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B Oladi ,
Volume 58, Issue 1 (4-2000)
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A 28 years old woman, gravida 2 and para 0 was admitted in labor with 39 week gestation. She had primary infertility for 8 years and she had an abortion in 1st trimester. The 2nd pregnancy occurred after 3 months use of bromocripin because of hyperprolactinemia. At admission, FHR was not detected. She delivered a full term dead newborn. Placenta was not separated and retained. Because of poor obstetric history conservative management with methotrexate was planned for the adhered placenta. After 10 days the retained placenta expelled out. She had her next pregnancy 15 months later. At last she delivered healthy full term male infant and the placenta was separated completely.


Tootian Z, Fazeli Poor S,
Volume 61, Issue 1 (4-2003)
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In this research, the effects of heroin in the placenta of addicted mouse were studied properly.
Methods and Materials: For this reason we used of addicted female mice before, during and after gestation and also a control group of healthy mice. The male mice were in two groups of addicted and healthy. Heroin were used in concentration of 0.1, 0.3 and 0.5 mg/ml in tap water. Placenta of mice separated from uterus in 17th days of gestation and compared with placenta of non addicted mice, with diameter, weight and abnormal conformations.
Results: The results showed that there were significant comparison between diameters and weights of these two groups (p<0.0001). In morphological studies, there were changes in size (small placenta, giant placenta), joining and hemorhagic state placentas.
Conclusion: According to the results we concluded that the opioids even with with very small doses can induce harmful effects on gestation and non-pure heroin in Iranian smugglery is much more harmful than the pure one.
Jamal A, Aleyasin A, Shabani P, Khodaverdi S, Shabani E,
Volume 68, Issue 4 (7-2010)
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Background: Some complications of pregnancy such as abortion, gestational diabetes mellitus, preeclampsia, and preterm delivery are more common among women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Recently it has been reported that metformin treatment during pregnancy reduces pregnancy complications, so this study was conducted to demonstrate the possible effects of metformin on the uteroplacental circulation and pregnancy complications. Methods: Seventy pregnant women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) from 1386 to 1388 were enrolled in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of metformin during pregnancy in Shariati hospital. Doppler ultrasound examinations of the uterine arteries and umbilical artery were performed at 12th and 20th weeks of gestation. All patients were followed up to the end of pregnancy, then the effect of metformin on the uteroplacental circulation was evaluated by the comparison of the pulsatility index (PI) of uterine arteries and prevalence of obstetric complications between two groups. Results: The mean reduction of PI in metformin group from 12th to 20th weeks of gestation was 0.38 versus 0.16 in placebo group (p=0.016). Gestational diabetes mellitus,pre-eclampsia and preterm delivery, were more common in pregnant women in placebo group but the difference was not statistically significant. Conclusions: Metformin treatment in pregnancy accompanied with reduced uterine artery impedance between 12 and 20 weeks of gestation but this reduction showed no effect on the pregnancy complications such as preterm delivery, preeclampsia and gestational diabetes
Ayati S, Vahidroodsari F, Talebian M,
Volume 69, Issue 6 (9-2011)
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Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Background: Placenta accreta is a life-threatening complication after previous cesarean delivery. The aim of this case report is to present a case of placenta percreta with bladder involvement and subsequent maternal death.
Case presentation: The patient was a 37-year old who had an unwanted pregnancy due to tubectomy failure two years afterwards. She was hospitalized at 26th and 30th week of gestation because of gross hematuria. Sonography reported placenta previa. Cesarean section was performed at 34th gestational week. Due to severe hemorrhage, hysterectomy with resection of some part of the bladder was done. Died at the operating room after four hours of severe uncontrollable hemorrhage.
Conclusion: The increasing prevalence of different forms of placenta accreta is the result of the ever-increasing rate of cesarean deliveries. One of the strategies to prevent this catastrophic obstetric complication is decreasing the number of cesarean deliveries without appropriate indications.


