1Department of Anesthesiology, erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The netherlands; 2Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia and The James hogg iCAPTURe Center, st. Paul’s hospital, Vancouver, Canada; 3Department of Pulmonology, erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The netherlands; 4Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The netherlands; 5Department of C...

BACKGROUND Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is associated with metabolic abnormalities which are also parts of metabolic syndrome (MetS). It is debated whether all women with PCOS should be screened for MetS and Insulin resistance (IR), since they may vary in terms of PCOS phenotype, ethnicity and age. This large scale study aimed to determine the prevalence of MetS among Iranian women diagnose...

In this article we give an overview of the relation between planning of maintenance and production. On the one hand we consider production planning and scheduling models where failures and maintenance aspects are taken into account. Next we discuss the planning of maintenance activities, where we consider both preventive as well as corrective maintenance. Thirdly, we consider the planning of ma...

Author details Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Erasmus Medical Center, Wytemaweg 80, PO Box 2040, 3000, CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Department of General Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Department...

INTRODUCTION Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is associated with obesity and insulin resistance. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the impact of insulin resistance and body mass index (BMI) on inflammatory and hemostatic variables associated with long-term risk of cardiovascular disease in women with PCOS. MATERIAL AND METHODS 149 premenopausal women with PCOS wer...

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), and to compare the clinical, hormonal and ultrasonography features between infertile women with or without PCOS. Design: A descriptive, comparative study. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted from May 1, 2007 to August 1, 2008, in the Infertility Care and IVF center in Maternity Teaching Hospital, Erbil city...

on december 11, 2008, the united nations adopted the “convention on contracts for the international carriage of goods wholly or partly by sea”, more colloquially known as the “rotterdam rules” for the city which hosted the convention’s signing ceremony on september 23, 2009. rotterdam convention approved the “presumption of responsibility” as the basis of carrier’s responsibility and listed the...

Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), includes a wide spectrum of clinical symptoms and signs. Three different diagnostic classifications have been proposed to define this disease. The first one, published in 1990, known as the "NIH criteria" requires the simultaneous presence of hyperandrogenism and menstrual dysfunction in order to diagnose PCOS. Later on, in 2004, an expert panel met in Rotter...

World Health Organisation (WHO) type II anovulation is defined as normogonadotrophic normoestrogenic anovulation and occurs in approximately 85% of anovulatory patients. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common form of WHO type II anovulatory infertility and is associated with hyperandrogenemia (1,2). Moreover, PCOS is the most common endocrine abnormality in reproductive age women. ...