The Effect of Brief Supportive Psychotherapy on Prevention of Psychiatric Morbidity in Women with Miscarriage: A Randomized Controlled Trial about the First 24-hours of Hospitalization.

Objectives: Miscarriage is a common pregnancy complication causing substantial psychiatric complications. This study was designed to investigate whether the administration of brief supportive psychotherapy (BSP) is effective on the management of women with miscarriage when conducted in the first 24 hours of hospitalization in order to prevent symptoms of anxiety, depression, and grief at four-months post-miscarriage.

Methods: We conducted a randomized clinical trial on 79 women with miscarriage hospitalized in Ayatollah Rohani teaching hospital.

Correlation of pregnancy outcome with quadruple screening test at second trimester.

Background: Abnormal levels of the markers AFP, hCG, and uE3 could be useful in predicting adverse pregnancy outcomes. This study was designed to determine the correlation between second trimester maternal serum markers and adverse pregnancy outcome (APO).

Methods: In this historical cohort study, we randomly followed 231 obstetric patients with quadruple screening test in 14-18 weeks of gestation from March 2012 to March 2013 in a medical laboratory in Babol, Iran.

Assessment of cervical length by transvaginal ultrasonography to predict preterm delivery in twin pregnancy.

Objective: In singleton pregnancy, short cervix is associated with the risk of spontaneous preterm delivery (SPD). On the other hand, twin pregnancy increases rate of preterm delivery, so this study was designed to evaluate the transvaginal sonographic (TVS) measurement of cervical length (CL) to predict preterm birth in twin pregnancy.

Methods: This prospective cohort study was performed on 80 twin pregnant women whom the length and funneling of their cervix were evaluated between 22-24 gestational weeks by (TVS).

Outcomes of 19 pregnant women with brucellosis in Babol, northern Iran.

From April 2000 to March 2010, 19 pregnant women with brucellosis were evaluated, treated and followed up. Ten (53%) pregnant women had spontaneous abortions. Six of eleven (55%) women infected in the first trimester had a spontaneous abortion.

Mid-trimester uterine artery Doppler ultrasound as a predictor of adverse obstetric outcome in high-risk pregnancy.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess uterine artery Doppler ultrasonography efficiency in prediction of adverse pregnancy outcome in high-risk pregnancies.

Materials And Methods: We selected 70 pregnant women who were high risk for development of preeclampsia, abruption, low birth weight (LBW), and preterm delivery during their pregnancy, and Doppler ultrasonography was performed for them in 18-24 gestational weeks for evaluation of uterine artery notching. Absence of diastolic flow in uterine artery waves was defined as notching.

Comparison of maternal and neonatal serum leptin levels in preeclampsia and normal pregnancy.

Background: Leptin is a protein product of obesity gene and is synthesized mainly by adipose tissue.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine maternal and neonatal serum leptin levels in term preeclamptic and normal pregnancies.

Materials And Methods: This cross sectional study was performed on 37 preeclamptic and 40 normotensive term pregnant women without other disease.

Pregnancy outcome of chorionic villus sampling on 260 couples with beta-thalassemia trait in north of Iran.

Chorionic villus sampling (CVS) is a new method and its true risk of fetal loss and complications is not still clearly determined. The objective of this study was to review the clinical pregnancy outcome of transabdominal CVS (TA-CVS) performed on women with minor beta thalassemia. TA-CVS performed on 300 women with a singleton pregnancy and we could follow 213 women until delivery.

Correlation between Umbilical Cord pH and Apgar Score in High-Risk Pregnancy.

Objective: The Apgar score as a proven useful tool for rapid assessment of the neonate is often poorly correlated with other indicators of intrapartum neonatal well-being. This study was carried out to determine the correlation between umbilical cord pH and Apgar score in high-risk pregnancies.

Methods: This is a prospective cross-sectional, analytic study performed on 96 mother-fetal pairs during 2004-2005 at Shahid Yahyanejad Hospital, which is affiliated to Babol University of Medical Sciences.