PURPOSE We explored the contraceptive experiences of female teens with epilepsy, including their knowledge and perceptions of interactions between antiepileptic drugs and hormonal contraception and contraceptive decision-making processes. METHOD From November 2012 to May 2013, we conducted one online survey (n=114) and 12 online focus group discussions (n=26) with female teens with epilepsy a...

BACKGROUND The choice of available contraceptive methods has increased in recent years; however, recent data on women's awareness of methods and reasons for their method choice, or reasons for changing methods, is limited. The aim of this study was to examine the use and awareness of contraceptive methods in the USA, UK, Germany, Italy and Spain. METHODS Quantitative survey of heterosexual wo...

the effectiveness of contraceptive methods, such as i.u.d. can be considered with different points of view, such as: the period of protection from pregnancy for such married couple. the demographic effect of the program, on the basis of the number of births, averted in a given population. the objective of the, present study was to calculate the probability of pregnancy, expulsion, removal and t...

background : sexual relationship is a basis for mental health and continuity of the healthy generation. enjoying the healthy body and mind will cause the sexual relationships to run their normal course in life. one of the problems that couples are faced within their sexual relationships is the issue of employing family planning methods. studies have revealed that contraceptive methods are in co...

Background: Phenobarbital poisoning is common in Vietnam. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of continuous veno-venous hemofiltration (CVVH) and hemodialysis (HD) on clinical outcomes in the treatment of severe acute phenobarbital poisoning. Methods: This was a retrospective observational historically controlled study. 42 patients with severe phenobarbital poisoning were enr...

This new transdermal contraceptive system (contraceptive patch), Evra (Janssen-Cilag), received a UK product licence in 2003. In clinical trials: Consistent doses of norelgestromin and ethinyl oestradiol are released into the systemic circulation daily. Pharmacokinetic data suggest that levels are sufficient to inhibit ovulation for at least 7 days. The overall Pearl index for the contraceptive...

abstract ba ckground: quality of services, making communications with target groups, and educating them are among the most important success factors in implementation of family planning programs. provision of public access to contraception and related methods, counseling services, and paying attention to social specification and cultures are important in promotion of service quality. with regar...

BACKGROUND In India, a large proportion of women with an unmet need for contraception are within their first year after childbirth. Therefore, concentrating efforts to educate postpartum women on the importance of attending contraceptive clinics could have a proportionally bigger impact on increasing postpartum contraception usage. METHODS Hundred and seventy-eight (178) women were followed u...

background in 1996, donovan and colleagues represented a scoring system for better prediction of hirschsprung disease (hd). objectives our objective was to devise another scoring system that uses a checklist of radiologic and clinical signs to determine the probability of hd in suspicious patients. patients and methods in a diagnostic accuracy study, 55 children with clinical manifestations of ...