background: pregnant women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus are at increased risk of progressive carotid artery disorders. the current study evaluated carotid intima-media thickness (imt) in pregnant women with gestational diabetes at two time points of mid-term and full-term pregnancy to determine whether gestational diabetes mellitus causes increased imt. methods: this cross-sectio...

objective: violence during pregnancy has been associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. this study aimed to explore the link between psychological violence (psv) and pregnancy outcomes in terms of maternal and birth for the first time in women attending mazandaran university of medical sciences (mums) primary health centers (phcs) in iran. methods: prospective cohort of 1461 pregnant women ex...

objective: to determine the value of random urinary protein to creatinine ratio (upcr) for diagnosis of proteinuria in pregnant women with preeclampsia. preeclampsia is the most common complication of pregnancy and one of the main causes of maternal mortality. so, early diagnosis of preeclampsia is very important. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study 66 pregnant women suspected ...

Background: Assisted reproductive techniques have increased the chances of pregnancy for couples looking for a way to treat their infertility. To increase the effectiveness of these methods, studies are needed to identify the determinants of a successful pregnancy with these techniques. Methods: The present study is a cross-sectional retrospective study that was performed on 253 couples who we...

the cause of neural tube defects (ntds) is multifactorial and in this case folic acid has an important role. since the neural tube is closed during 21-28 days of pregnancy, most of women are not informed about their pregnancy at this time, and as a result the golden time of folic acid consumption is missed. the aim of this study was evaluating the performance of pregnant women attending to tehr...

background: there is no doubt that luteal phase support is essential to enhance the reproductive outcome in ivf cycles. in addition to progesterone and human chorionic gonadotropin, several studies have described gnrh agonists as luteal phase support to improve implantation rate, pregnancy rate and live birth rate, whereas other studies showed dissimilar conclusions. all of these studies have b...