To the Edi tor of the " Indian Medical Gazette." Sir,?The follpwing is the generally adopted way of expellingthe placenta among natives of this coast:? Immediately after the child is born, the attendant midwife makes the woman -sit down. She then thrusts a handful, of the hair of the head of the lying-in-woman into her mouth, and thus excites nausea. Vomiting sets in ; the contracting abdominal...

Constraints to maximal productivity from twinning in beef cattle include increased incidence of dystocia and retained placenta, longer postpartum interval, and lower conception rate. Incidence and cause(s) of the shorter gestation length and of the increased retained placenta and dystocia associated with twinning were evaluated for 3,370 single and 1,014 twin births produced in a population of ...

The third stage of labor is associated with considerable maternal morbidity and mortality. The major complication is postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), which is the leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Whereas in the event of PPH due to atony of the uterus there exist numerous treatment guidelines; for the management of retained placenta the general consensus is more difficult...

Objective: To review the use of transvaginal ultrasound for the diagnosis of placenta previa and recommend management based on accurate placental localization. Options: Transvaginal sonography (TVS) versus transabdominal sonography for the diagnosis of placenta previa; route of delivery, based on placenta edge to internal cervical os distance; in-patient versus out-patient antenatal care; cercl...

As early as 1901, DeLee described a hemophilic-like condition of the blood in abruptio. Dieckmann in 1936, studying a group of patients with abruptio, found fibrinogen concentration below the normal levels in seven out of eleven cases, and in three where the fibrinogen level was below 50 mg./100 c.c. During the past few years hypofibrinogenemia has been shown to exist in other conditions apart ...