Publications by authors named "S S Al-Najashi"
Aim: To determine the incidence of different complications of the apparently healthy full-term infants of diabetic mothers (IDMs) and whether these complications could be predicted early.
Methods: A prospective study was performed in the Nursery Unit of King Fahd Hospital of the University in Al-Khobar over an 18-month period. Eligible neonates were those full-term IDMs who were asymptomatic at birth, with birth weight ≥ 2000 g and whose mothers had gestational or pregestational diabetes.
Objective: The aim of the study is to identify the major causes of perinatal mortality and to determine the main maternal factors which affect perinatal mortality at the King Fahd Hospital of the University (KFHU), Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Methods: A retrospective study was conducted covering a period of ten years from January 1987 to December 1996. All 548 perinatal deaths, which occurred during that period, were analyzed according to Wigglesworth classification.
The purpose of the study was to determine the incidence of congenital anomalies among infants of diabetic mothers and compare this with the normal obstetric population in our hospital. Among 17 463 patients delivered at the King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia between January 1987 and December 1992 there were 466 diabetic mothers who delivered 466 singleton births. The incidence of diabetes was 2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The purpose of the study was to determine whether the use of prophylactic oral ritodrine or hospitalization for bed rest can prolong pregnancy in multiple pregnancy.
Methods: The study was conducted over a period of 8 years and included 189 cases of multiple pregnancy, all of which were delivered at the King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, between July 1986 and August 1994. The patients were divided into three groups: the first group included 64 patients who received oral ritodrine from the 25th to the end of the 37th week of gestation; the second group included 57 patients who were hospitalized from the 28th to the 32nd week of gestation; and the third group, considered the control group, included 68 patients who were managed on an outpatient basis only.
Objective: The purpose of the study was to determine the best regimen for metabolic control of gestational diabetes.
Methods: A prospective study was conducted over a period of 5 years in 355 diabetic women delivered at the King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, between January 1987 and December 1991. The patients were divided into three groups according to their mean plasma glucose levels during pregnancy: good control was defined as a mean plasma glucose level of less than 120 mg/dl (group A); moderate control as a mean plasma glucose level between 120 and 140 mg/dl (group B); and poor control as a mean plasma glucose level in excess of 140 mg/dl (group C).