Normal reference ranges for fetal cardiac function: Assessed by modified Doppler myocardial performance index (Mod MPI) in the Egyptian population.

Aim: To develop gestational age-based reference ranges for the modified Doppler myocardial performance index (Mod MPI) and to examine the maternal characteristics that affect this measurement.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study, comprised of 1021 healthy pregnancies between 20+0 to 35+6 weeks' gestation. They were all undergoing ultrasound examination in Cairo Fetal Medicine Unit (CAIFM) in Cairo University, Egypt from 1st April 2017 till 1st April 2019.

Alalfy modified cervical inversion technique as a tamponade in controlling PPH in placenta previa, a multicentric double blind randomized controlled trial.

Introduction: Postpartum hemorrhage that occurs frequently with placenta previa is one of the causes of maternal mortality in 14% in developing countries.

Objective: To assess efficacy of cervical inversion as a tamponade in controlling bed of placenta in cases of placenta previa.

Patients And Method: A prospective randomized controlled study was conducted among a total of 240 pregnant women with placenta previa (120 subjected to Alalfy modified cervical inversion technique plus hemostatic sutures and 120 was not subjected cervical inversion and only was subjected to hemostatic sutures in Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at Suez Canal University hospital, Helwan University and Algezeerah hospital for a planned cesarean section).