Amirabi A, Mirzaie M, Yekta Z,
Volume 70, Issue 6 (9-2012)
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Background: Induction of medical abortion during the second trimester of pregnancy is considered under certain medical conditions. Abortion in the second trimester of pregnancy could be accompanied by several side effects including hemorrhage and placenta retention. Several types of medications including oxytocin, ergots, and prostaglandins are used to control and optimize the third stage of labor and condition of delivery. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of intravenous oxytocin versus rectal misoprostol for the management of the third stage of labor during pregnancy termination.
Methods: In this randomized clinical trial, 80 pregnant women between 14 to 24 weeks of gestational age were randomly assigned into two intervention groups. Twenty units of intravenous oxytocin was used as the standard regimen and it was compared with 400 µg of rectal misoprostol to manage the third stage of labor.
Results: In this study, the frequency of placenta retention was significantly (P=0.034) lower in the misoprostol group (n=3, 7.5%) compared with oxytocin group (n=10, 25%). The average duration of placenta delivery was significantly lower in the misoprostol group (7.95 min Vs. 19.22 min, respectively P=0.015). Decreases in hemoglobin concentration was not significantly different between the two groups.
Conclusion: Generally, management of the third stage of labor in second-trimester abortions could reach a better outcome, regarding lower risks of placenta retention and duration of delivery, if rectal misoprostol is administered instead of intravenous oxytocin.


Razieh Mohammad Jafari , Mojgan Barati , Saeed Bagheri , Zeinab Shajirat ,
Volume 72, Issue 5 (8-2014)
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Background: Early detection of fetal gender can provide an alarm for parents who complicated by genetic disorders. Moreover, the invasive tests are used for detecting any sex-specific genetic syndromes before 12 weeks of gestation. This study was de-signed to discover any association between placental location and fetal gender between 11 to 13+6 weeks of gestation. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 200 singleton pregnant women. They were referred for Down syndrome screening sonography to prenatal clinic, Imam Khomeini Hospital a tertiary referral university affiliated hospital, Ahvaz, Iran, in 2013. Women were included if they are singleton and at 11 to 13(+6) weeks gestational age. Exclusion criteria were multifetal, ectopic pregnancies, or dead fetus. Information about placental location (upper, middle, below, anterior, posterior), gravidity, and fetal gender were recorded. All participants of our study were evaluated by one trained gy-necologist in ultrasound examinations during nuchal translucency (NT) examinations. Ultrasonography was performed using the Accuvix V10 OB/GYN ultrasound. All patients were followed-up till delivery for confirming the predicted gender. Information regarding gender of newborn were collected using medical chart review or by phone contact. Results: Among 200 placenta which had been assessed, 103 (51.5%) were anterior and 97 (48.5%) were posterior. Our results showed that 75 (72.8%) from girl cases had an anterior placenta, while just 28 (27.2%) from boy cases had an anterior placenta (P< 0.001). In addition, there was significant association between placental location regard-ing below, middle, and upper and fetal gender. Conclusion: According to our results, an anterior and posterior positions of the placen-ta had significant relation with fetal gender. Our findings are consistent with previous studies regarding prediction of fetal gender using placental location. We suggest that more research with large sample size is required as well as investigations with more de-tails about placental locations.
Zahra Rahmani , Sedigheh Borna ,
Volume 72, Issue 10 (1-2015)
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Background: Diabetes can cause undesirable changes in structure of the placenta, re-sulting increase in size and weight of placenta. The aim of this study was, to investigate the placenta weight, size and birth weight of infants in pregnant women with controlled gestational diabetes compared with normal pregnancy. Methods: This study was conducted from October, 2012 to February, 2014 in two dif-ferent hospitals, Valiasr and Shariati Hospitals in Tehran. Sixty-seven healthy singleton pregnant and 42 pregnant women with diabetes were selected during 26-28 weeks of gestational ages. Glucose tolerance tests (GTT) were performed to evaluate blood glu-coses. Blood glucoses were controlled in diabetic cases very well. Length and width of the placentas were measured using ultrasonography during pregnancy. After termina-tion of pregnancy, placental weights were measured and recorded using weighting scale with 10 gram accuracy by someone who didn't know about diabetes status. Baby weights were measured after birth and initial stabilisation. Results: In this study, there were no significant differences between gestational diabe-tes mellitus (GDM) and healthy groups in Body Mass Index (BMI) factors. There was no statistically significant differences between the mean weight of infants born with gestational diabetes and control groups. There were no statistically significant differ-ences between the mean placental weights between two groups. Ratio of the placental weights to the birth weights between the two groups were not statistically significant. The mean placental length, width and placenta length times by width in two groups had no significant differences, but the mean gravidities in healthy group was 1.7910 and in gestational diabetes mellitus was 1.9762 that are significantly different (P=0.0217). The mean parities respectively were 0.6567 and 0.8100 which was not sig-nificantly different (P=0.0183). Conclusion: The present study has shown there was no significant differences between fetal and placental weights in normal pregnancies and women with controlled gesta-tional diabetes.
Leila Pourali , Atiyeh Vatanchi , Sedigheh Ayati , Masoud Pezeshkirad , Farzaneh Hashemnia ,
Volume 75, Issue 7 (10-2017)
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Background: Abnormal placental adhesion refers to abnormal placental implantation in which the anchoring placental villi attach to myometrium and even uterine serosa which may invade the bladder and bowels. One of the most important complications of these abnormalities is severe hemorrhage during placental removing which may even necessitate cesarean hysterectomy. Since uterine conservation is an important issue especially in young women at reproductive age, conservative management has a cardinal role to reduce bleeding during surgery. Uterine artery embolization as the first line conservative approach is reserved for women that fertility preservation is very important or whom the risk of severe bleeding during cesarean section is very high due to abnormal placental adhesion. Use of embolization in unstable patients is limited because it usually cannot be performed as rapidly as other measures. The aim of this study was to report two cases of uterine artery embolization before cesarean section in pregnant women with abnormal placental adhesions.
Case presentation: Two 35 and 37-year-old pregnant women at gestational age of 34 weeks diagnosed as placenta previa and abnormal placental adhesion (placenta percreta) who intended to preserve their fertility underwent bilateral uterine artery embolization before cesarean section in Ghaem hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran at September 2016. Bleeding during surgery was significantly decreased and uterine preservation was successfully preformed without any serious complications during and after the surgery. In the next follow-ups, they had normal menstruation about two months after the cesarean section. 
Conclusion: In placental adhesive disorders, uterine artery embolization at the time of cesarean section could significantly decrease bleeding during surgery, so uterine and fertility preservation could be performed in this situation.
 

