background: anemia in pregnancy is associated with increased rates of maternal and perinatal mortality. objective: to study the prevalence and risk factors of women with anemia during pregnancy in kerman iran. materials and methods: a retrospective cross-sectional study was performed based on 2213 pregnancies delivered during the years 2005-2007 in kerman iran. women with hemoglobinopathies suc...

OBJECTIVE Early pregnancy losses increase with marked hyperglycemia in diabetic pregnancy. However, mean loss rates do not differ from those of nondiabetic pregnancy. This observation might be explained by increased fetal losses at the extremes of glycemia in diabetic and nondiabetic pregnancy. To test this hypothesis, we examined relationships of proximate measures of prior glycemia, glycated ...

background: endometriosis is one of the most challenging diseases that constitute 20% - 40% of women searching for their infertility diagnosis. objective: this study was undertaken in order to compare the outcome of in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ivf/icsi) in women with endometriosis, and tubal factor infertility as controls. materials and methods: from 2005 to 2006 a ...

background: recent reports have suggested that ultrasound-guided embryo transfer (ug-et) might improve pregnancy rates. objective: to determine whether transabdominal ug-et is a useful tool for increasing pregnancy and implantation rates in patients undergoing ivf or icsi. materials and methods: a prospective randomized clinical trial was conducted in 180 patients in order to compare embryo tra...

Background Infertility as one of most concerning topics in childbearing age mothers needs better managements with less complications and IVF can be assumed as an efficient method. This study aimed to compare pregnancy outcomes in fresh and frozen embryos transferred in IVF cycles. Methods In a retrospective study, 11201 patients underwent IVF cycles from 21st March 2013 to 20th March 2014 and...

OBJECTIVE To identify the factors that most significantly affected pregnancy rates in a gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) programme. METHODS A total of 863 GIFT cycles were analysed retrospectively. The variables found to be associated significantly with pregnancy were then used to obtain multivariate analysis using logistical regression. RESULTS Overall and ongoing pregnancy rates were...

BACKGROUND Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of adverse health outcomes for both the mother and the child. Rates of smoking during pregnancy, and rates of smoking cessation during pregnancy, vary between demographic groups. This study describes demographic factors associated with smoking cessation during pregnancy in New South Wales, Australia, and describes trends in smoking cessatio...

d before initiating treatments. Cows were blocked by lactation number and assigned randomly to 3 treatments consisting of variations of the Ovsynch protocol. Cows in Cosynch-48 and Ovsynch received injections of GnRH 7 d before and 48 h after a PGF injection. Fixed-time inseminations (TAI) were made at the time of the second GnRH injection (0 h; Cosynch-48) or 24 h (Ovsynch). Those in Cosynch-7...

OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship between serum P levels on the day of hCG administration and ongoing pregnancy rates. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING University-affiliated private IVF. PATIENT(S) A total of 2,458 couples undergoing IUI. INTERVENTION(S) Ovarian stimulation with human recombinant FSH. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Ongoing pregnancy and miscarriage rates. RESULT(S...

BACKGROUND What role should previous cesarean section play in affecting clinical pregnancy outcomes and avoiding the complications of in vitro fertilization? In this article, we focus on elective single-embryo transfer (eSET) versus double-embryo transfer (DET) and assess the clinical efficacy and safety of eSET in patients who have a previous cesarean scar. MATERIAL AND METHODS The pregnancy, ...