Introduction Obstetrical emergencies are a high-risk yet infrequent occurrence in the emergency department. While U.S. emergency medicine (EM) residency graduates are required to perform 10 low-risk normal spontaneous vaginal deliveries, little is known about how residencies prepare residents to manage obstetrical emergencies. We sought to profile the current obstetrical training curricula thro...

objective considerable medical and legal debates have surrounded the prognosis and outcome of obstetrical brachial plexus injuries and obstetricians are often considered responsible for the injury. in this study, we assessed the factors related to the outcome of brachial plexus palsy. material & methods during 24 months, 21 neonates with obstetrical brachial plexus injuries were enrolled. elect...

Background. The prevalence and associated risks with adverse obstetrical outcomes among women living with HIV are not well measured. The objective of this study was to longitudinally investigate the prevalence and correlates of adverse obstetrical outcomes among women with HIV. Methods. This 20-year (1990-2010) clinical case series assessed the prevalence of adverse obstetrical outcomes among p...

our purpose was to determine the effect of epidural analgesia on nulliparous labor and delivery. nonnal term nulliparous women in spontaneous labor were divided into two groups in a quazi-experimental study, 100 in each group. the first group received epidural analgesia and the second had no analgesia at all. in the first group, an epidural catheter was placed in 3-4 cm cervical dilatation and ...

An Obstetrical service is an ideal model of a structured clinical data set. Typically, patients undergo a similar course of routine prenatal care spanning six to nine months that leads to a common outcome (i.e. vaginal delivery). At various clinical milestones toward the end of the pregnancy and shortly thereafter, a series of standard documents must be generated in order to complete an obstetr...

OBJECTIVE To determine the maternal health and fetal outcome in hepatitis C with obstetrical haemorrhagic emergencies. STUDY DESIGN An observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit-I, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Hospital, Hyderabad, Sindh, from January 2009 to December 2010. METHODOLOGY All the women admitted during th...

Objectives : To evaluate the prevalence of primary rubella infection in women with pregnancy wastage. Methods : The study included 150 pregnant women with obstetrical losses (Group 1) and 150 pregnant women without any obstetrical losses (group II). Serological evaluation for IgM antibodies was carried out by IgM ELISA method. Results : Seropositivity for rubella was 8.67% in group I and 2% in ...