PROBLEM/CONDITION The Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives specifies goals of no more than 3.3 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births overall and no more than 5.0 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births among black women; as of 1990, these goals had not been met. In addition, race-specific differences between black women and white women persist in th...

OBJECTIVE Our objective was to measure the sensitivity and specificity of a six-item "pregnancy checklist" at excluding early- or luteal-phase pregnancy among women with a negative urine pregnancy test who were initiating contraception. STUDY DESIGN This was a secondary analysis of the Contraceptive CHOICE Project, a prospective cohort study of 9256 women in the St. Louis region. Women who ha...

background unwanted pregnancies remain a main public health problem worldwide. in iran, comparative studies on the risk factors of unwanted pregnancies and their effects on maternal health are rare. conclusions lower education and socioeconomic status, longer marriage duration, being employed, and unwilling of spouse were among the risk factors of unwanted pregnancies. these women are at high r...

background: multiple sclerosis (ms) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. etiology of the disease is not well understood; however, it is more common in women than in men and occurs mainly during reproductive age. the aim of this study was to evaluate some risk factors in women of childbearing age with ms in isfahan province. methods: this analytic case–control study was conduc...

background:  pregnancy in a woman's life is a unique experience. but due to high risk pregnancy and the need to rest in bed, the women and her family are faced with different challenges and needs. the inability to manage these needs will result in crisis and understanding the needs of pregnant women during bed rest is essential to provide comprehensive health care for them. so this qualita...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether pregnancy is well tolerated in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. SETTING Referral clinic. DESIGN The study cohort comprised 127 consecutively referred women with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Forty (31.5%) underwent clinical evaluation before pregnancy. The remaining 87 (68.5%) were referred after their first pregnancy. All underwent history, examination, electroca...

background: despite expanded coverage of family planning in iran, unwanted pregnancy is a common problem. the aim of this study was to explore women’s experiences of unwanted pregnancy in shahroud public health centers. methods: purposive sampling was conducted by means of focus group discussions (fgds) and in-depth interviews and by a semi-constructed questionnaire in this qualitative research...

The aim of the study was to identify dominant types rhythm disturbances in pregnant women, discuss features pathogenesis ventricular arrhythmias during pregnancy, relevance pre-gravidar diagnosis, expediency using antiarrhythmic drugs gestation. Basics. Proarrhythmic mechanisms pregnancy are associated with cardiovascular, vegetative and hormonal changes. risk factor for complications is a prev...