is about six times higher. While providing uterine protection, the fetus is indirectly connected to the outside world through the mother. Many mother-related factors can harm the fetus: poor nutrition, alcohol use, smoking, the use of some prescription or over-the-counter drugs, the use of recreational drugs such as cocaine, sedatives and drugs, X-rays and other types of radiation.
If you lose a lot of blood during the delivery and become anemic, it may lead to many other infections and cause other complications. Many a times, it becomes very difficult to regain the blood that you have lost. This can affect your entire life. Though it is not very common, but at times, the mother may lose her life due to excessive loss of blood during delivery. It is very important to frequent blood tests during the pregnancy to check against anemia and eat a healthy diet so that so you always have enough iron.
Preterm births and low birth weight affect different states in the USA in a variety of ways. For example, research done in 2004 proved that preterm births are common among non-Hispanic African Americans women at 17.8 percent and least among the Asians and the Pacific Islanders women at 11.5 percent. The rate of low birthweight among non-Hispanic African Americans are also considerably high compared to the non-Hispanic white. Low birth weight among children brings creates a lot of problems. Children born with this condition require regular medication which is costly (Tambyraja & Mongelli, 2003).
Ethical Issues in Healthcare There are many ethical issues facing health care at any time and it is impossible to say definitively which is the most pressing or the most important. Health care professionals are expected to base their practice on a set of ethical principles, including truthfulness, beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice, and confidentiality. Ethical issues can arise, however, when a l professional is called upon to act in opposition to personal values or in cases where the values of patient, health care worker, and sponsoring institution conflict. The following issues are presented in no order. Neonatal Ethics Neonates are babies within their first twenty-eight days of life.
The aim of this paper is to analyse a critical incident which occurred at the student health visitor’s area of practice. A critical incident is an event which when it occurs, makes one pause and consider the situation to give an element of understanding whilst dwelling on the negative and positive aspects of the experience in transforming knowledge and behaviour Hannigan (2001), as cited in Elliot (2004). In order for one to analysis an events there is a need for reflection on the process and evaluate its outcome. Critical incident analysis is identified as discussion and reflection on motives and justification of actions used when an incident happens and its effectiveness in enhancing practice in future (Elliot 2004). This process involves
Because of False beliefs, customs and attitude of the mother tend to wean the child late where the babies are landing up in severe problem. Hence due to different points of concerns this study has planned to know the mean age and influencing various factors with complementary feeding. Material & Methods: This study was a prospective interventional study conducted in the Department of Pediatrics at North Indian Hospital.
The arrival of a new baby, especially the first always marks a new beginning for a mother. It comes with a lot of challenges more so if the mother is less knowledgeable about baby care. Take such as cleaning the baby for the first time, or feeding, it is not easy. The baby is still fragile and slippery and needs a special care. But if the mother is not ready for all these, or maybe, does not have any knowledge on what to do, the baby’s life might be endangered since the baby needs a special care which only the mother can give.
According to the royal society, between1930 and 2010 the world’s population grew from 2 billion to 6.8 billion ,so the Continuing population causes a consumption growth and that means the global demand will increase over the next years and growing competition for land, water and energy will increase too(Black, 2010). Growth of population will affect on some countries ability to produce food especially in the poor developing countries, so improved nutrition is central to improved income generation, poverty reduction, and provide a good food quality. Lack of food quality has an impact on mother’s nourishment because they are more likely to give a birth, so mothers which are malnourished later will give birth of babies with a less healthier, growth retardation are associated with reduced physical activity, impairment of
The health status of mothers in Turkey was below the desired level, but the data show some improvement in the last years. Prenatal care is one of the most important means intending to protect the health of the mother and child and is provided by health posts, health units,