Health physicists and knowledgeable clinicians have the responsibility to counsel women of reproductive age about the reproductive risks of ionizing radiation exposure before conception or during pregnancy. It is important to realize that lay individuals have many misconceptions about the reproductive risks of ionizing radiation. Many patients who have already had or will undergo some type of r...

Background: Reproduction is an important population concept throughout the world, and demographists consider it among four main life events. Given Iran's population growth policy, this study was conducted to assess the tendency to pregnancy in women in Zanjan. Method: From among health centers in five geographical districts in Zanjan (North, South, East, West, and Center), one was randomly sel...

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is the most common medical complication of pregnancy today. As per American Diabetes Association (ADA) 2022, latest definition GDM diagnosed in second or third trimester that was not clearly overt prior to gestation. Blood sugar more than normal and less first defined as hyperglycemia early pregnancy. has been associated with adverse effects outcomes such pre...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the impact of a prior cesarean section on preeclampsia risk in a subsequent pregnancy. METHODS Study data were collected from the Korea National Health Insurance Claims Database of the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service for 2006-2010. Patients who had their first delivery in 2006 and subsequent delivery between 2007 and 2010 in Korea were enrolled. The overa...

BACKGROUND At present, women are recommended to avoid pregnancy 12-18 months after bariatric surgery. Our aim in this study was to describe patterns of contraceptive use before and after gastric bypass in Sweden, and to describe the contraceptive counseling given preoperatively to women undergoing gastric bypass. METHODS In October 2012, a questionnaire was sent to 1000 Swedish women who all ...

BACKGROUND Multiple sclerosis (MS) preferentially affects females at childbearing age. For this reason patients and treating physicians were frequently confronted with questions concerning family planning, pregnancy and birth. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the expertise about pregnancy related topics in multiple sclerosis of neurologists in private practice. METHODS We dev...

The potential of antiretroviral treatment (ART) to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV has increased the number of serodiscordant couples who are considering natural conception. We aim to describe the results of a protocol for reproductive counseling aimed at HIV serodiscordant couples who desire natural conception, in which the infected partner, the index case, is receiving suppressive anti...

Women comprise 25% of the US HIV epidemic, with many women of reproductive age. There is a need for providers to address the reproductive needs and desires of women with HIV given that effective antiretroviral therapy has transformed HIV into a chronic disease. This cross-sectional study shows high rates of partner serodiscordance (61%) and moderate HIV disclosure to partners (61%). Patients su...

Anxiety in pregnancy is an emotional reaction that occurs pregnant women related to the mother's concern for welfare of herself and her fetus, continuity pregnancy, childbirth, period after delivery when she has played role being a mother. Every woman different level anxiety very dependent on extent which perceives pregnancy. This study aims determine factors associated with facing childbirth. ...

Care of pregnant patients with congenital heart disease requires understanding of the specific congenital defect, the nature of previous surgical correction, and the residua and sequelae. General risks and principles can be adduced in management decisions. In addition, lesion- and patient-specific details are important. There are only a few conditions that place patients at a high enough risk t...