• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.605-610
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• 2015

Toxoplasmosis is considered as an important risk factor for bad obstetric history (BOH) and one of the major causes of congenitally acquired infections. The present study aimed to estimate the seropositivity of T. gondii infection and associated risk factors among the attendees of high risk pregnancy and low risk antenatal care clinic of Minia Maternity and Pediatric University Hospital, Minia, Egypt. The study was carried out from April 2013 to April 2014 through 2 phases, the first phase was case-control study, and the second phase was follow-up with intervention. A total of 120 high risk pregnant and 120 normal pregnant females were submitted to clinical examinations, serological screening for anti-Toxoplasma IgM and IgG antibodies by ELISA, and an interview questionnaire. Seropositive cases were subjected to spiramycin course treatment. The results showed that the seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in high-risk pregnancy group was 50.8%, which was significantly different from that of normal pregnancy group (P<0.05). Analysis of seropositive women in relation to BOH showed that abortion was the commonest form of the pregnancy wastage (56.5%). The high prevalence of T. gondii seropositive cases was observed in the age group of 21-30 years. Post-delivery adverse outcome was observed in 80.3% of high-risk pregnancy group compared to 20% of normal pregnancy group. There was a statistically significant relationship between seropositivity and living in rural area, low socioeconomic level, and undercooked meat consumption (P<0.05). Serological screening for anti-Toxoplasma antibodies should be routine tests especially among high-risk pregnant women.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.39-45
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• 2003

Objective : To identify the factors affecting the complete fetal loss following multifetal pregnancy reduction (MFPR). Design: Retrospective clinical study. Methods : A total of 256 consecutive treatments of MFPR in IVF-ET cycles performed between 1992 through 2000 in Samsung Cheil hospital were analyzed. MFPR was done around 8 weeks of gestation by transvaginal ultrasono-guided aspiration in multiple pregnancies and reduced to singleton or twins. Stepwise logistic regression was performed to identify the factors affecting the final outcome of pregnancy after MFPR. Dependent variable was complete fetal loss and the independent variables were maternal age, paternal age, initial number of gestational sac (iGSNO), initial number of fetal heart beat, the number of remaining live fetus after MFPR, and chorionicity. Results: The total survival rate was 87.9%, and total fetal loss rate after MFPR was 12.1%. Total fetal loss occurred within four weeks from MFPR procedure was 1.95%. Total loss occurred after four weeks of procedure and before 24 gestational weeks was 8.2%. Seventy nine percent (202/256) of pregnancies delivered after 34 weeks of gestation. The survival rate of pregnancies reduced to singleton was significantly higher than that of pregnancies reduced to twins (93.5% vs. 86.7%, p<0.05). The mean ($\pm$SEM) gestational age at delivery was $36.2{\pm}1.0$ and $34.1{\pm}0.5$ weeks for pregnancies reduced to singletons and twins, respectively (p=0.065). Logistic regression analysis revealed that the maternal age, the number of initial gestational sac (iGSNO), and the number of remaining live fetus after MFPR significantly affected the rate of total fetal loss (Z = 0.174'age + 0.596'iGSNO + 1.324'remaining fetuses -12.07), (p<0.05). Conclusions: MFPR seems to be a relatively safe and efficient method to improve the obstetric outcome in high order multiple pregnancy. Because the maternal age, the number of initial gestational sac and the remaining live fetuses after MFPR affect the total fetal loss rate, restriction of the number of transferred embryos according to the age and MFPR to singleton fetus could be considered for the better obstetric outcome in IVF pregnancy.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.173-178
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• 2007

목 적: 체외수정으로 출산한 쌍태아와 자연임신으로 출산한 쌍태아 간의 산과적 결과의 차이를 비교하고자 한다. 연구방법: 2000년 1월부터 2005년 6월까지 출산한 146건의 쌍태아에 관한 산과적 기록을 검토한 후, 출생 시 재태연령이 24주 이상이며 체외수정으로 임신한 72건을 연구군 (체외수정군), 자연임신한 51건을 대조군 (자연임신이군)으로 나누어 연구를 시행하였다. 결 과: 두 군 간에 산모 연령, 출산 시 재태 연령, 태아체중 등의 차이는 없었지만, 임신성 고혈압과 임신성 당뇨의 발생 위험도는 체외수정군에서 높았다 (OR 2.59; 95% CI 1.01$\sim$6.66). 20% 이상 태아 체중 차이와 같은 성의 쌍태아 발생의 위험도는 체외수정군에서 낮았다 (OR 0.37; 95% CI 0.14$\sim$0.96, OR 0.45; 95% CI 0.21$\sim$0.99). 결 론: 본 연구의 결과로는 체외수정으로 출생한 쌍태아는 자연임신으로 출생한 경우보다 태아 체중 차이의 빈도 및 같은 성 출생의 빈도가 낮았다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제52권4호
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• pp.464-470
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• 2009

