introduction: aortic dissection is a rare condition in young women and usually related with congenital anomalies of aorta and connective tissue disorders. we reported a 34-year-old postpartum woman with aortic dissection. case presentation: the patient complained of respiratory distress and weakness with no abdominal pain or chest pain 20 days after delivery and had no history of hypertension d...

BACKGROUND The Global Plan Towards the Elimination of New HIV Infections among Children and Keeping Their Mothers Alive aims to reduce by 2015 the number of new infections in children, in 22 priority countries, by at least 90% from 2009 levels. Mathematical models, such as Spectrum, are used to estimate national and global trends of the number of infants infected through mother-to-child transmi...

Aims Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a systolic left ventricular dysfunction developing in the peripartum phase in previously healthy women. Relaxin-2 is a pregnancy hormone with potential beneficial effects in heart failure patients. We evaluated Relaxin-2 as a potential diagnostic marker and/or a therapeutic agent in PPCM. Methods and results In healthy peripartum women, serum Relaxin-2...

ABSTRACT: This study evaluated the probability of pregnancy and associated factors for two times artificial inseminations (AI), 8 or 10 hours after automated activity monitoring (AAM) alarm on first postpartum AI 1,054 Holstein dairy cows. The estrus was synchronized by prostaglandin estradiol-progesterone program. Stepwise logistic regression performed to analyze pregnancy, (activity, intensit...

Mortality estimates of peripartum cardiomyopathy have been reported to be between 18 and 56% without reference to time frames. Although this is an unusual impairment, medical directors need accurate information to meet the gold standard of underwriting: decisions must be based on sound underwriting and actuarial principles reasonably related to actual or anticipated loss experience. In an insur...

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a form of dilated cardiomyopathy of unclear etiology affecting women without preexisting heart disease during the last month of pregnancy or during the first 5 months postpartum. Its incidence shows marked geographic and ethnic variation, being most common in Africa and among women of African descent. Most women present in the first month postpartum with typi...

BACKGROUND Obstetric haemorrhage (OH) remains a major contributor to maternal morbidity and mortality. Blood transfusion is critical in OH management; yet, data on peripartum transfusion are lacking. A pilot study reported high rates of peripartum transfusion in a sample of South African (SA) hospitals, which was independently associated with HIV status. OBJECTIVES To assess the incidence of ...

REASONS FOR PERFORMING STUDY Broad ligament haemorrhage in peripartum mares is a life-threatening disease and there are few reports on the aetiology and pathogenesis of broad ligament haematoma. OBJECTIVES To obtain information regarding the sites for the early diagnosis and pathogenesis of broad ligament haematoma of mares. METHODS Thirty-one mares that died of broad ligament haematoma per...