Comparison of luteal phase stimulation with follicular phase stimulation in poor ovarian response: a single-blinded randomized controlled trial.

Background: In the last decade, luteal-phase ovarian stimulation (LPOS) has been suggested as an alternative controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) protocol for in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) cycles mainly in women with a history of poor ovarian response (POR). The present randomized controlled trial study aimed to compare the outcomes of follicular phase ovarian stimulation (FPOS) and LPOS protocols in POR cases undergoing ICSI cycles.

Methods: Seventy-eight POR patients who met the Bologna criteria and underwent an ICSI cycle were included.

The levels of BMI and patterns of obesity and overweight during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experience from the Iran STEPs 2021 survey.

Background: Obesity and its increasing burden have become an urgent health problem all over the world. Benefiting from a national representative sample, the present study aimed to estimate the distribution of body mass index (BMI) levels and its association with metabolic and lifestyle risk factors in an Iranian adult population by sex, age, and geographical distribution.

Methods: This study involves a national survey of noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance (STEPs) in Iran.

Complications of illegal abortion in the suburbs of Tehran: A 9-year cross-sectional study.

Background: Illegal abortion is a common way to terminate unintended pregnancy. It may be associated with severe complications and may raise maternal mortality and morbidity rate. Illegal abortion is one of the important concerns in health system.

Scientometric study of academic publications on herbal medicines in Endocrinology & Metabolism Research Institute (EMRI) of Tehran University of Medical Sciences.

Background: After the emphasis of the World Health Organization (WHO) on herbal medicines as the primary source for the care and treatment of some diseases, scientific publications increased in this regard. A significant body of basic and clinical researches in the field of herbal medicines are conducted in Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute (EMRI). This scientometric study is investigated to assess the global scientific production of EMRI in field of herbal medicines and endocrine disorders.

"Stain in life": The meaning of urinary incontinence in the context of Muslim postmenopausal women through hermeneutic phenomenology.

Introduction: UI is a worldwide chronic condition among postmenopausal women. Little is known about the meaning of lived experiences of urinary incontinence of these women's viewpoints in their context.

Objective: The aim of this study was to illuminate the experience of Muslim community-dwelling postmenopausal women who were living with urinary incontinence (UI).

Comparison of osteogenic medium and uniaxial strain on differentiation of endometrial stem cells.

Background: Mechanotransduction plays a pivotal role in remodeling and repair of skeletal tissues. This mechanism has been widely used in bone tissue engineering especially under in vitro conditions. To date, various stem cells have been used for this purpose.

Sildenafil citrate and uteroplacental perfusion in fetal growth restriction.

Background: To determine whether the phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor, Sildenafil citrate, affects uteroplacental perfusion.

Materials And Methods: Based on a randomized double-blinded and placebo-controlled trial, forty one pregnant women with documented intrauterine growth retardation at 24-37 weeks of gestation were evaluated for the effect of a single dose of Sildenafil citrate on uteroplacental circulation as determined by Doppler ultrasound study of the umbilical and middle cerebral arteries. Statistical analysis included χ(2)-test to compare proportions, and independent-samples t-test and paired student's t-test to compare continuous variables.

Adhesion Formation in Patients with Previous Laparotomies.

We evaluated 50 women who had had a previous laparotomy to determine the extent of adhesion formation. Patients were grouped according to previous obstetric and gynecologic surgery. The reason for laparoscopy was generally pelvic pain or infertility, and in some women with no complaint, for evaluation.