목 적 : 산전 초음파로 발견된 선천성 신 요로 기형의 빈도와 임상 결과에 대해 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법 : 1989년 10월부터 2007년 10월까지 18년간 산전 초음파에서 발견되어 출생 후 서울아산병원 소아청소년과에서 선천성 신 요로 기형이 진단된 906예를 대상으로 의무 기록과 검사 결과를 조사하였다. 결 과 : 발생 빈도는 수신증, 다낭성 이형성 신, 중복 신장, 방광 요관 역류, 단일 신, 수뇨관 신증, 이소성 신장, 다낭성 신, 요관류, 후부 요도 판막의 순이었다. 수신증은 520예로 57.4%를 차지하였으며 이 중 20%가 수술이 필요하였다. 다낭성 이형성 신은 25.4%에서 다른 동반된 신 요로 기형이 있었다. 중복 신장은 57.9%에서 수술이 필요하였다. 방광 요관 역류는 남아에서 10배 많았다. 상염색체 열성형 다낭성 신의 7예 중 2예가 만성 신부전으로 진행하였다. 후부 요도 판막은 9예(1%)로 빈도가 낮았으며, 그 중 1예가 만성 신부전으로 진행하였다. 결 론 : 산전 초음파로 발견되는 선천성 신 요로 기형은 그 종류가 다양하며 임상 결과는 많은 예에서 양호하여 특별한 처치가 필요 없는 경우도 많으나, 일부에서는 신장 기능을 감소시키는 원인이 되거나, 반복적인 요로 감염의 원인이 되어 수술이 필요한 경우가 있으며 특히 양쪽 신장에 발생하는 기형은 적절한 처치를 하지 않으면 만성 신부전으로 진행하는 원인이 될 수 있다. 그러므로 각각의 기형에 대한 정확한 분포와 임상 결과를 알기 위해서는 장기적으로 다기관 뿐 아니라 전국적인 조사 연구가 필요하다.

• 여성건강간호학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.439-452
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• 2000

This study sought to figure out women's needs during early postpartum for developing adequate nursing intervention toward postpartal women's healthy adaptation. A convenience sample of 89 women who are in the early postpartal period and admitted in a university hospital located in Seoul, Korea was studied from July 1, 1999 to August 13. 1999. 1. The age group of 26-30 years was 52.8% and the level of education above high school 91%. 67.6% of women had no job, 62.9% had experienced one time of delivery, and 52.8% had no experience of abortion. 2. 31.5% of women received prenatal education, 44.9% only postpartal education. 77.5% of women planned breast-feeding, and 53.9% of women had an experience of breast-feeding during hospital stay. For the feeling of confidence related to the self-care, 27% only expressed 'yes. I have' and 59.5% 'just a little bit'. For the feeling of confidence related to the baby rearing, 29.2% only expressed 'yes. I have' and 60.7% 'just a little bit'. 3. The rate of postpartal women's mother as a preferred non-professional care giver was the highest, 75.3%. The rate of the style of Sanhujori highly preferred and planned at this time was at postpartal women's maiden home or her home with mother, 58.4%, 47.7% respectively. It shows that women still wish to have traditional Sanhuiori at home. 4. The mean of nursing need of postpartal women was 4.25% and it means that universally the degree of nursing need during postpartum is still high. General nursing need (4.29) was higher than that of traditional Sanhujori (4.09), however, the need of Sanhujori is still high. 5. Specifically, the degree of nursing need according to the category of needs was 'educational need for baby rearing,' 4.43; 'emotional-psychological care', 4.41; 'environmental care,' 4.31; 'self-care,' 4.14; and 'physical care,' 3.85 in rank. The educational need core of the specific method about Sanhuiori (4.35) was second to the highest among 15 items of self-care. 6. The related factors to the degree of nursing need were age to physical care; educational level, plan of breast feeding and experience of breast feeding during hospital stay to emotional-psychological care; and the feeling of confidence in baby rearing to environmental care. 7. There was highly positive correlation between the degree of traditional Sanhujori need and general care need(r=.77). This result strongly reflects that there is a necessity of professional care givers' capability to consider the integrative care reflecting the socio-cultural need for women's healthy adaptation during postpartum. It provides a challenge to the professional care givers to research further on the effects of Sanhuiori on the health status, health recovery after abortion or delivery from the various aspects through the cross-sectional and longitudinal research for the refinement of the reality of Sanhuiori not only as cultural phenomenon but as an inseparable factor influencing on women's postpartal healthy adaptation and for the appropriateness of intervention and quality of care for desirable health outcome.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제50권8호
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• pp.740-745
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• 2007

