Current Womens Health Reviews最新文献

{"title":"Brucellosis (Malta Fever) In Pregnancy and Childbirth: A Case Report","authors":"Maryam Rastegar, Fatemeh Zahra Karimi, S. Dadgar","doi":"10.2174/0115734048276543240530113544","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/0115734048276543240530113544","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Brucellosis is a multi-organ infectious disease that can affect people of all\u0000ages. Systemic symptoms of brucellosis include back pain, headache, fatigue, weakness, general\u0000body pain, fever and chills, anorexia, muscle pain, sweating, weight loss, joint pain, cough, neurological\u0000symptoms, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and constipation. In this report, the case of a pregnant\u0000woman suffering from Malta fever with severe signs that she could not walk is reported.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000In this paper, the case of a 28-year-old G3P2 female patient (third pregnancy,\u0000two normal deliveries) with 37 weeks of pregnancy and a history of brucellosis in the last two\u0000months, being under painkiller treatment, and who has been unable to walk (sacroiliitis) for two\u0000weeks, has been reported. Previously, treatment with gentamicin 2 times a day for 6 days was started,\u0000and in May 2022, the patient was admitted to Imam Reza Hospital in Mashhad by ambulance.\u0000After consultation with an infectious disease specialist, the patient received gentamicin IV QID at a\u0000dose of 5 mg/kg, ceftriaxone BID at a dose of 1 mg and IV, and rifampin QID at a dose of 600 mg\u0000and PO. She was subjected to CBC differential test twice a week, and BUN and CR assessments\u0000were performed every other day. She has received acetaminophen 500 mg PO and Q 6 hrs in the\u0000hospital during hospitalization. Radiography of the pelvis was done to check the bilateral sacroiliac\u0000joint; it has been found to be normal and no evidence of joint effusion has been seen. After a week\u0000of hospitalization and observation in the hospital, vaginal delivery was performed without any problems\u0000and she gave birth to a baby boy with an Apgar score of 9-10.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Clinical manifestations of brucellosis in pregnant women are weakness, arthralgia, fever,\u0000fatigue, excessive night sweats, anorexia, muscle pain, chills, depression, weight loss, headache,\u0000and back pain. The most common symptoms are fever, hepatomegaly, spleen involvement,\u0000joint complications, and obstetric symptoms, including vaginal bleeding, postpartum endometritis,\u0000pelvic or groin pain, premature rupture of membranes, and chorioamnionitis. Rifampicin and trimethoprim-\u0000sulfamethoxazole for 6 to 8 weeks constitute the most common and recommended treatment.\u0000","PeriodicalId":371340,"journal":{"name":"Current Womens Health Reviews","volume":" 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141372194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Quality of Life Questionnaire for Infertile Women with Female Factor: Development and Psychometric","authors":"Zahra Kiani, M. Simbar, S. Hajian, Farid Zayeri","doi":"10.2174/0115734048280591231221112439","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/0115734048280591231221112439","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000The quality of life of infertile women is distinguished from that of men as\u0000these women face different problems at individual, social, psychological, and family levels. However,\u0000there is no tool for evaluating infertile women's quality of life.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000This study aimed to develop and validate a questionnaire to evaluate infertile women's\u0000quality of life.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000This was exploratory sequential research. It was performed in two phases (qualitativequantitative)\u0000on 320 infertile women who lived in Northern Iran. To confirm the validity of the\u0000questionnaire, content, face, structural, and concurrent validities were used. The reliability of the\u0000questionnaire was evaluated by assessing internal consistency and calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficient,\u0000as well as using stability assessment by test-retest and Intra-cluster correlation coefficient\u0000(ICC) calculation.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Following psychometric assessment, a questionnaire was developed with 25 items in seven\u0000factors, including psychological effects, sexual life with infertility, family and social effects, infertility-\u0000related concerns, physical effects, adaptive approaches, and inhibitory factors/factors preventing\u0000adaptation), which explained 51.86% of the variance. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient and ICC\u0000of the questionnaire were 0.87 and 0.97, respectively.