background post-term pregnancy is an important factor in perinatal mortality and morbidity. generally, to reduce perinatal mortality in pregnancy, the delivery is done before adverse perinatal morbidity occurs. to prevent prolonged pregnancy, labor is induced with chemical drugs and complementary therapies. due to the side effects and contraindications of chemical medicine, the use of herbs has...

objective: in this study efficacy of sub lingual misoprostol was examined in comparison to oxytocin (i.v.) for inducing of labor in term pregnancy. materials and methods: seventy patients were allocated by blocked randomization to groups a (n=35, sub lingual misoprostol 25 μg four hourly to maximum of 5 doses) and b (n=35, continuous oxytocin infusion). results: delivery active phase and total ...

aortic aneurysm is a rare but potentially lethal complication during pregnancy. in this article we described a 30-year-old woman with a large size descending aorta aneurysm (11 cm in length and 5.6 cm in its greatest diameter), who had two term uncomplicated pregnancies. the patient received prophylactic ß-blocker drug during her second pregnancy. both pregnancies were terminated by caesarean s...

abstract background: we aimed to evaluate an approach to induced abortions during early pregnancies that controls the suction pressure and restricts the duration of the procedure. methods: three hundred patients programmed for induced early pregnancy abortions, hospitalized in the shandong provincial maternity & child care hospital from october 2013 to october 2015, were enrolled. patients were...

background: it has been documented that cytokines play important roles in the induction of normal functions of the placenta. it has been hypothesized that abnormal expression of the cytokines may be associated with unsuccessful pregnancy. objective: the aim of this study was to compare the serum levels of interleukin-17a (il-17a) and tumor growth factor (tgf-ß) in pre-term, term neonates, and t...

results there were no significant differences between the groups in terms of the bishop’s score at the baseline (p = 0.792) and 10-12 hours after starting the intervention (p = 0.159). the bishop’s score was significantly higher in the saffron group 20 - 24 hours after the intervention was started (p = 0.029) and just after onset of active uterine contractions (p = 0.003). in the saffron group,...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Despite growing interest in the role of maternal psychosocial stress as a determinant of preterm birth, no existing work has examined the relation between maternal stress and post-term birth (≥42 weeks). We hypothesize that prolonging gestation past term may represent an adaptive strategy to a suboptimal environment. METHODOLOGY We examined the relationship between e...

background: pregnant women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus are at increased risk of progressive carotid artery disorders. the current study evaluated carotid intima-media thickness (imt) in pregnant women with gestational diabetes at two time points of mid-term and full-term pregnancy to determine whether gestational diabetes mellitus causes increased imt. methods: this cross-sectio...

Background: To evaluate the impact of stimulating the endometrium with high-grade blastocyst culture supernatant (SEHB) perfusion before blastocyst transfer (BT) on implantation rate, pregnancy rate, and pregnancy outcome in ICSI cycles Materials and Methods: Ninety-four infertile couples who were referred to the Valiasr department of Imam Hospital complex between January 2010 and March 2011 en...