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 Women with preexisting (type 1 or type 2) diabetes experience an increased risk of serious adverse pregnancy outcomes. It is not known, however, how these risks change between the first and second pregnancy and whether there is an increased risk of recurrence. This study describes the absolute risks and recurrence of serious adverse pregnancy outcomes in 220 women with preexisting dia...

background: to study the outcome of cases with nuchal translucency (nt) ≥ 95th centile in the first trimester of pregnancy. methods: this cross sectional study was performed at iranian fetal medicine foundation (fmf) between january 2009 and december 2011. totally, 186 cases with nt≥ 95th centile who attended for the first trimester screening were studied. all cases with increased nt including ...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether periodontal disease or bacterial vaginosis (BV) diagnosed before pregnancy increase the risk for adverse pregnancy outcome. METHODS We enrolled a total of 252 women who had discontinued contraception in order to become pregnant. The first 130 pregnant women were included in the analyses. RESULTS Multivariate analysis showed a strong association between period...