Obstetric outcomes of teenage pregnancy versus adult pregnancy in Egypt

The aim of this study was to compare the obstetric outcome of the teenage pregnancy with that of adult pregnancy. 3260 women with first pregnancy attending Assiut hospital for delivery participated in the study. According to mother age the women were assigned into one of two groups; the 1[st] group included 847 women; the teenage group [primigravida with age of nineteen or less] and the 2[rd] group included 2413 women, the elderly group [primigravida with age more than nineteen]. A structural questionnaire was conducted including background information that covers details of socioeconomic status, obstetric history and complication, delivery and its complications andietal and neonatal outcomes. Complete medical and obstetric examination was performed for every woman in the study as well as their born baby. Only 847 [26.0%] teenagers were

Evaluation of clinical and radiological signs in diagnosis of pneumonia in the first five years of life

The objective of the present study was to assess the sensitivity and specificity of symptoms, signs and radiological picture commonly encountered with ARI in the diagnosis of pneumonia. The total outpatients were 9512; the number of children under five years old was 5334, ARI cases were 2614, pneumonia cases were 484 and cases with no pneumonia were 2130. Cases of ARI and pneumonia showed winter time predominance. Respiratory symptoms [Nahagan and Yecot] were the most sensitive symptoms. Respiratory signs as distress, grunting cyanosis, retraction and decreased breath sounds were very specific [100%]. Fever was 91% specific. Oxygen saturation and leucocytic count were neither specific nor sensitive. Chest x-ray was 87% specific, but only 67.2% sensitive. S. Pneumonia and H. influenzae were the common organisms in culture positive cases