OBJECTIVE To assess the factors associated with failed induction of labour (IOL) in a secondary care hospital. METHOD This is a retrospective cross sectional study on women admitted for labour induction in Aga Khan Hospital for women Karimabad from 1st Jan, 2009 to 31st Dec, 2009. Induction was considered successful if the patient delivered vaginally and failed if it ended up in Caesarean Sec...

BACKGROUND This cross-sectional study sought to identify factors associated with antenatal depression in pregnant Korean females, including sociodemographic parameters, social support, social conflict, and bipolarity. METHODS Eighty-four pregnant women were recruited to complete questionnaires on sociodemographic factors, obstetric history, depressive symptoms, and bipolarity. Depressive symp...

BACKGROUND The increased complications to the mother and fetus during or after pregnancy and birth are often caused by a wide array of pathogenic organisms mostly belonging to the TORCH group [toxoplasmosis, rubella, cytomegalovirus (CMV), and herpes simplex virus (HSV)]. These agents cause asymptomatic or mild infection in the mother while serious consequences in fetus. The present study was a...

Indonesia listed by WHO as occupying the ninth position in world with percentage of LBW more than 15,5% each year. In 2021 Province Bali have 2,123 babies and Denpasar City is first rank total 367. This study uses analytical research type design case control. Sample amounted 267 samples at Wangaya Hospital Mandara from January 2020 to October 2022. are 89 based on method sampling, while sample ...

We aimed to determine the maternal characteristics (demographics, an obstetric history, and prior cervical excisional procedure) associated with a short mid-trimester cervical length (CL, defined as a CL of ≤ 25 mm) and whether having a short cervix explains the association between these maternal characteristics and spontaneous preterm delivery (SPTD, defined as a delivery before 34 weeks). Thi...

Modern society with its bad ecology, chronic stress and the prevalence of mental activities over physical no longer treats pregnancy as a physiological state with "natural" course of events but the state that requires intensive medical supervision, active, even invasive, intervention during pregnancy and delivery. In most cases such intervention is the only way to save life for a mother and her...

Abstract Alloimmunization due to anti-M antibodies are rare since they present as naturally occurring immunoglobulin M antibodies, which do not cross the placenta. Very rarely, these may convert G and cause hemolytic disease of fetus newborn. We case a fifth gravida, with previous two miscarriages an unexplained stillbirth, booked us for 8 weeks. At booking, she was found have titers 1:2, stabl...