Design/Methods: Databases were searched using a broad search strategy to identify relevant randomized and quasi-randomized controlled trials. Data were extracted according to procedure phase (preprocedure, acute, recovery, and combinations of these) and pooled using established methods. Results: A total of 31 studies were included. Acute infant distress was diminished during intramuscular injec...

AIM To document the indications, safety and possible complications of bilateral same-session intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) injections performed in the ophthalmic operating room. METHODS A retrospective case series study. Consecutive records of seventy four patients receiving simultaneous bilateral intravitreal injections of either ranibizumab or bevacizumab, betw...

The incidence of thrombo-embolic complications in pregnancy varies between 2 and 5 per 1000 deliveries. Deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) is classically associated with pulmonary embolism and chronic venous insufficiency, which are leading causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. An accurate diagnosis of iliofemoral or calf vein thrombosis should be confirmed by either Doppler ultrasonography, impe...

The pudendal nerve primarily innervates the perineum. This nerve can be gradually stretched and damaged by vaginal deliveries (esp. traumatic births), prolapse of pelvic organs and by pelvic floor descent. This leads to unior bilateral pudendal nerve damage. A direct lesion of the pudendal nerve is rare as it lies deep in the pelvis and is well protected by the pelvic ring. It can be injured ho...

on the basis of a cross-sectional demographic survey that was conducted among the qashqai tribe of southern iran in 1973, the crude birth rate was estimated at 48.2 per thousand per year. the most productive age groups, was 25-29 years. forty-nine, point seven per cent (49.7%) or about one half of the total births occurred among married women aged 20 to 29 years eighty-seven point three per cen...

Five hundred and seventeen women in labour receiving extradural analgesia, using bupivacaine plain solution, were randomly allocated to one of three groups. Group A received 6-8ml of 0.5% solution, group B 10-14ml of 0.25% solution, and group C 6-8 ml of 0.25% solution. Spontaneous delivery occurred in 31.7% of patients in group A, 38.7% in group B and 53% in group C (P less than 0.001). The pe...

This study aimed to assess the perinatal morbidity and mortality in breech deliveries, to study the correlation of parity and birth weight with perinatal mortality by mode of delivery. Of 210 women in labour in Basra maternity and child hospital, 97 underwent vaginal breech deliveries and 113 delivered by caesarean section. Birth trauma was restricted to vaginal deliveries. The perinatal mortal...