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Background: Most women with polycystic ovary syndrome PCOS don't even know that they have it ,and do not get a diagnosis until they begin trying to get pregnant
Objective: To identify the prevalence of the polycystic ovary syndrome [PCOS] among infertile women attending the Institute of Embryo Research and Infertility Treatment in AL-KadhymiaBaghdad, and to identify some of the common characteristics of infertile women with PCOS and others without PCOS
Patients and Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted for about four months,during which a review of records of all the women attending the Institute during the year 2010 [six hundred women]
Results: Results showed that the most common factors of infertility in infertile women is the PCOS, PCOS had a higher frequency among women aged 20-29 years, Slightly higher frequency of diabetes mellitus and hypertension among them than other group. higher frequency of acne and hirsutism among the PCOS cases than other causes group, and a higher frequency of increased prolactin leveland LH level in the PCOS cases
Conclusion: PCOS infertility comprises more than one fourth of causes of infertility and is associated mainly with primary infertility and among younger age group[20-29years]
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Delayed childbirth has become a common phenomenon in the developed world as a result of social, educational, and economic factors. To demonstrate the effect of age on the pregnancy course and outcome among young and old mothers. A cross sectional study was conducted at Al-Kadhimia Teaching Hospital. Data was collected by a trained medical students during the period from first of February to April 2010.Total of 230 women were included in the study using a convenient random sample technique, the sample was divided into two groups, 128 women<30 years old [group A] and 102 women>/=35 years old [group B], and were taken from obstetric department in Al-kadhimiya teaching hospital. Information were directly obtained from the mother herself and filled in a well designed questionnaire form. The results showed that there was no significant difference between the two groups regarding some sociodemographic characteristics like address, education, occupation, antenatal care. There was a significant increase in the presence of medical and obstetric complication, parity, history of abortion and No of abortion in the older age group mothers. As to the outcome of pregnancy, twin delivery and low birth weight babies were significantly higher in older age group mothers. Interestingly, there was no significant difference regarding presence of congenital anomalies in babies of mothers in both groups. Mothers>/=35 years old showed higher rate of obstetric complication than young age group of mothers, while congenital anomalies were higher but not significant among young age group of mothers [
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The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of hepatitis B and C infection, vaccination rates and the development of inhibitors among patients with congenital coagulation disorders. A cross-sectional study "was conducted at the Centre of Congenital Coagulation Disorders in Al-Mansour Pediatric Teaching Hospital in Baghdad in the period between 1st of March to 31st of August 2008. The study sample was comprised of 243 patients with different congenital coagulation disorders who attended the centre during the study period. Data were collected through precoded and structured questionnaire introduced only by the researcher by interviewing the patient or his/her relative or care taker, in addition to recording laboratory investigations from the patient file. The result showed that Hemophilia and Von Willebrand disease constituted the majority [90.1%] of the studied sample, while rare bleeding disorders were 9.9% of the studied sample. Hepatitis C virus [HCV] infection was found in 40.3% of all patients with congenital coagulation disorders. Most patients [82.7%] had received hepatitis B vaccination. Inhibitors were found only in patients with hemophilia A and occurred in 2.5% of them. The prevalence of HCV infection among patients with congenital coagulation disorders was similar to other studies in mediterranean region, there was a high rate of vaccination against hepatitis B virus among the studied sample