Fares Najari , Babak Mostafazadeh , Mitra Bahrami , Dorsa Najari ,
Volume 77, Issue 3 (6-2019)
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Background: Trauma is one of the main causes of maternal mortality and morbidity in societies, which annually causes millions of deaths worldwide and imposes a high financial burden on health facilities, the purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of physical trauma and its associated factors during pregnancy.
Methods: All data for this cross-sectional study were collected from medical records of pregnant women, who referred to the Mahdeeyeh Hospital in Tehran, Iran, as a result of trauma through 2015. Information related to the pregnant women with trauma was extracted from their medical records based on a researcher-made collection form. All patients who meet criteria for entering the study (based on entry and exit criteria from the study) were selected as samples. The significance level of the tests was considered as P<0/05, the Spearman correlation coefficient tests and Chi-square were used.
Results: A total of 68 people were enrolled on the basis of selected criteria, meanwhile, the mean age of subjects was 26 years and 100% had no history of abortion. In all cases the trauma was blunt and included 63% abdominal, 24% lower back, and 14% flank trauma. Abortion was reported in 3% and 8% of the cases with abdominal and lower back trauma, respectively. Also, according to the results of this study, in cases where the placental abruption (six cases) were lateral face pairs, in all of them physical trauma was also posed. It is necessary in the traumatic pregnant women referring with placental abruption symptoms and sign, due to the legal importance of doing a thorough examination and sonography, the type of placental abruption (lateral or central) is made sure and then documented in patients' files.
Conclusion: Physical trauma also is common in the pregnant women and the lateral aspect placental abruption can be one of the obvious evidence for physical trauma.

Soheila Aminimoghaddam , Setare Nassiri , Fatemeh Chegini ,
Volume 77, Issue 7 (10-2019)
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Background: Abnormal placental invasion in pregnancy is one of the most important dilemmas in gynecology and obstetrics medicine and because of the high potential risk of life-threatening massive bleeding, it has been considered as one of the most important causes of maternal morbidity and even mortality. According to the fact that previous cesarean section is the most highlighted and well-known risk factors for developing these types of abnormal placental invasion, and despite comprehensive recommendations for decreeing of this kind of surgery, the rate of caesarian delivery is raising worldwide, detecting the safer methods of management for optimizing the outcome is mandatory.
Case Presentation: In this report, we are discussing a patient in Firoozgar Hospital, Tehran, Iran, with twin pregnancy accompanying with placenta previa with abnormal invasion, which has got the best possible outcome after performing a multidisciplinary approach without any need to blood transfusion or general anesthesia during cesarean hysterectomy as the standard management of placenta increate. In this case, we have performed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) before surgery. We found out that we can use the exact site of placental margin and the distance between placental margin and uterovesical junction. So we have done the uterine incision horizontally without damaging to the placenta. Generally, Doppler ultrasonography has enough accuracy for detecting all kinds of placenta creates.
Conclusion: By selecting a safe uterine incision, we can prevent such a sudden and massive bleeding during the operation and also avoid occurring end-organ damage due to hemorrhage for instance, acute tubular necrosis, disseminated intravascular coagulation resulted in maternal morbidity and mortality. In this report, we also discuss the points needed for management and treatment of abnormal placental invasion by reviewing the recent literatures.

