conclusions overall, incidence of birth trauma in kashan city was lower in comparison with most studies. considering existing risk factors, further monitoring on labor, and delivery management in teaching hospitals are recommended to prevent birth injuries. in addition, careful supervision on students and residents' training should be applied in teaching hospitals. patients and methods in this ...

background: spontaneous preterm labor is one of the common obstetrics problems causing several physical, psychological and economical outcomes. although due to these outcomes and the efficacy of cares for decreasing them, preterm labor screening is cost-effective and it is still one of the challenging issues in obstetrics. objective: in this study preterm labor screening by using cervical trans...

SUMMARY A prospective randomized double blind study was conducted to investigate the effect of oxytocine injection in the umbilical cord on the third stage of labor duration. 127 cases of normal vaginal delivery (with no signs of separation of placenta during the first five minutes of fetus delivery) were selected. The cases were divided into three groups. In the first group(40 cases) 30 ml of...

the purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of misoprostol and oxytocin for induction of labor. in this prospective and randomized controlled trial one hundred twenty women with an unfavorable cervix who underwent labor induction were assigned to receive either intravenous high dose oxytocin(6miu/min) or intravaginal misoprostol 50µg every 6 hours for two doses. twelve hour...

Are couples who have been together longer more likely to stick together in the face of adversity? This paper uses monthly data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation to investigate the impact on relationship duration of labor market shocks such as layoff, discharge for cause, and disability. Using a Cox proportional hazard model, I show that generally these labor market shocks sign...

conclusions according to the appearance of the purple line in most of the cases and its high sensitivity and specificity, we can use it as a non-invasive complementary method for clinical assessment of labor progress. results the purple line appeared in 75.3% of women during the active phase of labor. appearance of the purple line in the prediction of labor progress had 90.2% sensitivity, 45.3%...

physiologists have shown that increased fluids improve skeletal muscle performance in prolonged exercise.typical orders provide for 125 ml of intravenous fluids per hour in patients taking limited oral fluids during labor. our purpose in this study was to determine whether increased intravenous fluids affect the progress of labor. in a prospective randomized institutional clinical trial, one-hu...