background: iron deficiency anemia (ida) during pregnancy is a common nutritional disorder with adverse effects for the baby, such as premature birth and low birth weight, and the mother, such as cardiovascular symptoms and reduced physical and mental strength. therefore, identifying factors affective on ida will assist the improvement of the health of the mother and fetus. this study aimed to ...

Warfarin, a time-honored treatment for nonpregnant patients with MPHV has been also shown to be effective in the prevention of thromboembolic complications during pregnancy (1–3). Exposure to warfarin in the first 6 to 12 weeks of pregnancy, however, can be associated with a significant risk to the fetus, including spontaneous abortions and warfarin embryopathy (1,3). In addition, the use of or...

Recurrent pregnancy loss is a common health problem affecting 1–5% of women at the reproductive age and bears significant emotional, social and economical impact [1]. A number of case–control and cohort studies have suggested an association between inherited thrombophilia and recurrent pregnancy loss while others refuted this occurrence [2–6]. Several recently reported meta-analysis support an ...

adverse outcome of pregnancy is a potentially dangerous complication of conception and affects 15-20% of pregnancies. according to recent studies increased level of blood antiphospholipids antibodies, if accompanied by predisposing factors, can be an adverse event in human pregnancy. the aim of the present study was to compare the maternal serum levels of anticardiolipin and antiphosphatidyl se...

This study aimed to establish a method of screening for pregnancy hypertension by a combination of maternal variables, including mean arterial pressure, uterine artery pulsatility index, pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A, and placental growth factor in early pregnancy. The base-cohort population constituted of 7797 singleton pregnancies, including 34 case subjects who developed preeclampsia...

background: the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of illicit medicine abuse among pregnant women who referred to the general teaching hospital in tehran. materials and methods: a non-randomized sample of 2189 eligible pregnant women, which were at 2nd and 3rd trimester, were visited for 2nd prenatal care or subsequent consultation and being confident regarding the time of taki...