background: spontaneous preterm labor is one of the common obstetrics problems causing several physical, psychological and economical outcomes. although due to these outcomes and the efficacy of cares for decreasing them, preterm labor screening is cost-effective and it is still one of the challenging issues in obstetrics. objective: in this study preterm labor screening by using cervical trans...

background: division of human genetics (dhg) is a referral center for karyotyping and counseling to the couples as well as to the individuals referred with bad obstetric history and infertility. materials and methods: from 1972 to 2003, overall 1666 couples and 131 female partners with bad obstetric history (boh) such as; spontaneous abortions, live births with congenital malformations and stil...

background & aim: occupational exposures can cause problems such as reproductive system disorders; however, the effects of some exposures, such as psychological stress, have not been investigated yet. this study aims to investigate the effects of women’s psychological stress on obstetric disorders. methods:this historical cohort study was conducted on 1400 working women in mashhad, iran. data c...

OBJECTIVE To study osteopathic manipulative treatment of back pain and related symptoms during the third trimester of pregnancy. STUDY DESIGN A randomized, placebo-controlled trial was conducted to compare usual obstetric care and osteopathic manipulative treatment, usual obstetric care and sham ultrasound treatment, and usual obstetric care only. Outcomes included average pain levels and the...

Obstetric fistula is still a major problem in low income countries. While its main cause is untreated obstructed labour, misconceptions about it still persist. This study aimed at exploring and describing perceived health system causes of obstetric fistula from women affected by it in rural Tanzania. This exploratory qualitative study included twenty-eight women affected by obstetric fistula. S...

objectivet: to determine the prevalence and risk factors of postpartum depression among women living in zabol, a city in south-east of iran. method: 2 to 8 weeks after delivery, 408 women were assessed for depression and some of its risk factors. results: the prevalence of postpartum depression was (40.4 %). risk factors for the onset of post-partum depression included younger age, low income f...

background: role of genetic factors in etiology of preeclampsia is not confirmed yet. objective: gene defect frequency varies in different geographic areas as well as ethnic groups. in this study, the role of factor v leiden mutation in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia syndrome among the pregnant population of northern shore of persian gulf in iran, were considered. materials and methods: betwe...

The difficulties in measuring maternal mortality have led to a shift in emphasis from indicators of health to indicators of use of health care services. Furthermore, the recognition that some women need specialist obstetric care to prevent maternal death has led to the search for indicators measuring the met need for obstetric care. Although intuitively appealing, the conceptualization and defi...

OBJECTIVE Teaching intrapartum care is one of the most challenging tasks in undergraduate medical education. High-fidelity obstetric simulators might support students' learning experience. The specific educational impact of these simulators compared with traditional methods of model-based obstetric teaching has not yet been determined. STUDY DESIGN We randomly assigned 46 undergraduate medica...

Obstetric claims inflation is increasing the cost of covering obstetric risk. This is leading to obstetric risk avoidance by those offering insurance and by practitioners who do not perform enough deliveries to cover the cost of obstetric risk indemnity. By the end of the decade indemnifying obstetric risk will probably be too expensive for doctors in private practice. Non-indemnified doctors w...