A retrospective case-control study was undertaken of women with a history of a previous stillbirth or neonatal death, who subsequently delivered in BMH Rinteln. Their obstetric and neonatal outcome was compared to that of a control group of women of similar age and parity and its relationship to specific socio-economic factors assessed. Index patients had a worse obstetric and neonatal outcome....

OBJECTIVE To carry out a large-scale retrospective review of patients who had undergone surgical repair of obstetric fistula in Kenya to determine patient characteristics and determinants of successful surgical repair. METHODS The patient records of 483 surgical repairs of obstetric fistula treated by a single surgeon (H.M.) between January 2005 and July 2010 at 3 medical centers in western K...

A facial palsy developing at birth may be developmental or acquired. The developmental facial palsies are rare but are associated with Mobius's syndrome, hemifacial microsomia, microtia, and weakness of the depressor anguli oris. The acquired palsies mostly result from birth trauma. In a large series in the United States congenital VIIth nerve palsy had the incidence of 2 1 per 1000.1 Obstetric...

OBJECTIVES To characterise pregnancy course and outcomes in women with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C). METHODS From a combined Johns Hopkins/Dutch ARVD/C registry, we identified 26 women affected with ARVD/C (by 2010 Task Force Criteria) during 39 singleton pregnancies >13 weeks (1-4 per woman). Cardiac symptoms, treatment and episodes of sustained ventricu...

This study included data on syphilis-positive pregnant women seen for delivery or miscarriage, between 1997 and 2004, in Sao Lucas Hospital, Porto Alegre, RS. Their subsequent obstetric outcomes were studied, until December 2011, to see if the disease recurred. From 450 pregnant women with positive syphilis serology, seen from 1997 to 2004, 166 had at least one more obstetric attendance until D...

There is an increased prevalence of maternal substance abuse during pregnancy in younger women in all socioeconomic classes and races. Our aim was to determine the prevalence and correlates of self-reported substance abuse among pregnant women and obstetric complications or neonatal outcomes in Iran. This retrospective cohort study is covering a five year period on medical records of pregnant w...

The past few decades have seen major advances in multidisciplinary obstetric care and management of gynecological conditions in women with bleeding disorders. Awareness of the impact of bleeding disorders has improved among the obstetric and gynecological community. Undiagnosed bleeding disorders can be the underlying cause for a significant proportion of women with heavy menstrual bleeding. Th...

BACKGROUND Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS), is probably the most common disease among heritable connective tissue disorders. It affects women more than men and causes symptoms in multiple organs. It is associated with chronic pain, skin fragility and abnormal bleeding. These characteristics may hamper reproductive life. We conducted a study to evaluate the gynecologic and obstetric ou...

OBJECTIVE To examine contributors to perceived risk in pregnancy and its utility in predicting lower birth weight and earlier delivery in conjunction with health care providers' assessment of obstetric risk. METHODS 165 pregnant women at high (n=34) or low (n=131) obstetric risk completed assessments of perceived risk, stress, optimism, and health behaviors using well-validated instruments an...