abstract background: preterm labor (delivery after 20 weeks and before 37 weeks of gestation) is the leading cause of prenatal mortality in developed countries. many women who have pre term labor have abnom1ally high plasma levels of a-fetoprotein in early pregnancy. methods: this study was designed to evaluate the ability of this biochemical test and a clinical risk factor scoring system to pr...

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 ...

abstract background: as any delay in the onset of milk production and ejection in the first few days after delivery can cause breast-feeding failure, this study has been done to determine factors that may affect the onset time of lactation in vaginal and cesarean section deliveries with and without labor pain (elective). methods: 300 partujient mothers selected from two private and university h...

background : endometrial cancer is the most common type of malignancy in female reproductive system and is the fourth common cancer after breast, lungs and colorectal cancers. our aim is to report epidemiology and frequency types of endometrial cancer and clinical staging and grading of this disease. methods : in this description and cross-sectional study, 75 patients with diagnosed endometrial...

background although iranian women increasingly attend hospitals for childbirth, no information is available on programs and practices related to infection control in labor and delivery units. conclusions the results of this study revealed a need for development of appropriate policies and protocols for infection control practices in labor and delivery units and also midwives training on clean d...

background: balloon bionic midwifery has been applied in clinical obstetrics in china for 10 years, although played a certain role in controlling and improving the quality of obstetrics and caesarean section rate, but some questions have not been resolved. objective: the aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy and safety of airbag midwifery. materials and methods: primiparas (2410 cas...

conclusions this study demonstrated that physicochemical properties, in vitro release and rat intestine permeability were dependent upon the contents of s/c, water and oil percentage in formulations. background self-emulsifying drug delivery system is an isotropic mixture of natural or synthetic oils, non-ionic surfactants or, one or more hydrophilic solvent and co-solvents/surfactant and polym...