Four hundred and fourteen healthy infants born in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology were investigated. In no case was pregnancy complicated by toxaemia. All infants were delivered spontaneously without complications in occipitoanterior presentation and they showed no signs of asphyxia. In order to obtain reliable information on the duration of gestation, the dates on menstrual age we...

INTRODUCTION Evidence suggests a high prevalence of calcium and vitamin D deficiencies exists in both pregnant women and babies. Adequate intake of micronutrients has great importance especially during pregnancy and lactation period. Thus, the present study aimed at assessing the effect of vitamin D and calcium-vitamin D on pregnancy and birth outcomes (including duration of pregnancy, type of ...

Drugs are often used by women during pregnancy & lactstion. Midwives are among those giving service in maternal and child health programs, and are in contact with groups of pregnant & lactation women. In order to determine the midwives knowledge about drug usage in pregnancy and lactstion, this survey was carried out on all midwives of Kerman city ( n =69) in June 1995, using a questionnaire ba...

in a descriptive study on 791 cases of normal vaginal deliveries within the period of 6 months (20th sept 1994-20th march 1995) in shariatti hospital, the duration of active phase of labor was evaluated. in 140 pregnant women (69 primigravida and 71 multipara) which had the inclusion criteria (single fetus, cephalic presentation, 37 to 42 weeks of pregnancy, admission before cervical dilatation...

Background Intrauterine insemination (IUI) is a primary, simple and effective method of infertility treatment. The aim of this study was to determine the success rate of IUI and some related male and female factors. MaterialsAndMethods This quasi - experimental study was done on 500 infertile couples from 2006 to 2008. Either clomiphene or human menopausal gonadotropin (HMG) alone or clomiphene...

A randomized controlled trial was performed to compare the efficacy of extra-amniotic saline infusion (EASI) and intracervical traction with a Foley catheter for pregnancy termination. The study population consisted of 200 women with a pregnancy duration of 14 to 28 weeks and an indication for pregnancy termination. Inclusion criteria were an absence of effective uterine contractions, intact me...