The relationship between previous use of oral contraceptives (OCs) and postdatism was investigated in 1496 women attending an antenatal clinic in a 7-month period in 1981. Postdatism was defined as spontaneous labor and delivery 14 or more days beyond the expected date of delivery as calculated by Naegele's rule (i.e., 9 months plus 1 week from the last menstrual period). 186 of the women rep...

Objectives. The aim of this study was to evaluate the methods, indications, outcome of induced labor and its significance in obstetric practice in the study area. Methods. This was a retrospective study of cases of induced labor at the Catholic Maternity Hospital in Ogoja, Cross-River State, Nigeria, between January 1, 2002, and December 31, 2011. Data on the sociodemographic characteristics of...

Objective: To study the fetal outcome and mode of delivery in patients with meconium stained amniotic fluid. Material and methods :This is a prospective observational study carried out in department of obstetric and gynaec at P.V.P.G.H.sangli. over a period of 6 months.Total 200 cases of more than 37 weeks of gestation with singleton pregnancies and cephalic presentation were included in the st...

Introduction Induction of labor is increasing. A common indication for induction late term and postterm pregnancy at 41 weeks or more. We aimed to evaluate if there are any differences regarding efficacy, safety, women's childbirth experience between oral misoprostol transvaginal balloon catheter cervical ripening in women with a low-risk singleton 41+0 42+0 1 gestation. Material methods In thi...

OBJECTIVE To examine fetal growth and perinatal outcomes in pregnancies with isolated oligohydramnios. DESIGN A cohort study. SETTING Multiple clinics and hospitals. POPULATION Low risk pregnant women. METHODS We used data from the multicentre clinical trial of Routine Antenatal Diagnostic Imaging with UltraSound (RADIUS), in which 15,151 low risk pregnant women were randomly assigned t...

Venous air embolism is the entrapment of air into the venous system producing signs and symptoms due to obstruction of pulmonary arterial blood flow. We present a healthy, 27-year-old, full-term parturient admitted for postdate induction of labor. Cesarean delivery was required following fetal distress. During delivery, the mother became bradycardic and required advanced cardiac life support fo...