Effect of misoprostol with and without evening primrose () on induction of missed abortion.

Objective: To determine whether addition of evening primrose to a misoprostol-based abortion regimen can increase the success of abortion.

Materials And Methods: In this randomized clinical trial., 148 women referring to Niknafas Hospital in Rafsanajn with diagnosis of missed abortion were randomly allocated into two 74-subject groups.

Anesthesia technique and serum cytokine concentrations in the elective cesarean section.

Background: Anesthesiologists should obtain the best technique for cesarean section (CS). This study designed to compare the effect of general anesthesia (GA) and spinal anesthesia (SA) on immune system function in elective CS.

Materials And Methods: This descriptive study was performed on forty candidates for elective CS.

The effect of walking during late pregnancy on the outcomes of labor and delivery: A randomized clinical trial.

Background: Exercising during pregnancy has various benefits for the mother and the fetus, but there are controversial results about its effect on labor and delivery. Therefore, the present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of walking during late pregnancy on the outcomes of labor and delivery.

Materials And Methods: The present randomized clinical trial was conducted on 102 pregnant women who were referred to the comprehensive health service centers of Rafsanjan and were selected using convenient sampling method and randomly were allocated into two groups from August 2018 to February 2019.

Effect of Different Anesthetic Techniques on Cytokine Gene Expression in Patients who Underwent Elective Cesarean Section.

Cesarean section (CS) is an important challenge for a pregnant woman and her newborn. The most common anesthesia techniques used for CS are general anesthesia (GA) and spinal anesthesia (SA). This study was designed to compare the modulation of genes whose expression level is indicative of the immune system following exposure to GA and SA.

The Effects of Auriculotherapy on Shoulder Pain After a Cesarean Section.

Background: Postcesarean section shoulder pain caused by constrained upper extremity movement limits the maternal activities of breastfeeding and neonatal care.

Objectives: This study aims at investigating the effects of auriculotherapy on shoulder pain after a cesarean section.

Methods: In this randomized controlled trial, 90 candidates for a cesarean section were selected according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria and randomly allocated into control and intervention groups by the minimization method.

Cesarean or Cesarean Epidemic?

Due to advances in surgical procedure, anesthesia techniques, blood transfusion and antibiotic therapy, the technique of cesarean section has been progressing over the time. However, cesarean section is still a risk-specific operation, with long-term and shortterm consequences for the mother and neonate. The rate of cesarean surgery is constantly growing due to both justifiable and nonjustifiable medical and non-medical reasons.

The expression of HoxB5 and SPC in neonatal rat lung after exposure to fluoxetine.

Objective: Approximately 10% of pregnant women suffer from pregnancy-associated depression. Fluoxetine, as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, is being employed as a therapy for depressive disorders. The present study aimed to determine the effects of fluoxetine on neonatal lung development.

The effects of oral fluid intake an hour before cesarean section on regurgitation incidence.

Background: The fear of aspiration of gastric contents and its life-threatening disadvantages in patients have encouraged many medical practitioners to follow conservative policies for clear fluid/liquid and solid intake from midnight to the time of surgery. These policies have been pursued more severely in case of pregnant women, leading the physicians to follow "nil per os" policy. The aim of this study was to determine and compare the incidence of regurgitation in two groups of pregnant women during general anesthesia for cesarean section, with standard fasting policy and taking clear fluid an hour prior to the induction of anesthesia.

Differential expression of CXC chemokines CXCL10 and CXCL12 in term and pre-term neonates and their mothers.

Background And Aim: Pre-term delivery is a mostly unknown frequent disorder worldwide. This project aimed to investigate the circulating levels of CXCL12 (SDF-1) and CXCL10 (IP-10) in cord blood of term and pre-term delivered fetuses and their corresponding mothers.

Material And Methods: Cord and peripheral blood samples were collected from 50 pre-term and 50 term infants and their mothers.