background: high maternal hemoglobin (hb) concentration was considered a risk factor for the developing of pregnancy hypertension. the purpose of this study was to determine whether high maternal hb concentration in first trimesters associated with pregnancy induced hypertension in iranian nulliparous women. methods: this study was carried out in teaching hospital in sari, iran. samples were ob...

abstract background and purpose: high-risk pregnancy is referred to a situation in which mother, fetus or neonate are in higher risk of morbidity or mortality. because of adverse outcomes of high-risk pregnancies, this study aims to determine these outcomes in the north of iran. materials and methods: we recruited 803 urban and rural pregnant women in this crosssectional study via consensus met...

background: we examined whether pregnant women with preeclampsia have an increased rate of pre-pregnancy polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos). this study also evaluated whether the association, if any, was a result of preeclampsia and its relationship to pcos or dependent upon concurrent obesity. materials and methods: in this study, 75 preeclampsia cases and 225 normotensive pregnant controls, mat...

background this study compared the health outcomes of abortion by vaginal misoprostol tablets and suction curettage in the first trimester of pregnancy. material and methods in this study, 220 pregnant women (under 14 week’s gestational age) who candidate for termination of pregnancy (due to fetal or maternal reasons) were divided into the treatment and surgery groups. in the medical abortion g...

objective: to evaluate the importance of cytokine type in embryo implantation in uterus specified and activated macrophages interfere the tube movements and embryo retention in uterine tubes by smooth muscle relaxation and disrupting ciliary function. therefore, increased risk of infection with hp during pregnancy, we investigated relation between helicobacter pylori (hp) infection and prevalen...

conclusion social support indirectly and quality of life directly affect stress during pregnancy. thus, health officials should attempt to establish measures to further enhance social support and quality of life of pregnant women to reduce stress and its consequences during this time. results the final path model fitted well (cf1 = 3, rmsea = 0.00) and showed that direct quality of life paths w...