Association between serum adiponectin levels with gestational diabetes mellitus and postpartum metabolic syndrome:A case control study

Objective. Pregnancy can cause diabetic conditions and gestational diabetes is the most common metabolic disorder of the era. Scientific evidence suggests that obesity increases the incidence and severity of gestational diabetes. Adipokines are proteins secreted from adipose tissue in response to extracellular stimuli and altered metabolism. These hormones are involved in regulating the energy balance, lipid metabolism, and insulin sensitivity. One of the types of adipokines is called adiponectin, which has anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory, and anti-atherogenic effects. Accordingly, this study is aimed to investigate the correlation between the serum adiponectin level with the gestational diabetes and the postpartum metabolic syndrome

Copper and selenium levels in women with second-trimester induced abortion in Mazandaran, 2009: A case control study

Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by the removal or expulsion of a fetus or embryo from the uterus, resulting in or caused by its death. Missed abortion is the most common dangerous condition in pregnancy. An abortion can occur due to maternal complications, chronic disease, endocrine disorders, abortificient drugs, radiation, heavy metals and toxins. The study population consisted of 43 aborted patients and 43 normal pregnant females, referred to Imam Khomeini hospital. 10 mL blood was taken and centrifuged to isolate the patients’ serum. Then, the samples were analyzed to determine the copper and selenium levels, using atomic absorption spectrometry. All data were statistically analyzed by T-test and Mann-Whitney methods. As a result, we found a significant decrease in serum copper level in cases compared with controls. Also the results showed an insignificant decrease in serum selenium levels in the patients compared to the healthy women. According to the results, deficiency of the essential heavy metals may be a probable reason for missed abortion occurrence. These deficiencies can be related to malnutrition, decreased consumption of essential metals and supplementary compounds in pregnancy, lack of regular laboratory monitoring. Thus, consuming supplements in Iranian pregnant women can be helpful in completing a successful pregnancy

Investigation of vaginal and rectal swabs of women infected with COVID-19 in two hospitals covered by Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2020

Due to the emergence of COVID-19 virus worldwide and need to identify ways of transmitting the virus, we conducted a cross-sectional study from July to November 2020 on 80 women with COVID-19 infection was confirmed by nasopharyngeal proper time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). We investigated SARS-CoV-2 in their vaginal and rectal swabs. The results showed that (n = 6, 7.5%) patients had positive rectal PCR and (n = 10, 12.5%) had positive vaginal PCR. There was a statistically significant relationship between positive rectal test and positive vaginal test (p=.001). Positive rectal PCR was significantly higher in women over 60 years old than in other age groups (p=.004).Impact Statement What is already known on this subject? In the past studies, the presence of the virus in the vagina and rectum was less or not confirmed. What do the results of this study add? The results of our study showed that the COVID-19 virus can infect the vagina and rectum of women. What are the implications of these findings for clinical practice and/or further research? This finding should be considered in sexual transmission and mother to child transmission and also vaginal colonisation, especially at the time of delivery

Effect of Hypnosis on Pregnancy and Delivery Outcomes: A Systematic Review

Background and purpose: There are various factors affecting mother’s feelings, pain, and excitement during pregnancy which play significant roles in making decision about terminating pregnancy and reducing its outcomes. This study aimed to systematically review the effect of hypnosis on pregnancy and childbirth outcomes. Materials and methods: In this systematic review, we thoroughly searched Google Scholar, PubMed, Web of Science, Scientific Information Database (SID), Cochrane Library, Scopus, Magiran, Registry of Clinical Trial (IRCT), and ProQuest with no time limitations. After removing unrelated studies, 21 English articles were included. The quality of these articles was determined by Jadad Scale. Finally, 13 studies entered into our meta-analysis. To assess the heterogeneity, Q and I2 tests were used and STATA 11 was used for data analysis. Results: According to the findings, the effects of hypnosis on pregnancy and delivery outcomes were classified into six categories as the following: hypnosis decreases the consumption of pain relief medicines (OR=0.21, CI95%: 0.12- 0.38, P<0.001), it does not decrease the consumption of oxytocin (P=0.880), it does not decrease the rate of Cesarean section (P=0.082), it leads to higher rates of natural vaginal delivery (OR=3.06, CI95%:1.75-5.32, P<0.001), it does not decrease the rate of preterm labor (P=0.051), and it does not increase neonatal Apgar score (P=0.27).  Conclusion: Hypnosis interventions can reduce the consumption of pain relief medicines, and also increase the rate of normal vaginal delivery