목 적 : 인공수정으로 태어난 신생아는 쌍태아가 많고, 저체중아나 미숙아로 태어날 가능성이 많고, 사망률이 높다는 의견이 지배적이다. 한편 그동안의 인공수정의 기술적 발전과 신생아 집중치료실의 치료적 발전을 통해 신생아 생존율은 높아지고 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 인공수정으로 태어난 쌍생아와 자연 분만한 쌍생아의 임상 양상의 비교를 통해 이를 증명하고 인공수정아의 생존율을 높이기 위한 방법을 알아보고자 한다. 방 법 : 2000년 1월 1일부터 2006년 12월 31일까지 7년 동안 한림대학교 강남성심병원 신생아실 및 신생아 집중 치료실에 입원한 쌍생아를 대상으로 인공수정으로 태어난 쌍생아를 인공수정군(n=92)으로 자연수정을 통해 태어난 쌍생아를 자연임신군(n=265)으로 의무기록지를 후향적으로 검토, 비교하였다. 산모력으로는 산모의 나이, 산과적 질환유무, 산과적 합볍증 등에 대해 조사하였고, 신생아 분만력으로는 재태 주령, 출생체중, 분만방법, 1분 및 5분 아프가 점수, 사망 여부, 기타 합병증 발생 유무, 신체기형 유무 등에 대하여 비교, 분석하였다. 결 과 : 자연수정군에 비해 인공수정군에서 평균 재태 주령(자연임신군 $36.3{\pm}2.4$주 vs 인공수정군 $34.6{\pm}3.5$주)과 출생체중($2,367.0{\pm}517.9g$ vs $2,203.9{\pm}617.2g$)이 유의하게 낮았다. 또한 37주 미만 미숙아의 비율(51.3% vs 68.5%)과 극소 저출생 체중아의 비율(6.4% vs 15.2%)도 유의하게 높았다. 신생아기 예후에 있어서는 두 군 간에 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 산과적 측면으로는 산모의 나이($32.6{\pm}3.3$세 vs $30.3{\pm}3.9$세)와 제왕절개 비율(79.9% vs 95.7%)이 인공수정군에서 유의하게 높았으며 자궁경부 무력증 빈도(3.6% vs 36.2%) 및 이로 인한 자궁경부 봉축술 빈도(4.3% vs 38.3%)가 실험군에서 유의하게 높았다. 다른 산과적 합병증 발생은 두 군 간에 차이가 없었다. 결 론 : 인공수정으로 태어난 쌍생아는 자연수정으로 태어난 쌍생아에 비해 출생 체중과 재태 주령이 낮았으나, 모체의 산과적 합병증 빈도와 신생아기 예후에 있어서는 큰 차이가 없었다. 따라서 인공수정 산모의 경우 철저한 산전 관리와 함께 태어난 신생아를 의료진이 보다 관심을 두고 치료한다면 자연 수정으로 태어난 신생아와 다름없이 건강한 아이로 키울 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.696-705
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• 1994

