objective: this study investigated the efficacy of bupivacaine wound infusion for pain control and opioid sparing effect after cesarean delivery. materials and methods: we conducted a randomized double blind, placebo controlled clinical trial on 60 parturients undergoing cesarean section at a university hospital in tehran. patients were randomized to receive a pump infusion system that was fill...

at times, despite an unripe cervix, induction of labor may be needed. in these cases, a safe and suitable method should be considered for cervical ripening and pregnancy termination. the aim of this study is the comparison of vaginal misoprostol with foley catheter for cervical ripening and induction of labor. this randomized clinical trial was performed on 108 pregnant women who had referred t...

background & aim: postpartum period is accompanied by significant changes in women’s quality of life. these alterations can affect the health of mothers and children. considering the importance of postnatal quality of life and its different contributing factors, this study aimed to compare women’s quality of life after vaginal delivery and cesarean section. methods:this retrospective cohort stu...

The target of a controlled drug delivery system is for an improved drug treatment (outcome) through rate-/time-programmed and/or site-specific drug delivery. Environmental stimuli-responsive controlled-release systems have been developed specifically for this purpose. These environmental stimuli-responsive release systems can release specified chemicals or drugs at a particular site where an en...

Background: Increasing the complexity in modern radiotherapy techniques have increased the delivery time lowering consequently the treatment efficacy. Through simulating the delivery time delay encountered in such techniques, its’ effect on two cancer cell lines and the compensating doses given to prevent such effect was investigated. Materials and Methods: F10B16 and 4T1 cancer cell line...

due to the importance of supplier selection issue in supply chain management (scm) and ,also,  the increasing tendency of organizations to their social responsibilities, in this paper, we survey the supplier selection issue as a multi objective problem while considering the factor of corporate social responsibility (csr) as a mathematical parameter. the purpose of this paper is to design a mode...

pregnancy, labor and delivery are known to be associated with higher rate of fetal and neonatal complications in old primigravidas. in a period of 5 rears (2531 - 36) there were 30000 deliveries at amin hospital, among them, there are records of 355 deliveries in primigravidas over 35 years of age who are included in this retrospective study. comparison with the same number of primigravidas und...