Prevalence of mental health problem during first-half pregnancy at Siriraj Hospital.

Objective: To study the prevalence of mental health problem during first-half pregnancy.

Study Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study.

Material And Method: The 255 singleton pregnant women < 20 weeks of gestation were enrolled.

Quality of life and risk factors that affect the quality of life of Thai female physicians.

Objective: To study the quality of life (QOL) and risk factors that affect QOL of Thai female physicians.

Material And Method: The Thai version of the briefform of WHO quality of life assessment instrument (WHOQOL-BREF-THAI) and risk assessment questionnaires were mailed to 1700 randomly selected female physicians.

Results: The authors obtained a response rate of 41.

Risk factors of caesarean section due to cephalopelvic disproportion.

Objective: To identify risk factors of cesarean section due to cephalopelvic disproportion

Setting: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital.

Study Design: Case-control study.

Material And Method: One hundred and three singleton, viable, term pregnant women in cephalic presentation delivered by cesarean section due to cephalopelvic disproportion (CPD) and 105 controls gave normal birth just before or after the study case.

Efficacy of fetal echocardiography and an evaluation of indications.

Unlabelled: Fetal echocardiography has been accepted as a prenatal noninvasive diagnostic tool of cardiovascular diseases in fetuses for more than three decades. There are limited data in Thailand. A retrospective study of prenatal, natal and postnatal data of pregnant women who had fetal echocardiography at Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, from January 1999 to July 2005 was conducted.

Comparison of the accuracy of fetal weight estimation using clinical and sonographic methods.

Objectives: 1. To compare the accuracy of clinical and sonographic estimations of fetal weight in pregnant women. 2.

Prenatal diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases.

Unlabelled: Fetal echocardiography is a safe means to obtain reliable anatomical and hemodynamic data of the fetal heart. The procedure is essential for prenatal diagnosis of cardiovascular abnormalities. In addition, fetal echocardiography is useful to follow-up the progression, monitoring during treatment and making a plan of treatment especially in life-threatening cardiac conditions.