Is there any relationship between neonatal babies weight and unintended pregnancy?

To determine the relationship between unintended pregnancy and neonatal weight of babies. It was a case-control study which included 114 women who were admitted in the post partum of a Maternity hospital in Kermanshah city in Iran. A questionnaire was used to gather the data and determine the unintended and intended pregnancies as case and control groups. The questionnaire consisted of variables such as age, mothers' education level, parity, number of children and so on; also, an information form was utilized to collect the neonatal data such weight, height and sex. All the collected data was analyzed by Chi-Square, Fishers' Exact test and Odds Ratio. The findings showed that all participants were housewives, 27.3% were illiterate, 46.4% had unintended pregnancies [case group]. There were not significant differences between two groups in mothers' educational level and neonatal weights and heights. Among the study subjects approximately half had unintended pregnancies, but there was no relationship between neonatal/newborn weight and unintended pregnancy. It seems, the health services have some defects about counseling and instruction of emergency contraceptions, conversely they can detect the unintended pregnancies very well and present the perfect counseling and instruction during prenatal care. It is recommended to study complications of unwanted pregnancies in a large study to confirm our observations

Does surgery of chronic otitis media cause sensori neural hearing loss?

To determine the relationship of sensori neural hearing loss and surgery for chronic otitis media. This study was designed as a clinical trial on 90 patients with chronic otitis media [COM], who were admitted in hospital for Tympanoplasty and Mastoidectomy who were selected for the study. A pre and post, bone conduction hearing test was performed in frequencies 250 to 4000 HZ. By means of AMPLID319, auditory tests were performed in one audiometric center by one expert audiologist. Other variables like age, gender, kind of surgery, diagnosis of the lesion of the middle ear and duration of drilling were investigated and evaluated too. Then descriptive and inferential statistics were utilized to evaluate hearing level before and after surgery. Age of subjects was 25.1 +/- 10.7. About 53.3% of cases were females. Cholesteatomas was the most common diagnosed disease in middle ear [37.8%]. Drilling duration was 31.1 +/- 16.5 minutes. There was not a statistically significant difference between the hearing levels in pre and post operated cases except for the frequency of 250 HZ. Also, no significant difference was found between duration of drilling and diagnosis of the lesion of middle ear, and hearing loss. As the results of the study showed no difference in hearing level was found between pre and post operated cases, therefore, it seems that by observing and considering the primary principles of ear surgery, no more sensory neural hearning loss will appear and there is no need to be worried or be sensitive in this regard

Study of types of external genital traumas in women admitted to Motazedi hospital, Kermanshah in 1376-1382

The external genital traumas may lead to emotional and physical complications which can be prevented in case of knowing the types and common creating causes. This study was carried out to determine the frequency of external genital trauma in patients who were admitted to Motazedi hospital at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in 1376-1382. This descriptive study was carried out by available data. The data was collected by information form that contained some variables such as patient s age, job, menarche situation, season, cause of trauma and related complications. The records of all of the patients who were admitted to Motazedy hospital in 1376-1382 were studied. The collected data was analyzed by descriptive statistics. The study on 82 patients showed that 30.5% were students, 68.3% housewives, 64.4% lived in cities, the maximum frequency of genital trauma in summer and spring were30.5% and 24.4% respectively. The most common trauma was due to first coitus [47.6%] and the damage was most often located at the vulvovaginal [67.1%] as well as urethra [31.1%]. This study showed the most common cause of genital trauma is due to first coitus, thus it is recommended to plan a well educational program to increase knowledge and prepare young person before getting married