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000This questionnaire with 25 items is a valid and reliable questionnaire to assess the\u0000quality of life of infertile women with the female factor that can be used to find needs for improving\u0000the client's quality of life.\u0000","PeriodicalId":371340,"journal":{"name":"Current Womens Health Reviews","volume":"14 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140494315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Rare Combination of Breast, and Thyroid Carcinoma, with Superadded COVID-19 Infection in Mother: Struggle of a Doctor as a Daughter – Case Report","authors":"Naina Kumar","doi":"10.2174/1573404820666230607112810","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1573404820666230607112810","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected the diagnosis and management of cancer patients to a large extent, with many patients being diagnosed at a later stage, and many are not able to get appropriate treatment. Furthermore, cancer patients are more prone to suffer from severe COVID-19 infection and its associated morbidity and mortality. Breast cancer is one of the commonest cancers affecting women worldwide and its number is projected to increase sharply in the post-COVID-19 era due to a serious fall in screening modalities, as patients stopped reporting to the hospital because of lockdown, movement restrictions, and fear of contracting the infection.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The present case report briefs a mother's sufferings and the impact it has on a daughter who is a doctor herself. It reports a rare combination of two primaries in the breast and thyroid in an asymptomatic patient with a rare mutation of the BLM gene detected incidentally. The patient was successfully operated on for stage IB ductal carcinoma breast with hemithyroidectomy and was put on chemotherapy with Cyclophosphamide 1000mg (600mg/m2) and Doxorubicin 100 mg (60mg/m2) per cycle on day one every fortnightly followed by four cycles of Paclitaxel 175mg/m2 every fortnightly. After the second cycle, the patient developed severe neutropenia and COVID-19 infection with atypical symptoms that severely involved her lungs, leading to the loss of the patient.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of cancer patients have lost their lives, not due to cancer directly but due to failed early detection, treatment, loss of follow-up, and superadded severe COVID-19 infection.\u0000","PeriodicalId":371340,"journal":{"name":"Current Womens Health Reviews","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123462073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exercise for post-COVID female sexual dysfunction","authors":"A. Ismail","doi":"10.2174/1573404820666230602143426","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1573404820666230602143426","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:sec>\u0000<jats:title />\u0000<jats:p />\u0000</jats:sec>","PeriodicalId":371340,"journal":{"name":"Current Womens Health Reviews","volume":"14 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120987910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Investigating Factors Affecting Preterm Delivery from the Viewpoint of Physicians and Midwives in Mashhad","authors":"Masood Setoodefar, Seyedeh Zeinab Talebizadeh, Fatemeh Salehi, Mohammad Reza Mazaheri Habibi","doi":"10.2174/1573404820666230530155309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1573404820666230530155309","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Premature delivery is a significant risk factor for mortality in both developed\u0000and developing nations, causing long-term adverse effects on families in terms of physical, psychological, and economic consequences.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000This research aimed to examine the elements influencing preterm delivery from the perspectives of obstetrics, gynecology specialists, and midwives in Mashhad, Iran's metropolis.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000This study was a descriptive cross-sectional study. A questionnaire was used to collect data\u0000from 30 medical professionals working in clinics, hospitals, and health facilities in Mashhad in 2020.\u0000In this study, 30 medical professionals participated, including 10 obstetrics and gynecology specialists\u0000with a mean age of 50±8.0, and 20 midwives with a mean age of 34±4 years. The survey found that\u0000premature rupture of the amniotic sac (water sac) was the most frequent factor contributing to preterm\u0000delivery, with a frequency of 96.7%. This was followed by uterine abnormality, preeclampsia, and\u0000chorioamnionitis, each with a frequency of 93.3%. Other factors such as a history of preterm delivery\u0000and multiple pregnancies were also found to impact preterm delivery, with a frequency of 90%. Additionally, the study revealed that stress factors had the highest frequency in the high-impact spectrum,\u0000with a frequency of 86.7%.