background thyroid dysfunction is the second most common endocrine disease in females of reproductive age. there are controversial data on the adverse effect of subclinical thyroid dysfunctions on adverse feto-maternal outcomes. objectives the current study aimed to identify the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy and to assess the effectiveness of treatment with levothyroxine on...

abstract background and purpose: high-risk pregnancy is referred to a situation in which mother, fetus or neonate are in higher risk of morbidity or mortality. because of adverse outcomes of high-risk pregnancies, this study aims to determine these outcomes in the north of iran. materials and methods: we recruited 803 urban and rural pregnant women in this crosssectional study via consensus met...

Maternal subclinical hypothyroidism may be associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, although not consistently across regions. Here, we sought to determine the effect of elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) on pregnancy outcomes in Japanese women without known medical complications. TSH was determined by dried blood spots at 8-20 weeks of gestation, and 3.0-10.0 μU/mL of TSH was conside...

BACKGROUND Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is inconsistently associated with increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to summarize the evidence regarding the strength of the association between pregnancy in women with PCOS and pregnancy complications. METHODS We systematically searched PubMed, EmBase, and the Cochrane Library to identify observation...

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the knowledge of pregnant women in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia about possible association between periodontal disease and pre-term birth and baby’s low birth weight and; its effect on the utilization of dental services during pregnancy. Four hundred and forty six pregnant women from two governmental hospitals in Riyadh, Saud Arabia completed a sel...

Objective: To determine the association of adolescence pregnancy and adverse outcome. Study Design: Prospective Cohort study. Setting: Department Gynae Obs, HBS General Hospital Islamabad. Period: June-2018 to April-2019. Material & Methods: A total 226 pregnant females with singleton 20-24 weeks gestational age 16 30 years were included in Patients known diabetics, h/o chronic hypertension...

BACKGROUND Recent studies suggest that periodontal disease, as a source of subclinical and persistent infection, may induce systemic inflammatory responses that increase the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. OBJECTIVES To examine the existing evidence on the relationship between periodontal disease and adverse pregnancy outcomes. SEARCH STRATEGY Published studies identified via searches o...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine the mutual effect of pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and gestational weight gain (GWG) on obesity-related adverse pregnancy outcomes. METHODS This birth cohort study was conducted in three Streets in Changsha, China, including a total of 976 mother-child pairs. All data was collected within 15 days after deliveries f...

Several large randomized controlled clinical trials failed to find that standard periodontal therapy during pregnancy reduces the incidence of adverse pregnancy outcomes (eg, preterm birth and low birthweight). However, treating periodontal disease during pregnancy may be too late to reduce the inflammation that is related to the adverse pregnancy outcomes. Moreover, periodontal treatment durin...

background: gnrh agonist and antagonist were developed to control the premature release of lh surge. there is some difference between two protocols. objective: we compared the outcome of frozen-thawed embryo transfer in infertile women who used gnrh agonist or antagonist protocol for previous coh cycle and evaluation of any adverse effect of gnrh antagonist on oocyte and embryo. materials and m...