CONTEXT Globally, abortion-related morbidity places a largely unmeasured physical, social and economic burden on women, yet little research has examined population-level morbidity, particularly in developing countries. METHODS Data were drawn from a representative 2002 survey in Madhya Pradesh, India, of married women aged 15-39 who had at least one child; the analysis examined 966 abortion a...

Daytime oral melatonin typically exerts soporific and thermoregulatory effects; however, it is not clear whether these effects reflect the normal physiological response to endogenous nocturnal melatonin production. We infused melatonin at doses that produced physiological and supraphysiological steady-state levels in 24 young adults during two daytime bed rest protocols. From 1000 to 1630, subj...

An initial management of bed rest and hydration is performed routinely. In case of persistent bleeding, definite diagnosis is usually made by angiography, and selective embolization can be performed within the same angiography session as a definite treatment. Open exploration and partial or total nephrectomy are rarely required. We report a case of delayed renal bleeding following stab wound wh...

Various effects on circulatory functions of light to moderate physical exercise during 4 weeks of bed rest were studied in 6 subjects. During exercise narrow cuffs inflated to 60 ram. Hg were worn on the upper thighs. Changes in plasma volume during and after bed rest paralleled those characteristic of simple bed rest. In contrast to simple bed rest, the major loss of red cell mass was noted at...

INTRODUCTION Orthostatic hypotension is a serious risk for crewmembers returning from spaceflight. Numerous cardiovascular mechanisms have been proposed to account for this problem, including vascular and cardiac dysfunction, which we studied during bed rest. METHODS Thirteen subjects were studied before and during bed rest. Statistical analysis was limited to the first 49-60 d of bed rest an...

The effects of earlier surgery and shorter bedrest on the outcome in 338 consecutive patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage admitted within five years to a primary emergency hospital were evaluated. Mortality from rebleeds diminished more than surgical mortality increased. Shortened bedrest did not increase the number of rebleeds in patients not operated on. The combined mortality from rebleed ...

Numbers of patients undergoing coronary angiography and angioplasty procedures have increased in England due to targets within the National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease. Little evidence is available regarding optimal bed-rest duration for patients post-femoral arterial sheath removal following these procedures. Through literature review and clinical benchmarking, we aimed to ide...

CONTEXT It is not yet clear whether the diurnal variation in testosterone is regulated by circadian or homeostatic (sleep) influences. OBJECTIVE The present study tested whether testosterone is driven by a circadian-independent sleep effect by shifting sleep acutely to daytime in a 24-h sampling regiment. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS In the sleep laboratory, seven healthy young men (ag...

natal bed rest may actually have a deleterious effect upon fetal growth and well-being and that until this basic problem is settled it is not possible to say whether the better results obtained by Dr. Varma and Professor Curzen in their decompressed patients are more likely to have been effected by the dcompression itself or by the lesser amount of enforced bed rest to which they were subjected...