OBJECTIVE This case-control study was performed to compare the pregnancy outcomes of women aged 40 years and older with those of 20- to 30-year-old women. MATERIALS AND METHODS Among 28,507 women who delivered in the Zeinabieh and Hafez hospitals affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences between September 2001 and October 2004, 574 women (2.01%) were 40 years old or older at the tim...

Introduction: There is a great deal of controversy regarding the effect of gestational magnesium (Mg) deficiency on fetal growth and the incidence of low birth weight (LBW) in infants. Therefore, this study aimed to delineate the possible relationship between maternal Mg level and infant LBW. Methods: This case-control study was conducted on 180 mothers in Shiraz, Iran. Fasting blood samples we...

the osteological characteristics is an important tool for clarification of the phylogenetic statue of the family nemechelidae. since any information is available about osteological features of the genus turcinoemacheilus , hence the present study provides a detailed osteological characteristics of the turcinoemacheilus hafezi as representative of this genus. ten specimens of t. hafezi were coll...

one of the greatest preoccupations in the field of sociology of religion is a practical (pragmatic) definition of religion and religiosity which is mostly studied in social psychology and can be divided into sociological tradition or collective-social tradition and psychological or subjective-individual tradition. prior to glock and stark, scholars considered different aspects and principles fo...

many premature neonates suffer from apnea, and aminophylline is administrated for them. the objective of this study was to reveal pharmacokinetic (pk) parameters of theophylline in iranian premature neonates. premature neonates (68) who were admitted in the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) of namazi, hafez, and zeinabieh hospitals were included in the study. all of them received 5 mg/kg amin...

Farshid Sadatsharifi has been visiting scholar at the Institute of Islamic Studies in McGill University, Montreal, Canada since 2016. He received his PhD and MA in Persian Language and Literature from Shiraz University, Iran. He also completed his post-doc fellowship in Interdisciplinary Approaches to Literature at the same university. Dr. Sadatsharifi is the co-founder and director of Samaak I...

Background & Aims: Labor conditions cause stress and anxiety specifically in nulliparous women and hence the chance of a normal vaginal delivery is reduced. According to some studies lavender scent improves mood and reduces stress and anxiety. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of lavender scent on anxiety status in nulliparous women and also to determine changes in plasma ...