This study was done to provide a basis for home health care management for women following Cesarean delivery. Furthermore it was initiated as an possible application of home health care in the future. In this study, client selection criteria was developed by the researcher and assessment tools for home health care, recording system and problem oriented recording system were revised from Jun's(1993) methods. The selection criteria tool for home health care for women who had a Cesarean delivery was structured and consisted of five areas : physical status, functional status, psychological-emetional status, educational needs status and environmental status. The structured assessment tool consisted of general items, obstetric history, past medical history, methods of feeding, medications taken before ad-mission, laboratory results, discharge instructions, discharge medications, family tree, economic status, environmental status, a map, health assessment of women and their newborns. The visit note consisted of the date : nursing problems : nursing process including initial assessment : nursing goals : visit plan : health status of the postpartum women and their newborn : nursing diagnoses : nursing implementation evaluation : summary : next visit plan and revision. The problem oriented recording system consisted of the date, problem numbers, nursing diagnoses, problem appearance date, problem resolution date. The results of the research are as follows : The seven cases having had a Cesarean delivery were discharged on an average on the 5th day after the Cesarean birth. The total number of home visits was 13. According to Cordon's functional health patterns the total possible nursing diagnoses was 34 diagnoses for the methers and their newborns. Among the 34 diagnoses, there were 13 diagnoses in the health perception /management pattern, 7 in the psychosocial health perception / management pattern, 8 in the psychosocial self-perception, 2 in the nutrition / metabolism pattern of physical function, 2 in the knowledge deficit of newborn management, anxiety related to newborn management, knowledge deficit related to disease process of new-born, anxiety related to disease process of newborn anxiety related to prognosis of baby's condition, knowledge deficit related to newborn jaundice each appeared once. The changes in the number of nursing diagnoses was related to not the number of visits but to the number of nursing diagnoses decreasing. The con-tent of the home health care was categorized ac-cording to assessment, direct care, counseling, education, family care. The recommendation based on the results of this research are Home health care nurses for Cesarean postpartum women and their neonates requires comprehensive knowledge of pregnancy, delivery, and the postpartum period and of the neonate so that they can provide appropriate care and holistic views. Most of cases terminated after the second visit, this outcome may be related to the subjects being discharged on the 5th day after delivery. Therefore, study done with earlier discharge after delivery may have different outcome. It is very hard to assess psychological aspects that need follow-up and to develop communication channels.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.323-329
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• 1998

The safety of ICSI as a novel procedure of assisted fertilization may be assessed by the health of the baby born. In order to evaluate the safety of ICSI, perinatal outcome and congenital anomaly of the babies born after ICSI were compared with those of babies born after IVF (control group). We analysed the clinical data from the obstetric and pediatric records, including the information obtained through telephone. The results are as follows; Mean gestational age $({\pm}SEM)$ and birth weight in singleton pregnancy were $38.8{\pm}1.9$ weeks and $3209.7{\pm}501.9gm$ in IVF group, $39.0{\pm}2.2$ weeks and $3289.9{\pm}479.5gm$ in ICSI group, respectively. Mean gestational age and birth weight in twins were $36.8{\pm}2.1$ weeks and $2512.8{\pm}468.0gm$ in IVF group, $36.5{\pm}2.8$ weeks and $2492.7{\pm}537.1gm$ in ICSI group. In IVF group, perinatal mortality rates were 8.5 in singletons and 56.6 in twins; for the ICSI singletons and ICSI twins, the perinatal mortality rates were 11.6 and 49.0, respectively. The incidence of congenital malformations was 3.6% (8/224) in IVF group and 2.1% (4/188) in ICSI group, there was no statistical difference (p>0.05, Fisher's exact test). The incidence of major congenital anomalies was 0.9% (2/224; pulmonary artery hypoplasia, renal cystic dysplasia) in IVF group and 1.1% (2/188; holoprosencephaly, Cri du chat syndrome) in ICSI groups (p>0.05, Fisher's exact test). Similarly, there was no significant difference in incidence of minor congenital anormalies 2.7% (6/224) in IVF group and 1.1% (2/188) in ICSI group respectively (p>0.05, Fisher's exact test). In conclusion, there was no difference in the perinatal outcome and the incidence of congenital anomalies between the babies born after ICSI and those after conventional IVF.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.146-152
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• 1989

대구시 남구 보건소 모자 보건 센터의 조산원들이 고위험 임부로 판정하여 타의료 기관으로 의뢰한 것이 어느 정도 타당한지를 알아 보기 위해 1985년 4월 1일에서 1987년 3월 31일 사이에 분만을 위해 모자 보건 센터를 방문한 임부 6,017명을 대상으로 센터에 도착하는 즉시 본 연구를 위한 전임 요원이 일반적 특성과 산과력을 면접 조사하고 임신 결과를 추적 조사하였다. 추적 조사가 가능했던 5,820명 가운데 704명(12.1%)이 의뢰되었는데 분만 결과가 불량(사산, 저체중아, 신생아 사망)했던 경우는 의뢰된 임부 가운데 4.4%로 센터에서 분만한 임부의 2.2%보다 유의하게 높았으며 (p<0.01) 조산원들의 임상적 소견으로 의뢰 여부를 판정한 것이 분만 결과와의 일치율은 86.5%였다. 의뢰 이유는 조기 파수(46.5%)와 아두 골반 불균형(20.2%)이 가장 많았는데 이들도 제왕 절개 분만율이 각각 10.1%, 17.6%로 대부분 정상아를 분만하였다. 임산 소견을 제외한 임부의 특성과 산과력으로 임신 결과를 판별 분석한 결과 재태기간이 가장 높은 판별 계수(0.88)를 보였고 그 다음이 출산 회수(0.37), 임부의 교육 수준(0.30)의 순이었으며 이 세가지 요인으로 임신 결과를 옳게 판정할 수 있는 비율이 65.6%로 조산원들이 판단하 일치율보다 낮았다. 조산원들이 임상적 경험에 의해 고위험 산모를 판정하고 있는 것은 타당한 것으로 평가되나 그들의 판정 기준을 체계적으로 조사한 결과와 임부의 일반적 특성과 산과력을 모두 독립 변수로 하고 불량한 임신결과에 꼭 필요한 제왕 절개 분만, 임신 및 분만의 합병증을 포함하여 종속 변수로 한 판별 분석을 한다면 우리 나라 모자 보건센터에 적합한 위험치 사정표를 개발할 수 있을 것이다.

