Early Versus Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping on Physiologic Anemia of the Term Newborn Infant.

Aim: Our study aims to make a comparison between the effects of milking of umbilical cord versus delayed cord clamping on Hemoglobin level at 6 weeks from delivery among term neonates and which method is more beneficial for them.

Design: It was a randomised control study. Participants were randomised into 2 groups; Group 1: 125 women were assigned to delay cord clamping; Group 2: 125 women were assigned to milking of the umbilical cord 5 times before cutting.

Randomized controlled trial comparing carbetocin, misoprostol, and oxytocin for the prevention of postpartum hemorrhage following an elective cesarean delivery.

Objective: To compare the effectiveness and safety of carbetocin, misoprostol, and oxytocin for the prevention of postpartum hemorrhage following cesarean deliveries.

Methods: A double-blind randomized controlled trial enrolled patients with a singleton pregnancy scheduled for an elective cesarean delivery at a maternity hospital in Cairo, Egypt, between October 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013. Participants were randomized using a computer-generated sequence to receive treatment with carbetocin, misoprostol, or oxytocin.

Endometrial Injury May Increase the Pregnancy Rate in Patients Undergoing Intrauterine Insemination: An Interventional Randomized Clinical Trial.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effect of endometrial injury using Pipelle catheter in the follicular phase (cycle day 5, 6, or 7) of the stimulation cycle on pregnancy rates in patients undergoing intrauterine insemination.

Methods: This prospective randomized controlled study was carried out in the Assisted Reproductive Technology Unit of Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, from July 1, 2013 to August 31, 2015. Three hundred sixty women, 20 to 35 years of age, with patent fallopian tubes, mild male factor infertility, or unexplained infertility were recruited.

Clomiphene citrate before and after withdrawal bleeding for induction of ovulation in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: Randomized cross-over trial.

Aim: To compare the ovarian response to early versus late clomiphene citrate (CC) in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

Methods: This cross-over randomized controlled clinical trial included 90 infertile amenorrheic women with PCOS. After inducing withdrawal bleeding, patients were randomly divided into two equal groups to receive ovulation induction with CC 100 mg/day for 5 days.

Diathermy versus scalpel in transverse abdominal incision in women undergoing repeated cesarean section: A randomized controlled trial.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the volume of blood loss, wound incision time and wound complication according to use of scalpel or electrosurgery during the creation of transverse abdominal incisions during repeated cesarean section (CS).

Material And Methods: A randomized controlled trial was carried out at Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital. We recruited 130 women with a history of one previous CS at the time of their planned lower-segment CS.

Intravenous infusion of paracetamol for intrapartum analgesia.

Aim: To evaluate the efficacy and adverse effects of an i.v. infusion of paracetamol during the active phase of labor as compared with sterile water (placebo) as a method for intrapartum analgesia.

Vaginal acidity enhancement with a 3% acetic acid gel prior to misoprostol treatment for pregnancy termination in the midtrimester.

Objective: To investigate whether enhancing vaginal acidity improves the success of medical abortions in the midtrimester.

Methods: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial was conducted with 48 women with missed midtrimester abortions. Twice daily, the study participants (n=24) were treated with a 3% acetic acid gel and the controls (n=24) with a placebo gel, starting 2 days prior to initiating the misoprostol treatment.

Intravenous infusion of paracetamol versus intravenous pethidine as an intrapartum analgesic in the first stage of labor.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and adverse effects of an intravenous infusion of 1000 mg of paracetamol as compared with an intravenous injection of 50mg of pethidine hydrochloride for intrapartum analgesia.

Methods: In a randomized prospective study at Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, between April and August 2010, 102 low-risk primiparous women in active labor were allocated to received either paracetamol (n=52) or pethidine hydrochloride (n=50). The primary outcome was the efficacy of the drug to supply adequate analgesia as measured by a change in the visual analog scale (VAS) pain intensity score at various times after drug administration.