Objective Antenatal anxiety or maternal stress is a prevalent chronic mental disorder in pregnant women. We assessed the effect of maternal stress because of positive aneuploidy screening results on the alteration of uterine artery’s blood flow. MaterialsAndMethods A prospective cohort (one sample) study as a pilot study was done at a hospital in Tehran. Sixty pregnant women who were candidates...

expiratory pressure; Phihigh airway pressure level with BiPAP; Plolow airway pressure level with BiPAP; PSVpressure support ventilation; PVRlpulmonary vascular resistance index; RVEDVright ventricular enddiastolic volume; RVEFright ventricular ejection fraction; RVESVright ventricular end-systolic volume; RVPSPright ventricular peak systolic pressure; RVSV right ventricular stroke volume; RVSWI...

Hirsutism is characterized by excessive growth of terminal hair in a male pattern. Idiopathic hirsutism (IH) is a common cause of hirsutism. Since there are few data demonstrating IH is associated with insulin resistance, we tried to assess various insulin sensitivity indices in lean IH and compare with healthy subjects. A cross-sectional study was performed in 71 lean (BMI between 20-25 kg/m(2...

BACKGROUND Augmentation index, a marker of central wave reflection, is influenced by age, sex, height, blood pressure, heart rate, and arterial stiffness. However, the detailed haemodynamic determinants of augmentation index, and their relations, remain uncertain. We examined the association of augmentation index with vascular resistance and other haemodynamic and non-haemodynamic factors. ME...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of two tocolytics, nifedipine and magnesium sulfate, on Doppler indices in maternal and fetal vessels. MATERIALS AND METHODS We recruited 100 pregnant women with preterm birth between 24-36 gestational weeks who were admitted to our tertiary center over a two-year period. Patients were allocated to nifedipine (n=49) and magnesium sulfate (n=51) groups and ...

[Purpose] This study aimed to examine the correlation of visfatin level to pancreatic endocrine hormone level, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) index, and HOMA β-cell index in hydraulic resistance exercise. Furthermore, it investigated the relationship between visfatin level and other variables affected by exercise in overweight women. [Subjects and Methods] The exer...