Nationally there are higher rates of sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and bloodborne viruses diagnosed in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people than in other Australians. These infections are a major source of morbidity: untreated chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis can cause infertility, pelvic inflammatory disease, premature delivery and neonatal and post-partum infections, whil...

The prospective study was conducted in tertiary hospitals' Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology from January 2022 to June assess the incidence feto-maternal outcomes cases with morbidly adherent placenta. on 155 women fulfilling inclusion criteria. Demographic medical data were recorded. procedure performed using a lower-segment approach, complications managed according protocol. Results sh...

BACKGROUND Pulmonary embolism (PE) during pregnancy remains one of the leading causes of maternal morbidity and mortality in the developed world. However, there is a paucity of high-quality evidence resulting in a lack of consensus in managing this group of patients. The aims of the study were to address the diagnostic utility of D-dimer for suspected PE in pregnant and post-partum patients and...

BACKGROUND Spontaneous coronary and vertebral artery dissections are rare events occurring most commonly in otherwise healthy women during pregnancy or the post-partum period. CASE PRESENTATION This report describes a 35-year-old female who presented with an acute inferior ST elevation myocardial infarction 7 months post-partum secondary to spontaneous dissection of the left obtuse marginal c...