Aim: To explore whether gender, low birth weight, prematurity and birth type (vaginal vs. abdominal) affects skin prick test results. Methods: This cross-sectional study comprised 350 patients who applied with allergic respiratory symptoms and underwent skin prick test in-between February 2016-June 2016. The patients were asked for premature birth, low birth weight and birth type (vaginal vs. a...

OBJECTIVE To develop a scoring system for the prediction of successful vaginal birth after caesarean section, following induction of labour with intra-vaginal E2 gel (Glandin). METHODS The cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2010 to August 2011, at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad. Trial of labour in previous one caesarean section, undergoing induction with...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether continuing midwifery care has more benefits than standard maternity care in vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC). METHODS This study was conducted on women in labour who had history of previous cesarean section and received vaginal birth in obstetrical department of our hospital from May 2013 to November 2014. The included patients were divided randomly into obse...

Nobody can deny the fact that caesarean section is a life saving obstetrical procedure for both mother and the baby. Decision for caesarean section should be made by experienced and qualified obstetricians. The well known principles of ethics like: autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice should be followed by the attending doctors. Based upon their knowledge, skills, and experience, ...

The U.S. total cesarean delivery rate has risen from 4 percent of deliveries in 1950 to 26 percent in 2002. 1 Concerned about the rising rate of cesarean deliveries, and noting that 98 percent of women with a prior cesarean section delivered by repeated cesarean section, a National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Task Force in 1980 recommended that “properly selected” women should be...

In 2000, 22.9 percent of all births in the United States occurred by CD. This rate is the highest total CD rate reported since data collection began in 1989. The vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) rate, defined as the proportion of women with a prior CD who delivered vaginally, steadily increased from 1989 to 1996. As allowing TOL became more common, practice variation became a larger concern,...

OBJECTIVE Long-term intellectual performance in breech-presented infants may be negatively affected by vaginal delivery. We evaluated the effect of presentation at birth and delivery mode on intellectual performance at age 18 years in a nationwide population study. METHODS We studied 8,738 male infants in breech and 384,832 males in cephalic presentation registered in the Medical Birth Regist...

BACKGROUND For 3-4% of pregnancies, the fetus will be in the breech presentation at term. For most of these women, the approach to delivery is controversial. We did a randomised trial to compare a policy of planned caesarean section with a policy of planned vaginal birth for selected breech-presentation pregnancies. METHODS At 121 centres in 26 countries, 2088 women with a singleton fetus in ...