context: normal pregnancy is associated with sodium and water retention, which results in plasma volume expansion prior to placental implantation. the explanation offered for these events is that pregnancy ‘resets’ both volume and osmoreceptors. evidence acquisition: the mechanisms for such an enigmatic ‘resetting’ in pregnancy have not previously been explained. however, recent human pregnancy...

background: intrauterine insemination (iui) is one of the most appropriate and cost-effective methods in infertility treatment. objective: we aimed to investigate effect of vaginal misoprostol on pregnancy rate after iui. materials and methods: two hundred and ten infertile women who were referred to infertility clinic of alzahra hospital by an indication of iui during 2012-2013 were randomly a...

Background The endometrial echopattern on the day of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) administration and its relationship to the outcome of pregnancy after assisted reproductive treatment (ART) cycles was analyzed, prospectively. MaterialsAndMethods This study conducted between 2013 to 2014. The endometrial pattern was evaluated prospectively on the day of administration of HCG in 280 ART cyc...

the success of oocyte donation is influenced by multiple factors. we performed a retrospective analysis to evaluate prognostic factors in oocyte donation cycles. the main outcome measurements including recipient age, donor age, estradiol level in midcycle, the day of transfer and number of transferred embryos were not different in pregnant and non pregnant groups. endometrial pattern but not en...

The purpose of the study is to show in which trimester of pregnancy is fatigue more common among working women, and whether or not there is any relationship between fatigue rate and educational level, income, etc. This is a longitudinal study. From the total number of patients who came to Zeinab University Hospital, 100 completed a demographics 50 item questionnaire and the numerical ratin...

BACKGROUND Previous trials have shown the potential of 10 mg of mifepristone in emergency contraception. The aim of this trial was to investigate whether 10 mg of mifepristone has the same efficacy as 25 mg. METHODS This double-blind, randomized trial was carried out in 10 family planning institutes and hospitals in China. Women who met recruitment criteria and requested emergency contracepti...

OBJECTIVE Recent increases in adolescent pregnancies have sparked a renewed impetus to identify risk factors, such as childhood sexual abuse (CSA), associated with adolescent pregnancy. Given mixed evidence regarding the strength of the relationship between CSA and adolescent pregnancy (Blinn-Pike, Berger, Dixon, Kuschel, & Kaplan, 2002), our objective was to provide an estimate of the effect s...

In order to evaluate the effects of short course administration of dexamethasone (DEX) combined with clomiphene citrate (CC) in CC-resistant patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCaS) and normal DHEAS, a prospective, double blind, placebo controlled, randomized study was undertaken at referral university hospitals, Two-hundred and thirty women with PCOS and normal DHEAS who failed to ...

Background and Objective: In- vitro fertilization (IVF) is one of the approved treatment options for infertility. Despite many progresses in this field, its success rate is about 20 -25%. Utilization of drugs which suppress or decrease uterine smooth muscle contraction before embryo transfer, theoretically can improve fertility by increasing implantation rate. This study was designed to evaluat...

objective: intrauterine insemination (iui) is known as a routine method for infertility treatment. the effectiveness of iui is not identical in all cases. so in this study to evaluate different methods of iui in order to increase pregnancy rate, iui with cleaning cervical canal by swab is compared to iui without cervical canal cleaning. material and methods: this study was conducted from 2008/2...