AIM to determine the current prevalence of hepatitis B infection among parturient women in Jakarta, Indonesia. METHODS a cross-sectional study was conducted in women giving birth between May and July 2009, recruited by consecutive sampling technique in 2 hospitals and 13 public health centers in Jakarta. Mothers with history of chronic liver disease were excluded. Data were collected by quest...

Spinal muscular atrophy in pregnancy is rare and poses multiple problems for the anesthesiologist. The effects of dexmedetomidine on a parturient with spinal muscular atrophy have not previously been reported. There are also no in vivo data on placental transfer of dexmedetomidine and its effects on a human neonate. We report the hemodynamic, respiratory and sedative effects of dexmedetomidine ...

Herpes zoster generally affects sensory nerves, but occasionally motor nerves also are affected,'2 so that flaccid muscle paresis develops in the segments corresponding to the dermatomes in which cutaneous lesions appear. The site of the lesion in the motor neurone is not clear, but the absence of electromyographic fasciculations and slow motor conduction velocity point to motor axon damage. Po...

Nutritional and management strategies for dairy cattle are designed to prepare the cow for lactation and to minimize the incidence of metabolic diseases around calving. However, strategies initiated during the dry period should also consider the potential effects on the calf prior to and after calving. Fetal requirements for energy and protein are significant, particularly during the last trime...