Introduction At a time when limiting family size has become of national interest, increasing numbers of married couples are moving in a different direction-to overcome infertility and conceive children. Reasonably reliable statistics indicate that approximately 3 .5 million couples, or nearly 15% of those of childrearing age, are subfertile. If one adds the cases of secondary infertility, in wh...

Background: Pregnancy is a normal and pleasant event in women's life, but it often involved with psychological and behavioral changes and can result in stress in some women, such as women that their pregnancies is occurred after infertility treatment. This study aimed to determine the demographic characteristic, fertility, obstetrics, social support factors and relationship with severity o...

This report reviews the recent literature on the adverse effects of occupational factors on fertility and related reproductive outcomes. Few studies fulfill the criteria of good study design because of small sample size, insensitive measures of effect, selection, recall, and observation bias, weak if any control of confounding factors, bad definition of exposure, inability to analyze a dose-res...

INTRODUCTION Infertility affects both women and men in all the countries. Infertility often has profound long-term or short-term impacts on the people involved and puts them at risk of familial and social pressures. According to WHO estimates, between 8% and 12% of all the couples worldwide experience some form of infertility during their reproductive life, i.e. 50‒80 million people are affecte...

Background: Uterine rupture refers to the complete nonsurgical disruption of all uterine layers. This obstetrics hazard is also associated with short term maternal morbidities such as bladder rupture, foot drop, psychological trauma, anemia and infertility and neonatal morbidity and mortality. The common risk factors include CPD, malpresentation, previous C/S, obstructed labor, retained second ...

Infertility has become a growing problem among reproductive aged women in both developing and developed countries. Recent statistics indicate significant number of married couples suffering from infertility visiting centers increased Bangladesh. Therefore, this study aims to identify the factors associated with Bangladeshi women. This is retrospective data were collected 450 purposively using s...

INTRODUCTION Psychological factors are believed to play an important role in infertility and its treatment Psychological problems may be considered to be risk factors and the cause of reduced infertility, as well as contribute to an unsuccessful outcome of infertility treatment. OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to investigate the correlation between semen parameters and quality of life in ...

Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) is an important cause of brain injury in premature neonates. Current study tries to define associated risk factors of IVH in preterm neonates in Aliasghar Children Hospital during 2008 to 2011. In this study, the risk factors have been evaluated in premature neonates with IVH, who had at least one brain sonography since their admission in NICU. A total of 63 pr...

BACKGROUND Ectopic pregnancy is the leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality during the first trimester and the incidence increases dramatically with assisted-reproductive technology (ART), occurring in approximately 1.5-2.1 % of patients undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF). Abdominal ectopic pregnancy is a rare yet clinically significant form of ectopic pregnancy due to potentiall...