OBJECTIVE To evaluate the performance and verify the safety of the Koala Intrauterine Pressure Catheter (IUPC) in clinical use. STUDY DESIGN Twenty IUP Koala Catheters were placed in laboring women. IUPC monitoring provided diagnostic information in assessing the pressures generated by the myometrium during the labor and delivery process. Information was recorded pertaining to the catheters' ...

Aim. To improve epidemiological surveillance in the neonatal intensive care unit. Materials and Methods. We retrospectively examine case histories of 646 newborns delivered Tyumen Perinatal Center admitted to unit (310 with intrauterine infection 336 without infection). Predictors (odds ratio 95% confidence interval) were determined by means multivariate analysis logistic regression analysis. R...

PURPOSE To compare obstetric outcomes of induced preterm twin births (under 32 weeks gestation) with those spontaneously conceived. METHODS Prospective study of twin pregnancies (25 induced and 157 spontaneously conceived) developed over a period of 16 years in a tertiary obstetric center. Demographic factors, obstetric complications, gestational age at delivery, mode of delivery, birth weigh...

INTRODUCTION Intrauterine infection due to cytomegalovirus is the most common of the intrauterine viral/parasitic infections that affect the central nervous system and cause permanent lesions in the cortex as well as the subcortical white matter. Studies using brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are limited. MATERIAL AND METHODS Six patients (4 females and 2 males) were studied in the firs...

The target of one calf crop per year in dairy cattle and 13-14 months buffaloes could be achieved only when an animal normally calves, completes uterine involution timely with initiation post-partum ovarian activity. But, the postpartum infections pose a great hurdle achievement this due to economic losses owe cost treatment, disturbed calving conception period therefore prolonged inter-calving...

to determine the prevalence of asherman's syndrome in the south of iran and assess the safety and efficacy of hysteroscopic adhesiolysis in restoration of menstrual function and fertility, a prospective study was done from 1997 to 1999. among 2300 couples with infertility referring to the infertility clinic of a shiraz university hospital, 30 patients were proven to have asherman's sy...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of erythromycin in preventing fetal and intrauterine group B streptococcal (GBS) infections. The study evaluated the penetration of erythromycin through the placenta, by comparing umbilical vein and maternal serum erythromycin concentrations. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study subjects were 42 pregnant women, with GBS-positive ...

BACKGROUND Intrapartum single-dose nevirapine (sdNVP) reduces HIV-1 perinatal transmission but selects NVP resistance among mothers and infants. We evaluated the frequency of antiretroviral resistance among infants with intrauterine HIV-1 infection exposed to sdNVP and maternal antenatal or breastfeeding antiretroviral therapy. METHODS This analysis included 429 infants from sub-Saharan Afric...