OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine contraceptive continuation and repeat pregnancy rates in adolescents who are offered immediate postpartum etonogestrel implant (IPI) insertion. STUDY DESIGN Participants in an adolescent prenatal-postnatal program were enrolled in a prospective observational study of IPI insertion (IPI group, 171) vs other methods (control group, 225). Cont...

OBJECTIVE To determine the long-term efficacy of nonsurgical sterilization with quinacrine. DESIGN Observational cohort study. SETTING Rural provinces in northern Vietnam. PATIENT(S) Two thousand seven hundred and nine women who had quinacrine insertions between 1989 and 1993. INTERVENTION(S) Interviews in 1994, 1995, and 1996 and review of available medical records. Pregnancy rates wer...

background: reviewing the literature reveals that pentoxifylline (ptx) plus tocopherol (vitamin e) are used mainly to promote sperm quality. however trials focusing on the effects of these drugs in female partner are limited. combination of pentoxifylline and vitamin e appeared to improve the pregnancy rate in patients with a thin endometrium by increasing the endometrial thickness and improvin...

OBJECTIVE Progesterone-induced blocking factor (PIBF) may be the mediator of the pregnancy maintenance effects of progesterone. The aim of this study is to investigate the potential value of measuring the maternal serum concentration of PIBF at 11-13 weeks' gestation in the prediction of spontaneous early preterm delivery. METHOD The maternal serum concentration of PIBF at 11-13 weeks was mea...

OBJECTIVE To compare the risk of fetal death (FD) between 34 and 41 weeks' gestational age (GA) with the neonatal mortality rate to examine the best GA for delivery. STUDY DESIGN Linked birth and infant death data for the US from the National Center for Health Statistics analyzed nonanomalous singleton pregnancies between 2003 and 2005. Pregnancies were classified as high risk or low risk bas...

Objective The aim of this study is to examine the effect of the embryo transfer (ET) day on clinical pregnancy success rates in in vitro fertilization-ET (IVF-ET) cycles. MaterialsAndMethods In this retrospective study, we divided patients with infertility who underwent IVF-ET with fresh embryos into two groups depending on whether the ET was performed on weekdays or weekends. The main outcome ...

Background Effects of GCSF (Granulocyte Colony-stimulating Factor) injection in patients suffering from recurrent pregnancy loss has been studied in some studies and we now know that transvaginal perfusion of G-CSF might be helpful for improvement of implantation rate among patients with thin endometrium and patients under in vitro fertilization /embryo transfer (IVF/ET) or intracytoplasmic spe...

Background: Regarding the develops of treatment and management of infertility during recent three decades, success of these methods is limited. Therefore, this study tried to show how corticosteroid therapy improves the results of ICSI. Materials and Methods: This semi clinical trail studywithout control group, including infertile women were candidate to ICSI of Kosar infertility center in urmi...

Most drugs are not tested for use during pregnancy, consequently, labeling, which may include information about fetal safety, includes nothing about dosing, efficacy, or maternal safety. Yet these are concerns of health care providers considering treatment of disease during pregnancy. Therefore, the practitioner treats the pregnant woman with the same dose recommended for use in adults (typical...