Background: Electronic fetal monitoring was used in many hospitals before labor and during delivery . The objective of this study was to investigate whether the use of fetal monitoring had effect on neonatal outcomes and cesarean section rate. Materials and Methods: A prospective study on monitoring neonatal Apgar and kind of delivery data, from deliveries occurring at Shahid Sadughi hospital i...

background: according to the world health organization, the acceptable range for cesarean delivery is only 10-15% of the total delivery. increased  rate of cesarean can increase maternal mortality rate. statistics from provinces in iran shows that the rate of unnecessary caesareans is growing in the country. methods: this qualitative research evaluated the comments of 20 mothers who had caesare...

microparticles offer various significant advantages as drug delivery systems, including: (i) an effective protection of the encapsulated active agent against (e.g. enzymatic) degradation, (ii) the possibility to accurately control the release rate of the incorporated drug over periods of hours to months, (iii) an easy administration (compared to alternative parenteral controlled release dosage ...

OBJECTIVES To compare the cesarean delivery rates over the last decade and to examine the indications contributing to changed trends, if any. METHODS To compare the rate and indications of cesarean delivery over the last decade, the data were collected in a retrospective manner from all the deliveries that occurred between January 1 and December 31 in 2001, 2006, and 2011, in the department o...