Background: To investigate the effect of administering piroxicam on improving the success rate of IUI cycles in those suffering from unexplained infertility. Materials and Methods: This was a randomized clinical trial being performed at Ghadir Mother and Child Hospital and Motahari clinics of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. We included 260 women with unexplained infertility selected for ...

BACKGROUND More needs to be known about the role intra-familial power dynamics play in women's reproductive health outcomes, particularly in societies like Northern India characterized by patriarchy and extended families. The key research question we explore is: how important are living arrangements (e.g., presence of the mother-in-law, presence of an elder sister-in-law, and living in the husb...

Background: Understanding the physiological and psycho-social effects of pregnancy through Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) will enable health care providers to identify and treat any adverse outcomes, and provide support to women seeking fertility treatments. The aim of this paper was to review studies describing prenatal care in pregnancy through ARTs. Methods: A systematic search o...

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...

BACKGROUND In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) released revised guidelines for prevention of mother-to-child human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission (PMTCT). We projected clinical impacts, costs, and cost-effectiveness of WHO-recommended PMTCT strategies in Zimbabwe. METHODS We used Zimbabwean data in a validated computer model to simulate a cohort of pregnant, HIV-infected w...

INTRODUCTION Loss-to-follow-up (LTFU) throughout the Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission (PMTCT) cascade remains one of the major threats to the success of PMTCT programs. In this study, we aimed to determine the mother-to-child transmission rate in a programmatic setting and to determine factors associated with LTFU among enrolled mothers and unfavorable outcomes among HIV-exposed babie...

OBJECTIVE With the increased survival of very preterm infants, there is a growing concern for their developmental and socioemotional outcomes. The quality of the early mother-infant relationship has been noted as 1 of the factors that may exacerbate or soften the potentially adverse impact of preterm birth, particularly concerning the infant's later competencies and development. The first purpo...

the aim of current study was to determine women´s maternal asthma in pregnancy, delivery and birthl outcomes. using a retrospective cohort design, data of 580 pregnant women were gathered form a large teaching hospital in tehran, iran. the medical records of pregnant women who had attended this hospital between 2009 and 2011 were assessed. data of delivery and birth outcomes were gathered by ob...