abstract background: the world health organization announced the acceptable level of cesarean section (cs) as 10-15%. in recent years, the rate of cs has been increasing irregularly. lack of appropriate knowledge and attitude among couples plays a major role in this regard. this study tried to compare the effects of a childbirth training workshop on knowledge, attitude, and delivery method. mat...

Background: To study the clinical profile of pregnancy related acute renal failure, management and outcome in terms of cure, maternal morbidity and maternal – fetal mortality. Methods: This is a prospective observational study carried out on hospitalized patients in our hospital over a period of fourteen months (August 2007 – September 2008) after approval from the ethical clearance committee. ...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in early pregnancy in Israel is not known. OBJECTIVES To assess the rate of abnormal thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) tests in low risk pregnant women attending a community clinic in Israel. METHODS We conducted a retrospective analysis of the charts of low risk pregnant women (n = 303) who had undergone a TSH screening during the first trim...

Background: Pregnancy-related acute renal failure (ARF) can be caused by any of the disorders leading to ARF in the general population. We aimed to study the clinical profile of pregnancy related acute renal failure, management and clinical outcomes. Materials and methods: After obtaining ethical committee’s approval, a prospective observational study was carried out on hospitalized patients in...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to determine the proportion of women who want to know fetal gender on antenatal ultrasonography and the reasons behind this. METHODS A descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out between March 10, 2012 and September 10, 2012 at two tertiary care hospitals (Dow University Hospital, Ojha Campus, and Lady Dufferin Hospital) in Karachi. In total, ...

Sixty-two cases of ectopic pregnancy admitted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi from July, 1989 to December, 1990 were analysed to determine the incidence, risk factors, diagnostic features and management. During this period a total number of 10,798 patients were delivered giving an incidence of 1:174 births or 5.7 per 1000 births. In 4...

vaccination has greatly improved human health. despite of all improvements in this field, there is not an efficient vaccine for many diseases, and of the available ones, some could not produce a long-term immunity. recently, there have been many researches on the applicability of nanostructures as an efficient system for vaccine delivery, and the initial results have been promising. their poten...

abstract background: childbirth is accompanied with enormous physical and emotional changes in mothers. anxiety is the most common problem among these patients. this study was aimed to determine the effect of the presence of trained husbands beside their wives during childbirth on their anxiety. materials and methods: in a randomized control trial, 84 primiparous women were enrolled in childbir...

objective(s): although viral vectors are considered efficient gene transfer agents, their board application has been limited by toxicity, immunogenicity, mutagenicity and small gene carrying capacity. non-viral vectors are safe but they suffer from low transfection efficiency. in the present study, polyallylamine (paa) in two molecular weights (15 and 65 kda) was modified by alkane derivatives ...