Perioperative radiation exposure in a pregnant woman

perioperative radiation exposure in a pregnant woman

the perioperative imaging of a pregnant woman presents a unique challenge to orthopaedics surgeon as concern about the radiation risk to the embryo or fetus. this article highlights effect of radiation exposure on foetus.i would like to discuss about the amount of radiation exposure in a pregnant woman during fluoroscopic guided closed femoral interlock nailing as radiation has significant canc...

Preoperative Emboli in a Pregnant Woman with Myxoma

The left atrium is the most common location of myxomas, which are benign tumors. Only a few cases of myxomas in pregnancies have been reported. Our thorough medical literature search showed only 17 reported cases in the course of pregnancy. Myxomas during pregnancy and in the preterm period constitute a serious phenomenon that can mimic an early sign of a life-threatening pathology like severe ...

A Pregnant Woman with Factor V Deficiency

"Pseudosarcoma" in a pregnant woman

BACKGROUND Intravascular fasciitis (IVF) is a rare benign condition characterised by reactive myofibroblastic proliferation arising from the superficial or deep fascia and involving arteries and/or veins. It is a distinct variant of the more common condition of nodular fasciitis, which possesses similar clinical and histological features to IVF, but lacks vascular invasion. A thorough review of...

Happiness and related factor in pregnant woman

Introduction: Happiness is accounted for one of the psychological health criteria, and it is person's judgment from satisfaction of quality of life. Pregnancy is an experience that changes physical, social and mental of women. But the attitude of women towards their pregnancy are important and for a woman who has healthy pregnancy according to psychological, it  is a Manifestation of a sense of...

Acute hyperlipidemic pancreatitis in a pregnant woman.

BACKGROUND Acute pancreatitis is a serious complication during pregnancy, however the incidence of hyperlipidemia induced by pancreatitis is lower. METHODS We treated a pregnant woman with hypertriglyceridemia-associated acute gestational pancreatitis who simultaneously developed hypoxemic acute respiratory failure (ARF). RESULTS The woman was successfully treated through noninvasive positi...