CLINICAL BASIS OF DIPYRIDAMOL USE IN OBSTETRIC PRACTICE

The pharmacological basis for the use of dried sheep placenta in traditional obstetric practice in Nigeria.

Dried sheep placenta is sometimes used in traditional medicine to facilitate labour. The effects of an extract of powdered dried sheep placenta with normal saline on guinea-pig uterus, ileum, spontaneously beating atrium and Langendorff heart, rat uterus and hindquarters, and cat blood pressure were therefore examined. It was found that 1 g of dried sheep placenta had, on the guinea-pig uterus,...

Obstetric Therapeutics; Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics in Obstetric Practice

SOGC CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES Fetal Soft Markers in Obstetric Ultrasound

Objective: To evaluate ultrasound “soft markers” used in fetal genetic screening. Options: Ultrasound screening at 16 to 20 weeks is one of the most common genetic screening and (or) diagnostic tests used during pregnancy. The practical concern for ultrasound screening is false-positive and false-negative (missed or not present) results. The use and understanding of ultrasound soft markers and ...

Clinical review Forceps delivery in modern obstetric practice

Global increases in rates of caesarean section show no sign of abating. The US National Center for Health Statistics reported that deliveries by caesarean section in 2001 had increased to almost a quarter, the highest level since 1989. A similar rate was observed in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland in 2000. The greatest increases and variation between institutions are seen among first time ...

Use of I.C.U. for Childbirth: Obstetric Intensive Care Unit (I.C.U.)

Applying the Intensive Care Unit (l.C.U.) Ap· proac'.1 t:) 0Jstetric_; requires a concentration of equipments, procedures and trained personnel that enables Fetal - Maternal indices to be evaluated in muc'.1 detail than the usual and conventional clinical methods.  This method is particularly appropriate for all obstetric patients identified as being at Risk.  These include women with :  -...