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000This study is a survey of caregiver’s opinions about preterm birth from one location. The\u0000findings revealed that the main causes of preterm delivery were premature rupture of the amniotic sac,\u0000uterine abnormalities, preeclampsia, and chorioamnionitis.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Furthermore, background factors, such as stress factors and domestic violence in mothers\u0000can affect this phenomenon. Overall, these findings highlight the critical role of clinical and lifestyle\u0000factors in preterm delivery\u0000","PeriodicalId":371340,"journal":{"name":"Current Womens Health Reviews","volume":"243 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126046532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Update on Placenta accreta spectrum Diagnosis and management challenges","authors":"M. Alalfy, A. Elgazzar, A. Samy, Ahmed Said","doi":"10.2174/1573404820666230525121727","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1573404820666230525121727","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) disorders, also known as morbidly adherent placenta\u0000(MAP) include anomalous adherence of the placenta to implantation location.\u0000PAS could be classified into 3 categories based on the penetration distance of trophoblasts via the myometrium and serosa of the uterus into placenta accreta, increta, and percreta.\u0000A recent study in 2020 showed that using the introduced model based on 3 parameters; uterovesical\u0000vascularity, unusual lacunae (grades 2 and 3), and bladder wall interruption, has 100% accuracy in the\u0000diagnosis of PAS.\u0000Accurate diagnosis of morbidly adherent placenta (MAP), helps in multidisciplinary team management at delivery, with better maternal and neonatal outcomes.\u0000PAS could be suspected early in pregnancy by recognizing women with doubted Cesarean scar pregnancy (CSP) because CSP in the first trimester and PAS in the second and third trimesters might denote various stages of a similar pathology.\u0000Gray scale US with or without adding color Doppler and made by transabdominal or trans vaginal\u0000route are commonly utilized for prenatal screening and diagnosis of PAS.\u0000In a recent study made by Alalfy et, al in 2021 they revealed the systematic combined approach with\u0000the use of Alalfy Simple Criteria for assessment of placenta previa and PAS using 3D TUI (Tomographic Ultrasound Imaging and 3D power Doppler has a high diagnostic value in the diagnosis of\u0000PAS from the non-adherent placenta, the estimation of the myometrial thickness and the depth of placental invasion with the determination of different PAS subgroup plus defining diffuse from focal invasion (Fig. 2)\u0000","PeriodicalId":371340,"journal":{"name":"Current Womens Health Reviews","volume":"32 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120955126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Legal-jurisprudential protection of women in cases of spousal unauthorized psychological-verbal Domestic violence, a Narrative review study","authors":"F. Ghodrati","doi":"10.2174/1573404820666230505110916","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1573404820666230505110916","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Intimate partner violence [IPV) in all its physical, mental, overt and covert\u0000forms is an important issue in terms of its consequences.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000This study aimed to provide legal-jurisprudential support for women in cases of spousal\u0000abuse and unauthorized psychological violence.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000This review article is the result of reviewing the published evidence on the\u0000supportive aspects of unauthorized psychological-verbal IPV between 1995 and 2021 in Magiran,\u0000SID, Iranmedex Persian databases, and in Scopus, PubMed, Science Direct, and EBSCO English databases. To gather information first, articles and jurisprudential texts containing one of the words “verbal violence, domestic violence, spousal abuse, legal protection of women, law, Islam” in the title or\u0000text, alone or in combination, were searched for.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Twenty-three out of 58 studies related to legal-jurisprudential support for women in Iran in\u0000cases of psychological-verbal IPV were reviewed. Verbal psychological IPV, attack on the spiritual\u0000status of the wife, accusing the wife of sexual infidelity, insulting, using inappropriate instincts, harshness, humiliation, intimidation and misbehavior, the verbal threat of harassment, and even threat of\u0000murder, etc., were the instances of such violence. The Shari’a supported the wife with punishments of\u0000Solemn Imprecation, imprisonment, lashes, and fines.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000In addition to the current legal solutions, the main legal gap that causes the ineffectiveness of laws and the violation of women’s rights is the solution and removal of obstacles that, in practice and in court, have made it difficult to prove psychological-verbal violence against women at\u0000home.