background: primary ovarian pregnancy is one of the rarest forms of ectopic pregnancy having incidence of 1/7000-1/40,000 in live births and 0.5-3% of all ectopic gestations. intrauterine contraceptive device (iucd), salpingitis, infertility, and assisted reproductive techniques are the important risk factors. approximately, 75% terminate in first trimester and are often misdiagnosed as corpus ...

Questionnaires were sent to all 1432 general practitioners in the Wessex region to obtain information about their current management of bleeding in early pregnancy. A total of 1290 (90%) returned completed questionnaires. These showed widely varying views about the prognostic importance of particular symptoms and physical signs and about elements of management. Although 96% of the respondents p...

The authors examined the association between menstrual characteristics and time to pregnancy among 2,653 Danish women enrolled in a prospective cohort study (2007-2009). Menstrual characteristics were reported at baseline. Outcome data were updated bimonthly until pregnancy, fertility treatment, loss to follow-up, or end of observation (12 cycles). Adjusted fecundability ratios and 95% confiden...

Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 2012;25(1):73–75 A 21-year-old African American woman presented to the emergency department with a 3-week history of heavy vaginal bleeding; she had experienced varying amounts of bleeding but never needed more than a pad per hour. She was known to be less than 12 weeks pregnant but was unsure of the date of her last menstrual period. She was gravida 3 and parity 2, wi...

Vitamin A deficiency is one of the most common dietary deficiencies in the developing world and is a major health concern where it is associated with increased risk of fetal and infant mortality and morbidity. Early studies in the rat demonstrated that, in addition to respiratory problems, neonates showed evidence of mobility problems in response to moderate vitamin A deficiency. This study inv...

UNLABELLED Strenuous physical work puts expectant mothers at risk of experiencing back pain during the gestational months. Pregnant women in Benin perform physically demanding occupational tasks that include the lifting and carriage of heavy loads on their heads for commercial activities. A large percentage of pregnant subjects (58%) reported having back pain episodes since the start of their p...

OBJECTIVES To describe the management of early-pregnancy bleeding and miscarriage reported by general practitioners in Victoria. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Self-administered, mailed survey of a stratified random sample of GPs in Victoria. Responses weighted by strata to reflect GP population. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Reported management in referral; investigation (especially ultrasound)...

Alcohol consumption during pregnancy remains common in many countries. Exposure to even low amounts of alcohol (i.e. ethanol) in pregnancy can lead to the heterogeneous fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), while heavy alcohol consumption can result in the fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). FAS is characterized by cerebral dysfunction, growth restriction and craniofacial malformations. However, t...

BACKGROUND/AIM Diastasis recti abdominis (DRA) is defined as a separation of the 2 muscle bellies of rectus abdominis. To date there is scant knowledge on prevalence, risk factors, and consequences of the condition. The present study aimed to investigate the prevalence of DRA during pregnancy and post partum, presence of possible risk factors, and the occurrence of lumbopelvic pain among women ...

BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY South Africa's Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1996 provides for safe termination of pregnancy (TOP) in designated facilities in the public and private health sectors. In 2001, mifepristone-misoprostol medical abortion was approved for TOP up to 56 days, but this method is not yet available in the public sector. Information on the operational requirements fo...