background: restless legs  syndrome  (rls)  is the  most common movement disorder in pregnancy, which can be idiopathic  or secondary. there are  limited  comparative data  regarding  these  two forms of rls.  the aim of this study was to compare  clinical features  of idiopathic  and secondary rls in pregnant women. methods: over a period  of 3 months, 443 women  who admitted for delivery in t...

Cardiac arrhythmias are common in pregnancy. The approach to the diagnosis of pregnancy requires a detailed clinical history and examination documentation arrhythmia preferably on Holter or electrocardiogram. Treatment is specific may require antiarrhythmic drug therapy. However, risks benefits drugs must be carefully considered. Catheter ablation remains treatment option but seldom required du...

Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) is a rare and potentially fatal disease that occurs in the 3<sup>rd</sup> trimester pregnancy. This article presents two clinical cases AFLP provides review literature on this pathology. Diagnosis based clinical, laboratory radiological criteria, treatment involves early recognition condition with delivery full supportive maternal care are extre...

Background: To ascertain whether using ultrasound guidance during intrauterine insemination (IUI) could increase pregnancy rates. Materials and Methods: The population under study consisted of 73 consecutive couples subjected to IUI in our Human Reproduction Unit, between September and December 2006, with a total of 231 IUI cycles performed. The patients were randomized using a computer-generat...

BACKGROUND In-vitro fertilization (IVF) with blastocyst as opposed to cleavage stage embryos has been advocated to improve success rates. Limited information exists on which to predict which patients undergoing blastocyst embryo transfer (BET) will achieve pregnancy. This study's objective was to evaluate the predictive value of patient and cycle characteristics for clinical pregnancy following...

In normal pregnancy, the maternal thyroid gland undergoes alterations to maintain necessary levels of hormones (THs) in each gestational period. However, various factors may reduce TH levels, potentially impacting onset and development pregnancy. Such cases dysfunction are divided into overt (clinical) hypothyroidism, subclinical or isolated hypothyroxinemia, depending on severity deficiency. T...

background: the organizational environment and its existing context may deeply affect on empowerment of individuals. in educational institutions as well as other organizations, students are going to be powerful when opportunities for growth and achievement of power are provided for them in learning and educational environments. this study has been carried out to explain the facilitators and imp...