background: tiredness is one of the most common complaints among pregnant women, but little attention has been paid to its importance and a way to control it. reflexology can be employed as a nursing intervention to reduce it. the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of reflexology on the tiredness intensity in pregnant women.methods: this study was carried out on 74 pregnant women...

conclusions in the current study, the clinical and paraclinical signs of aflp were mostly - liver, coagulation, kidney, and hypoglycemia disorders. considering that patients mostly refer in three phases of clinical, laboratory, and complications, it is essential to evaluate the suspected ones who present clinical symptoms especially nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. patients and methods this...

the purpose of the study is to show in which trimester of pregnancy is fatigue more common among working women, and whether or not there is any relationship between fatigue rate and educational level, income, etc. this is a longitudinal study. from the total number of patients who came to zeinab university hospital, 100 completed a demographics 50 item questionnaire and the numerical rating sca...

background preeclampsia is a major cause of maternal, fetal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. objectives the aim of this study was to determine the laboratory disorders in neonates born to preeclamptic mothers. patients and methods this descriptive-retrospective study was conducted in the neonatal units of shahid beheshti and shabihkhani hospitals on neonates born to preeclamptic mothers du...

background: toxoplasmosis is a world wide parasitic disease infecting human by oocyst, tissue cyst or tachyzoites in raw meat, water or congenitally during pregnancy. toxoplasmosis can cause abortion in pregnant women. the current seroepidemiological study was designed to assess toxoplasmosis in pregnant women with or without the history of abortion. methods: in a case–control study the antibod...

background: eclampsia is associated with 14 % of maternal mortality in developing countries. considering that identification of at risk mothers and improving the level of knowledge and awareness of family care experts would lead to better control of the disease and its complication, the aim of this survey was to evaluate the level of knowledge and attitude concerning this disease among pregnant...

background & aim: cervical ectopic pregnancy is a rare variant of ectopic pregnancy, and placenta percreta is a complex and dangerous condition; patients with these conditions are difficult to manage. in this study, we present a rare case of placenta percreta in cervical pregnancy. case report: a 32 -year-old woman with 19 weeks of gestation and gross hematuria was admitted to qaem hospital in ...

background & aim:  considering the fact that cesarean section (c-section) poses greater risks of maternal and neonatal complications, compared to vaginal delivery, scholars seek different strategies to decrease the prevalence of this surgical procedure. birth ball exercises during pregnancy are among the proposed strategies. thus, this study aimed to determine the effect of using birth ball dur...

conclusions ginger was effective for the relief of mild to moderate nausea and vomiting in pregnant women at less than 16 weeks gestation. results there were no statistical differences in the baseline demographics between the three groups apart from age of marriage and wanted or unwanted pregnancy. an ancova test (covariance test) showed significant differences in mean scores after the interven...