SUXAMETHONIUM AND INTRA-UTERINE PRESSURE

A comparison between electrical uterine monitor, tocodynamometer and intra uterine pressure catheter for uterine activity in labor.

OBJECTIVE We aimed to evaluate the performance of a non-invasive EMG electrical uterine monitor (EUM) versus tocodynamometry (TOCO) by comparing both to internal uterine pressure catheter (IUPC). STUDY DESIGN Prospective observational trial. Uterine activity was recorded continuously and simultaneously, in women during active term labor, with TOCO, EUM and IUPC. Uterine activity tracings were...

Uterine perforation by the intra-uterine device.

The article presents 5 cases of IUD translocation in women aged 27-34; 3 of the devices were Copper-7; the others were a Copper-T and Lippes Loop. In all cases the devices' strings were missing and the devices had been localized through X-rays and sometimes through a hystero-salpingogram. The devices were removed by laparoscopy in 3 cases, and by laparotomy in 2 cases. IUD translocation is u...

Intra-uterine fetal blood transfusion.

H M N J Herath1, A W M Wazil1, N V I Ratnatunga2, A S Badurdeen1, K G A D Weerakoon3 1Nephrology and Transplant Unit, Teaching Hospital, Kandy, 2Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, and 3Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka. Correspondence: HMNJH, e-mail: . Recei...

Ancient Greek Authors and Intra-Uterine Injections

Uterine perforation by the multiload CU250 intra-uterine device.

A case of perforation of the uterus by the Multiload Cu250 IUD in a 28 year old Malay woman is presented. The Multiload Cu250 is a newer device, introduced in 1974, and the mode of insertion (withdrawal) makes perforation with this IUD unlikely and to date no such case had been reported. The patient, para 3, had a period of amenorrhea of 7 weeks. A menstrual regulation procedure was performe...