objective: the aim of this study was to estimate the frequency of preterm birth (ptb) and premature rapture of membranes (prom) and their associations with maternal factors. material and methods: this cross sectional study was carried out at akbar-abadi hospital in tehran during january 2009-aprile 2010. four hundred sixty six primiparous women with gestational age more than 20 weeks and single...

Background Preterm birth significantly affects the neonates’ survival. It also increases the risk of neonatal complications, prolongs the hospitalization period, and imposes high costs on the public health system. This study is aimed to assess the risk factors of the preterm birth. Materials and Methods This case-control stud...

background: women engaged with polycystic ovarian syndrome (pcos), as the commonest endocrine disorder, are known to have a specific type of adiposity. birth weight is among different contributors reported to be responsible for this diversity. objective: we aimed to compare the relation between birth weight and body fat mass (bfm)/ body lean mass (blm) in pcos and their age and body mass index ...

introduction lamb production is the largest part of income in sheep industry. therefore, the mortality rate of lambs is a key factor in profit of the sheep breeding. mortality rate of lambs (or lamb mortality rate) in different breeds of sheep under different climatic conditions is varying from 15% to 50% and an average of 9% to 20% has been reported. survival rate is a combination trait that i...

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı doğuma hazırlık eğitiminin kadınların doğum şekli ve ilişkin görüşlerine etkisinin incelenmesidir.Yöntem: çalışma vaka-kontrol tasarımında, Mayıs 2019–Aralık 2020 tarihlerinde, bir devlet hastanesinde öncesi bakım hizmeti almak üzere bulunan gelişigüzel örnekleme yöntemi ile belirlenen 100 (Eğitim: 50 Kontrol: 50) kadın yürütülmüştür. Veriler Tanıtıcı Bilgi Doğum Görüş...

results out of 617 patients, 79.6% had 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-ohd). in 21-ohd group 94.5% had classical type and 5.5% were non-classic. among the classic type 78% had salt-wasting form (sw) and 22% simple virilizing (sv). both 21-ohd-sv and sw were diagnosed more frequently in females. frequency of other types were as follow: 11-hydroxylase deficiency (11-ohd), 13.3%; 3ß-hydroxysteroid d...

purpose: to present a case of unilateral epibulbar dermoid cyst in a girl with vacterl syndrome. case report: a 4-year-old girl was referred with a white, soft and painless mass in the inferotemporal limbus of the left eye having presented since birth. the patient was healthy with normal growth. other ocular examinations were normal. systematic review revealed a group of abnormalities including...