introduction since abdominal pregnancies are mostly complicated, they are usually managed by laparotomy, but laparoscopy is an alternative method which some surgeons perform instead of laparotomy; especially in advanced pregnancy. case presentation we reported a 31 year old woman with last menstrual period of 18 weeks who had supra pubic pain and vaginal bleeding. after sonographic evaluations,...

conclusions the results showed that awareness of patients and a few doctors about the first trimester screening tests was respectively weak and middle level, showing that there is an urgent need for greater awareness in this field, regarding the importance of detecting some chromosomal abnormalities prior to birth. objectives the aim of this study was to examine the extent of awareness of physi...

zinc is one of the most important micronutrient with essential role in biochemical regulation of the body functions. the importance of zinc in pregnancy period was widely studied in various countries. variation in zinc plasma levels during pregnancy needs more investigation, because maternal zinc deficiencies may cause some severe abnormalities in the fetus. in this study the plasma levels of z...

introduction: the symptoms of infections caused by toxoplasma gondii range from asymptomatic or mild to severe infection in pregnant women, which results in severe congenital infection, abortion or fetal still birth. the aim of this study was to assess the risk factors and seroepidemiology of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women in their first trimester in bandar abbas. methods: this cross-sectional...

background: abnormal levels of the markers afp, hcg, and ue3 could be useful in predicting adverse pregnancy outcomes. this study was designed to determine the correlation between second trimester maternal serum markers and adverse pregnancy outcome (apo). methods: in this historical cohort study, we randomly followed 231 obstetric patients with quadruple screening test in 14-18 weeks of gestat...

introduction: the purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy and side effects of two different misoprostol regimens for second-trimester pregnancy termination. methods: 60 consenting women who were at 14 to 28 weeks of gestation with indications for pregnancy termination were randomly assigned to two equal groups to receive either vaginal or oral misoprostol. the dosing regimen was 400µg...

introduction: ramadan fasting is prescribed by holy quran for every able-bodied, adult muslim and is considered an essential practice for all muslims including pregnant women. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of ramadan fasting on neonatal anthropometric measurements during the third trimester of pregnancy. method: this is a cross-sectional study, carried out on 300 delivering ...

conclusions misoprostol plus letrozole was more effective for inducing abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy compared to misoprostol alone. results the complete abortion rate was 69.7% in the misoprostol and letrozole group and 30.3% in the misoprostol group. incomplete abortion was 32.4% in the misoprostol and letrozole group, and 67.6% in the misoprostol group (p = 0.004). bleeding, ce...

context maternal serum human chorionic gonadotropin (hcg) and alpha fetal protein (afp) were originally introduced to detect trisomy 21 and neural tube defects. however, in the absence of aneuploidy or neural tube defects, mid-trimester maternal serum hcg and/or maternal serum afp associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. pregnancies with unexplained mid-trimester elevation in maternal serum ...

this is a field study, investigate the nursing care provided to pregnant diabetic women in their last trimester, who were admitted in teaching hospitals under the supervision of ministry of health and medical education in tehran during 1993.   the tool was check list that was completed by the researcher upon interviewing the subjects.   six items covered information of personal data of the wome...