BACKGROUND Acute kidney injury (AKI) is rare in women during pregnancy and puerperium, however, it is related to increased morbidity and mortality rates. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence, characteristics, and outcomes of AKI during pregnancy and puerperium in a Chinese population. METHODS In this study, pregnant women discharged from hospital between January ...

during the first days of puerperium and is characterised mainly by tearfulness, mood swings, fatigue, insomnia, negative thinking, low mood and difficulty in thinking.1 The fact that a number of studies from different countries have reported a variety of prevalence rates and socioeconomic factors related to the occurrence of MB2–4 has raised the issue of cultural differences and especially the ...

A number of corticosteroid responsive diseases have been shown to undergo exacerbation in the puerperium. The presentation of a woman 8 weeks after delivery with severe hypercalcaemia, a highly steroid sensitive feature of sarcoidosis, adds to the evidence that sarcoidosis can also be numbered amongst such diseases with relapse in the puerperium.

objective: we report a case of intraperitoneal urinary bladder rupture i week following normal delivery in a primigravida, who presented with huge urinary ascites, anuria and renal failure. abdominal paracentesis and exploratory laparotomy was done and a diagnosis of intraperitoneal bladder rupture was made. the rent was repaired in layers. this may be preventable if adequate precaution in the ...

This work has been written chiefly for the help of the young general practitioner with regard to numerous details of the management of the lying-in woman and new-born "infant. The first part deals with the accidents, injuries, diseases, etc., of the pueiperal woman, abounds in useful and instructive hints on many points, and is of an essentially practical nature. There are one or two small matt...

OBJECTIVES To examine possible associations of ABO blood types with the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in pregnancy and the puerperium. PATIENTS AND METHODS We conducted a nested case-control study within a cohort of 71,729 women who gave birth to 126,783 children in the North Jutland County, Denmark, from 1980 to 2001. We identified 129 cases with VTE in pregnancy (n = 61) or the puerp...

This article describes uterine and uterine cavity changes throughout the normal and pathological puerperium, as revealed by various ultrasound modalities. A gray scale ultrasound, color and pulsed Doppler ultrasound and 3D ultrasound were used. It is based on results of several prospective longitudinal studies, which were designed so that every woman was examined at six occasions during the pue...

Objectives: To study the clinical profile of the patients presenting with neurological disorders during pregnancy and puerperium. Methods: The study was carried out at Father Muller Medical College, Karnataka, India between July 2015 to June 2016. All Patients in pregnancy or post abortal, post partum period attending to the Father Muller Medical College between July 2015 to June 2016 and requi...

BACKGROUND von Willebrand disease type 3, is an extremely rare condition. It can be severe and potentially life-threatening, particularly in pregnant women during labor and subsequently during early puerperium. Due to its rarity, there is no optimal treatment/management during pregnancy. CASE We describe two cases of pregnant women with von Willebrand disease type 3, and its successful survei...

practical and clinical aspects. In the present edition, notwithstanding the brief period at the author's disposal for revision (1) a new section on the Toxaemia of Pregnancy has been added under Pathological Pregnancy ; (2) the section on Fever in the Puerperium in Part VIII of the first edition has been entirely rewritten and brought up-to-date under the heading of Morbidity in the Puerperium ...