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...

conclusions our review demonstrated that a pregnant lady suspected of aa poses a great clinical challenge to surgeons, as far as scoring systems are almost unreliable. positive imaging prior to surgery is warranted, in order to avoid a nontherapeutic surgery which is always associated with high morbidity rates. introduction acute appendicitis (aa) is one of the most common differential diagnose...

conclusions opium has teratogenic effect on cardiovascular system. results from 225 children under study 23.5% had addicted parents based on the variables of the study but the rate was only 2.3 for the control group. the difference between these two groups was significant and the most common form of heart disease was congenital ventricular septal defect. background opium abuse is one of the wid...

case presentation in november 2015, a 31-year-old pregnant woman at gestational week 12 of her second pregnancy was referred to our private clinic in rasht, iran. she had microscopic hematuria; a mass measuring 39 × 33 mm in the upper portion of her right kidney was was detected by ultrasonography. conclusions a percutaneous renal mass biopsy was used, instead of nephrectomy, to diagnose the ma...

twin reversed arterial perfusion (trap) sequence is a syndrome with poor prognosis, seen only in monochorionic monozygotic twin pregnancies. the incidence is one in 35.000 births and one in 100 monozygotic twin pregnancies. it is characterized with a recipient fetus exhibiting lethal anomalies including acardia and a pump fetus. mortality is usually due to heart failure or premature labor cause...

introduction:  preeclampsia is the common and dangerous complication of pregnancy with unknown reason. multiple causes such as depression, psychological and physical stress may be involved in its development. this study was performed to determine the relationship between anxiety during pregnancy and the incidence of preeclampsia. methods: this case-control study was conducted on 150 pregnant wo...

introduction: tetanus is a serious infectious disease and the most common cause of neonatal mortality in developing countries. although neonatal tetanus (nt) can be prevented by immunization of expectant mothers, good hygiene and asepsis during delivery, total eradication of organism is not possible. methods: the cross-sectional study was done on 480 pregnant women after delivery. data was coll...

background: iron deficiency is the most frequent cause of nutrition problems around the world. this investigation performed in order to determine the prevalence of iron deficiency in the last three months of pregnancy in women who referred to the kerman health centers, in 1999. methods: the sample size was estimated 350 based on a pilot study. the sampling technique was cluster random sampling ...

background : cytomegalovirus (cmv) is the most common cause of congenital infection, with increased morbidity and mortality at birth. the risk of intrauterine infection largely depends on the time of maternal infection during pregnancy. currently, no national screening test for cmv infection is available during pregnancy in iran. the aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of cmv ...