Background: One of the most common abnormality in female genital system, especially in premenopausal period, is abnormal uterine bleeding caused by endometrial hyperplasia. Prevalence of endometrial hyperplasia is 5-20% with different risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus (DM), multiparity, nuliparity, advanced age, and using estrogen consumption. This study try to determine risk...

BACKGROUND The world health organization estimates that 58% of pregnant women in developing countries are anemic. In spite of the fact that most ministries of health in developing countries have policies to provide pregnant women with iron supplementation, prevalence of maternal anemia has not declined significantly. The aim of this study was to assess adherence to the current recommendation in...

This study evaluated some risk factors for pre-eclampsia, which is one of the most problematic complications of pregnancy. This was a retrospective case control study conducted on 318 pre-eclamptic women (case group) and 318 women who were normotensive at the time of delivery as the control group. Evaluated factors were: maternal age, gestational age, nuliparity, mother's educational status, ma...

objectives:prenatal infections are one of the fundamental causes of early puerperal complications in mothers and neonates. these infections are mostly due to colonized organisms in pregnant woman's genitor-urinary system. the aim of this study was to determine the incidence of streptococcus group b (gbs) colonization in parturient women and the rate of pathogen transmission to the newborn....

OBJECTIVES:Prenatal infections are one of the fundamental causes of early puerperal complications in mothers and neonates. These infections are mostly due to colonized organisms in pregnant woman's genitor-urinary system. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of streptococcus group B (GBS) colonization in parturient women and the rate of pathogen transmission to the newborn. METH...

background: the world health organization estimates that 58% of pregnant women in developing countries are anemic. in spite of the fact that most ministries of health in developing countries have policies to provide pregnant women with iron supplementation, prevalence of maternal anemia has not declined significantly. the aim of this study was to assess adherence to the current recommendation i...

a comparative study of vaginal misoprostol plus oxytocin and oxytocin alone in the preparation and induction of labor in the third trimester of pregnancy     bahadori f [1] , behroozilak t [2] *, bromand f [3] , nanbakhsh f [4]     received: august 27, 2011 accepted: october 7, 2011     abstract   background & aims : induction of labor with an unfavorable cervix is one of the common reasons of ...