AIM to determine the current prevalence of hepatitis B infection among parturient women in Jakarta, Indonesia. METHODS a cross-sectional study was conducted in women giving birth between May and July 2009, recruited by consecutive sampling technique in 2 hospitals and 13 public health centers in Jakarta. Mothers with history of chronic liver disease were excluded. Data were collected by quest...

Spinal muscular atrophy in pregnancy is rare and poses multiple problems for the anesthesiologist. The effects of dexmedetomidine on a parturient with spinal muscular atrophy have not previously been reported. There are also no in vivo data on placental transfer of dexmedetomidine and its effects on a human neonate. We report the hemodynamic, respiratory and sedative effects of dexmedetomidine ...

Many caribou (Rangifer tarandus) populations are declining worldwide in part due to disturbance from human development. Prior to human development, important areas of habitat should be identified to help managers minimize adverse effects. Resource selection functions can help identify these areas by providing a link between space use and landscape attributes. We estimated resource selection dur...

preeclampsia is very challenging for anesthetists due to the heterogeneous clinical spectrum of disease characterized by hypertension, risk hypotension, high aspiration, and difficult airway. Therefore, Meta-Analysis intended provide evidence on maternal neonatal outcomes preeclamptic parturient. A comprehensive strategy was conducted in PubMed/Medline, Science Direct, Cochrane from January 200...

Background: Gestational diabetes (GDM) can cause adverse effects on parturient and newborns, effective control of blood sugar levels in the is essential for good prognosis. Continuous dynamic glucose monitoring effectively improve final pregnancy outcome patients with GDM.

UNLABELLED This study aimed to verify whether the distance walked is correlated with women's pain level throughout the active phase of labor. METHODOLOGY We realized an analytic, quasi-experimental intervention study. Study participants were 80 primiparous parturient women, who were admitted during spontaneous labor, with 37-42 weeks, at the start of the active phase. DATA ANALYSIS Spearman...

BACKGROUND Morbid obesity of parturient has become very important in perinatal medicine because of a worldwide obesity epidemic. Morbid obesity of parturient is reportedly associated with severely increased anaesthetic and obstetric risk. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence rate, anaesthetic and obstetric complications in morbidly obese parturient that had caesarean delivery in a Nigerian t...