The purpose of this case series is to provide preliminary evidence on the efficacy of pessary application in women with short cervix and at risk for preterm labor. Between May 2015 and July 2015, four pregnant women were followed-up with Arabin pessaries. The gestational age at the time of diagnosis was between the 23(th) and 29(th) weeks. Pessary application was associated with a prolongation ...

Does import competition alter the extent to which employers, after negotiating workers’ wages upon hire, subsequently shield those wages from external labor-market conditions? If increased competition induces a switch away from these wage implicit agreements, then (1) the sensitivity of workers’ wages to the current unemployment rate should increase as competition increases and (2) the sensitiv...

Spontaneous rupture of membranes before the onset of labor at term is commonly referred to as PROM (either premature or preterm rupture of membranes) and occurs in about 8% of term pregnancies. PROM is associated with an increased risk of infection. Many controversies exist regarding the optimal management of PROM, including the choice of induction or expectant management, use of digital vagina...

We describe two cases of spontaneous rupture of the membranes, followed by premature labour at 32 and 34 weeks' gestation, in association with gonococcal infection.

OBJECTIVE To compare a new loading dose regimen for intravenous ritodrine administration in preterm labour with the conventional dose regimen. DESIGN Multicentre randomised trial using numbered opaque sealed envelopes. SETTING Five teaching hospitals in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS Women (n = 203) in preterm labour at less than 34 weeks of gestation. INTERVENTIONS Women received either...

Teenage pregnancy is a fairly common occurrence in India, due to many factors such as early marriages, illiteracy,ignorance,social and religious factors.The changes in the attitude of the general population towards sex, the impact of media television, movies and literature, which are sex-oriented, are responsible for present adolescent behavior.The adolescent above the age of 15, who escapes to...

Most enquiries into the causes of prematurity conclude that at least 50 per cent. of cases cannot be explained on medical grounds (Joint Committee of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the British Paediatric Association, 1949; Baird, 1953). In these cases pregnancy is clinically normal but nevertheless labour starts before the expected date, or, if the baby is born at ter...