• 대한간호
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.49-65
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• 1991

This study was carried out to assess the problems with the pregnant women, and check out the risk-factors in the high-risk pregnancies, using a simplified antepartum risk-scoring system, which was revised from Edwards' scoring system to be suitable for Korean situaition. This instrument was included 4 categories, demographic, obstetric, medical and miscellaneous factors. This survey was based on the 1300 pregnant women who were admitted, $x^2$-test, F-test, Pearsons correation, using statistical package SAS in NAS computer system, KIST. The results of the study were as follows; 1. 1313 infants were deliveried of these 560 infants(42.7%) were born to mothers with risk-scores > 7, and 753 infants(57.3%) were born to mothers risk-scores <7. 2. Maternal age" parity, education level, of the demographic factors were significant relation statistically to identify the high risk pregnancies($X^2$=20.88, 42.87, 15.60 P < 0.01). 3. C-section, post term, incompetent cervix, uterine anomaly, polyhydramnios, congenital anomaly, sensitized RH negative, abortion, preeclampsia, excessive size infant, premature, low birth weight infanl, abnormal presentation, perinatal loss, multiple pregnancy, of the obstetric factors were significant relation statistically to identify the high risk-pregnancies. ($X^2$ = 175.96, 87.5, 16.28, 21.78, 9.46, 8. 10, 6.75, 22.9, 64.84, 6.93, 361.43, 185.55, 78.65, 45.52, P < 0.01). 4. Abnormal nutrition, anemia, UTI, other medicalcondition(pulmonary disease, severe influenza), heart disease, V.D., of the miscellaneous and medical factors, were significant relation statistically to identify the high risk-pregnancies. 5. Premature, low birth weight infant, contracted pelvis, abnormal presentation, of the risk factors were significantly related with Apgar score at 1 '||'&'||' 5 minute after birth and neonatal body weight. 6. Apgar score at 1 '||'&'||' 5 minute after, birth and neonatal body weight were significantly negative correlated with risk-score. 7. There were statistically significant difference between risk-score and Apgar score at 1 '||'&'||' 5 minute after birth, 3 group(0-3, 4-6, above 7), and neonatal body weight, 2 group(below 2.5kg, the other group) (F=104.65, 96.61, 284.92, P<0.01). 8. Apgar score at 1 '||'&'||' 5 minute after birth(below 7), and neonatal body weight(below 2.5kg), were significant relation statistically with risk score.($x^2$=65.99, 60.88, 177.07, P<0.01) were 60.8 %, 60% . 9. Correct classifications of morbid infants(l '||'&'||' 5 minute Apgar score < 7) were 77.8%, 83.8% and that of nonmorbid infants(l '||'&'||' 5 minute Apgar score > 7) were 60.8%, 60%. 10. There were statistically significant difference between dislribution of maternal risk-score among the morbid infants(l '||'&'||' 5 minute Apgar score < 7) and non morbid infants(l '||'&'||' 5 minute Apgar score> 7) ($x^2$=64.8, 58.8, P < 0.001). 11. There were statistically significant difference between distribution of morbid infants(l '||'&'||' 5 minute Apgar score < 7) and fetal death. 12. The predictivity for classifying high.risk cases was 12 % and for classifying low-risk cases was 98.3 % in 5 minute Apgar score. Suggestions for further studies are as follows; 1. Contineous prospective studies, using this newly revised scoring system are strongly recommended in the stetric service. 2. Besides risk facto~s used in this study, assessmenl of risks by factors in another scoring system and paralled studies related to perinatal outcome are strongly recommended.