\u0000","PeriodicalId":371340,"journal":{"name":"Current Womens Health Reviews","volume":"104 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129330671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Decline in the Age of Onset of Puberty – A Source of Concern","authors":"M. Mangla","doi":"10.2174/1573404820666230505105815","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1573404820666230505105815","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Puberty refers to physical transitions that occur in the body of adolescents, taking them\u0000from a stage of sexual immaturity to sexual maturity. Nowadays, it is being observed that more and\u0000more girls are attaining menarche at an age less than ten years, so the age of onset of Puberty being\u0000somewhere around 7.5 to 8 years. The reasons and implications are manifold. Early age of onset of\u0000puberty is a risk factor for ovarian and breast malignancies and also for a number of chronic diseases.\u0000The present article expresses author’s opinion regarding the issue on the basis of recent literature and\u0000tries to highlight the reasons responsible for this, especially in the current scenario and discusses modifiable factors so that the process can be halted.\u0000","PeriodicalId":371340,"journal":{"name":"Current Womens Health Reviews","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122113301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Angiomyofibroblastoma of Labia Minora-A Case Report","authors":"J. Bharti, J. Nigam","doi":"10.2174/1573404820666230505105234","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1573404820666230505105234","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Angiomyofibroblastoma was first described by Fletcher et al. in the year\u00001992. It is a distinctive benign tumor that most often occurs in the superficial area of the vulva and is\u0000rarely reported in men in the inguinoscrotal region.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000A 23-year-old female presented with a painless pedunculated labial mass which\u0000was initially pea-sized and reached 7cm in maximum dimension over four months. The case was diagnosed on morphology, IHC and the patient was treated surgically. The interesting feature of the case\u0000was the rarity of its incidence at labia minora and pedunculated form and its resemblance to other benign and more aggressive tumours. To the best of our knowledge, the extensive English literature\u0000search revealed only seven cases of pedunculated angiomyofibroblastoma at labia majora in middleaged female and one case of labia minora in a young female.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The lesion must be differentiated from another benign mesenchymal tumor of vulva\u0000which requires extensive surgical management.\u0000","PeriodicalId":371340,"journal":{"name":"Current Womens Health Reviews","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125086577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Recent Developments in Combinatorial Immunotherapy Towards Ovarian Cancer","authors":"Chakresh Kumar Jain, Aishani Kulshreshtha, Harshita Saxena, Avinav Agarwal, K. Passi","doi":"10.2174/1573404820666230505110617","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1573404820666230505110617","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Ovarian cancer is one of the most common cancers in women in the world. It is also the 5th\u0000top cause of cancer-related death in the world. Despite chemotherapy being the primary treatment\u0000along with surgery, patients frequently suffer from a recurrence of ovarian cancer within a few years\u0000of the original treatment. The recurring nature of OC, therefore, necessitates the development of novel\u0000therapeutic interventions that can effectively tackle this disease. Immunotherapy has lately been found\u0000to offer significant clinical advantages. Some of the immunotherapy techniques being studied for ovarian cancer include adoptive T-cell treatment, immune checkpoint inhibition, and oncolytic virus.\u0000However, the most efficient way to increase longevity is through a combination of immunotherapy\u0000strategies with other disease therapeutic approaches such as radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and PARPi\u0000in additive or synergistic ways. To provide a more comprehensive insight into the current immunotherapies explored, this paper explores newly developed therapeutics for the disease with an emphasis\u0000on current outstanding immunotherapy. The current state of our understanding of how the disease interacts with host cells, current therapy options available, various advanced treatments present and the\u0000potential for combinatorial immuno-based therapies in the future have also been explored.\u0000","PeriodicalId":371340,"journal":{"name":"Current Womens Health Reviews","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114413197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}