The use of Frozen-section during surgical procedures, gives the surgeon valuable information and guides him to perform the appropriate surgical procedure. In order to determine the accuracy of Frozen-section in gynecologic surgery, we compared the results of 172 gynecologic Frozen-section diagnosis with their final diagnosis in Mirza Kockak Khan Hospital, from 1378 to 1379. A total of 106 ovari...

The objective of this study was to examine the correlation between both midfollicular FSH/LH ratio and number(s) of follicles with ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) in patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). This was carried out in IVF unit at Mirza Kouchak Khan Hospital. To induce ovulation, PCOS patients were stimulated with gonadotropines. Fifty four PCOS patients with norma...

Background: Preeclampsia is a disorder of pregnancy with increased maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. An imbalance between free radical induced lipid peroxidation and antioxidant system has been suggested as possible pathogenesis of preeclapsia. It has been shown correlation of some serum antioxidant agents (for example ceruloplasmin) with preeclampsia and its severity. The purpose...

Background & Aim: Pain control in newborns is one of the important tasks, which produced many controversies in pediatric medicine. Nowadays, it is proposed the usage of non-pharmacologic pain control methods. This study has been done to investigate the effect of breast feeding on pain control in newborns. Methods & Materials: A clinical trial was designed to evaluate analgesic effect of breast-...

This study has been conducted on the path reports of diagnostic curettage carried out in Mirza koochek-khan hospital during the 6 months of the year 1989 (April to September). The reports examined have been further classified into incompelete abortion, diagnostic currettage and others. A total number of 645 women have had D;C according to the above criteria. In this period of time, incomplete a...

The pre-eclampsia/eclampsia is one of the commonest conditions peculiar to pregnancy, to describe the occurrence of hypertension, proteinuria and edema in pregnancy. It is about seven times more frequent in first gestation and uncommon before 20 week's gestation. Serum BhCG levels were prospectively determined in 260 midtrimester singleton pregnancies where admitted from October 1999 until Sept...

Nowadays, group B streptococcus (GBS) is considered an important agent in early-onset infection in newborn infants. This is often transmitted to the child from the birth canal. Neonatal infection depends on degree of colonization of mother's vagina in labor. This study was conducted at two obstetrical teaching hospitals in Tehran (Shahid Akbarabadi and Mirza Kuchak Khan). Specimens were obtaine...