INDUCTION OF LABOUR V. MORPHINE IN ECLAMPSIA.

Thyrotoxic crisis following eclampsia and induction of labour.

Case report A 28-year-old Indian woman presented to the surgical out-patient clinic with complaints of weightloss and a neck swelling. On examination the surgeon found that the patient had a smooth goitre, lid lag and a tachycardia of 120 per min. The serum thyroxine (T4) level was 215 nmol/l (normal 60-135). She was started on carbimazole 10 mg three times daily. It was however, not known that...

Induction of Labour and Trial Labour.

Induction of labour.

' The first account of any artificial method of bringing on premature labour was given to me by Dr. C. Kelly. He informed me that'about the year I756 there was a consultation of the most eminent men in London at that time, to consider of the moral rectitude of, and advantages which may be expected from, this practice, which met with their general approbation. The first case in which it was deem...

Induction of labour.

Induction of labour: review.

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