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A randomized control trial was conducted to assess the effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation and deep breathing exercises on pain, disability, and sleep quality among patients with chronic tension-type headache. Of the 169 randomly selected patients, 84 performed the intervention and reported less pain severity and disability and better sleep quality after 12 weeks.

Objectives: To study the usefulness of direct fetal intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) infusion along with intrauterine transfusion (IUT) in the management of severe fetal anemia in rhesus (Rh) alloimmunized pregnancies. Methods: Thirty-four consecutive Rh-isoimmunized pregnant women who required serial IUTs received either blood alone (control group, n = 16) or IVIG and blood (study group, n = 18). Pregnancies were followed up to delivery, and fetal outcome was recorded. The rate of fall of hematocrit was measured and compared between the two groups. Results: There was a slower rate of fall of hematocrit in the study group (IUT and IVIG) compared to the control group (only IUT). The mean rate of fall was 0.72 ± 0.54% per day in the study group while it was 1.29 ± 0.95% per day in the control group (p = 0.005). Conclusion: Fall of fetal hematocrit was reduced in the study group. The results of this pilot study can be used to time the next transfusion in patients receiving IVIG along with IUT (taking the rate of fall as 0.70%). This may eventually result in decreasing the number of transfusions per fetus.

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