Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) with HELLP represents a rare complication that requires combined care of obstetrician, anesthesiologist, hematologist, and neonatologist. At 37-week gestation a 35-year-old parturient (G2A1P0) a known case of chronic ITP presented with severe pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH), thrombocytopenia, and elevated liver enzymes. We describe successful anest...

Mirror syndrome is a rare clinical entity consisting of fetal and placental hydrops with maternal edema. It is associated with an increase in fetal mortality and maternal morbility. We describe the anesthetic management of a parturient with Mirror syndrome complicated by HELLP syndrome and massive postpartum hemorrhage, who required general anesthesia for cesarean delivery.

Use of neuraxial block in a patient with severe kyphoscoliosis is controversial. We describe the anaesthetic management by spinal anaesthesia of a parturient with severe kyphoscoliosis in obstructed labour. The perioperative course was uneventful. We suggest that a patient with severe kyphoscoliosis may be successfully managed by spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section.

109 Anesthetic Considerations in a Parturient with a Klippel-Trenaunay Weber Syndrome Abstract Type: Case Report/Case Series Alaa A. Abd-Elsayed, M.D., M.P.H.; Joseph Baus, M.D.; Thomas James, M.D. University of CincinnatiType: Case Report/Case Series Alaa A. Abd-Elsayed, M.D., M.P.H.; Joseph Baus, M.D.; Thomas James, M.D. University of Cincinnat

Adults with congenital heart disease are increasing due to improvement in infant heart surgery and availability of better cardiac care. Pregnancy in these patients requires multidisciplinary team approach due to circulatory changes. We describe an anesthetic management of the parturient undergoing cesarean section having severe pulmonary restenosis.

Dietary cation anion difference (DCAD) is an important aspect of dairy nutrition, especially in the transition period. Sahiwal cattle is the highest milk producing breed among Zebu cattle. We planned first study on transition Sahiwal cattle to determine the effects of feeding varying levels of negative DCAD. For this purpose, twenty pregnant cows (at the 250th day of gestation) were selected an...

OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of cesarean sections in Brazilian hospitals. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out with data from the World Health Organization's Global Data System for Maternal and Perinatal Health, for the Brazilian states of São Paulo, Pernambuco and the Federal District. Data relating to 15,354 women who gave birth between September/2004 and March/2005 were an...

BACKGROUND Up to 40% of women gain excessive weight during pregnancy. Obesity complications and risks in parturient women undergoing cesarean section (CS) with different anesthetic methods remain unknown. This study aimed to assess the safety and risk of obese women undergoing CS delivery with various perioperative anesthetic methods. METHODS Seven hundred ninety parturient women underwent CS...

At calving time, the cows were monitored and blood samples were taken from jugular vein of 38 cows with parturient paresis and 38 healthy ones. The levels of calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chloride, glucose, triglyceride, cholesterol, albumin, globulin and A/G ratio were assessed to find the correlation between the degree of hypocalcemia and other parameters. According to ca...

Ovarian dermoidal cysts are benign lesions arising from germ cells. If they large, can pose a problem of differential diagnosis with the hydatid cyst. Transformation to malignancy is possible. Complications numerous, going as far peritonitis or even fistulization in hollow organ. We present case dermoid cyst ovary 33-year-old parturient twice scarred uterus who was treated surgically and whose ...