OBJECTIVE To estimate the efficacy and acceptability of medical abortion at 64-70 days from last menstrual period (LMP) and to compare it with the already proven 57-63 days from LMP gestational age range. METHODS This prospective, comparative, open-label trial enrolled 729 women with pregnancies 57-70 days from LMP requesting abortion at six U.S. clinics. Medical abortions were managed with 2...

The authors examined whether early ultrasound dating (≤20 weeks) of gestational age (GA) in small-for-gestational-age (SGA) fetuses may underestimate gestational duration and therefore the incidence of SGA birth. Within a population-based case-control study (May 2002-June 2005) of Iowa SGA births and preterm deliveries identified from birth records (n = 2,709), the authors illustrate a novel me...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of correct assessment by transcerebeller diameter (TCD) versus biparietal diameter (BPD) for gestational age measurement at 36 weeks of pregnancy using first day of last menstrual period (LMP) for actual period of gestation. STUDY DESIGN Quasi experimental. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Bahawal Victoria Hospital, B...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the potential impact of gestational age (GA) estimation on the basis of the last menstrual period (LMP) in comparison with GA based on ultrasound examination on rates of survival and neonatal morbidity among extremely preterm infants. METHODS The Swedish national registry of infants born extremely preterm (Extremely Preterm Infants in Sweden...

objective: to investigate the effect of fluoxetine as an ssri on menstrual disorders. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study 200 women referring to the islamic azad university affiliated hospitals during march 2011- march 2010 were divided into 4 groups. all included patients in this study had the chief complaint of mood disorders in peri- menstrual period. all patients received d...

background: endometrial remodeling occurs during each menstrual cycle in women. reports have shown that, in a variety of cell types, processes such as proliferation, signaling complex formation and extra cellular matrix remodeling require a cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase, focal adhesion kinase (fak). the present study has focused on the expression pattern of fak in human endometrium during the men...

Objective To estimate the days in which the likelihood of conception happened by using first trimester ultrasound fetal biometry in natural cycles and spontaneous pregnancy, and to explore some factors that may affect them. MaterialsAndMethods This study is retrospective cohort study, with random sampling. It involved 60 pregnant ladies at first trimester; the date of conception was estimated u...

BACKGROUND Postoperative sore throat is one of the most common complications of general anesthesia and intubation with prevalence of 18%-65% in different studies. Several risk factors including female gender, postoperative nausea and vomiting and so on have been mentioned. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of postoperative sore throat in females and its associatio...