Sara Mirzaeian, Seyedeh Azam Pourhoseini , Mona Jafari,
Volume 78, Issue 7 (10-2020)
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Background: Approximately 3% to 5% of obstetric patients will experience postpartum hemorrhage (PPH). Even though the most common reason for postpartum hemorrhage, as the main cause of maternal death, is uterine atony; other complications such as laceration, hematoma, inversion, rupture; retained tissue or invasive placenta; and coagulopathy may result in PPH. The main cause of retained placenta can be traced to the history of manual placenta removal, violent and numerous curettages, uterus anatomical abnormalities, placenta accreta or placenta previa, and history of cesarean section. Here, we have presented a case of retained placenta and uterus septum.
Case Presentation: The patient, a 36 years old female, multigravid 11 live 3 ,death 1 and abortion 6, with a history of four normal vaginal deliveries, and history of preterm premature rupture of membrane since the 16th week of pregnancy, was admitted to Imam Reza hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences due to labor pain in 29th week of pregnancy. After a vaginal delivery, she was transferred to the operating room due to a retained placenta. During the initial diagnosis, the patient’s cervix was dilated and manual placental removal was not possible. The ultrasound results showed an 80mm heterogeneous tissue in the fundus, extending to the left cornu. There was no sign of accreta. During hysterotomy, the retained placenta was removed from underneath a thick layer of Uterine Septum, using sponge forceps. Five days later, the patient returned with severe pelvic pain and signs of peritonitis. Laparotomy and hysterectomy were performed on account of uterine incision necrosis.
Conclusion: The most crucial step in the treatment of retained placenta lies in the early detection of its cause. The treatment includes manual or Surgical removed of placenta which can result in bleeding, infection, and a lengthy recovery.

Fariba Nasiraee, Lida Garrosi, Shabnam Tofighi , Behnaz Molaei ,
Volume 80, Issue 8 (11-2022)
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Background: Fetal health diagnostic tests are tools to reduce the incidence of adverse outcomes and neonatal death. However, their diagnostic value is still debated in relation to various outcomes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the value of biophysical profile and sonographic cerebroplacental ratio in predicting childbirth mode and adverse neonatal outcomes.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 70 pregnant women (37-41 weeks) who were candidates for termination of pregnancy who were referred to Ayatollah Mousavi Hospital in Zanjan from October 2020 to May 2021 were studied. After selecting the mothers based on inclusion criteria, biophysical profile test (BPP) and CPR sonographic index were performed. Then delivery method, infant weight, fifth minute Apgar score, need for resuscitation and hospitalization of infants in NICU were recorded in each case. T-test, Mann-Whitney test and ROC curve in SPSS 22 software were used for statistical analysis. (P≤0.05).
Results: In this study, the mean (SD) gestational age of participants was 38.56±1.11 weeks. Based on the data, there was a statistically significant relationship between CPR and the infant's need for resuscitation and hospitalization in the NICU (P=0.021) and Apgar score (P=0.042). However, there was no statistically significant relationship between CPR and delivery method, gestational age and birth weight. BPP score was not significantly associated with any of the consequences. Based on the results of the ROC curve, CPR with a cut point of 1.59 with a sensitivity of 88.9% and a specificity of 75% is able to predict the need for resuscitation and hospitalization in the NICU, and with a sensitivity of 83% and a specificity of 54.5%, it is able to predict a low Apgar score. However, BPP score did not have a predictive role in any of the studied parameters.
Conclusion: It seems that CPR examination around delivery can be useful in predicting the condition of the baby immediately after birth and preparing the treatment staff for immediate action.


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