Myocardial infarction is rare in pregnancy. A 30 year old white primigravida had an anterior infarct at 20 weeks' gestation, which was followed by troublesome angina. Coronary angiography showed a tight stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery. This was treated successfully by percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.

A 20 week primigravida with intrauterine fetal death and the rare occurrence of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) in pregnancy is presented. Aprotinin has been used to overcome uterine inertia non-responsive to oxytocin stimulation. TTP was successfully treated with repeated plasmaphereses. The literature is briefly reviewed and the complexity and importance of the differential diagnosi...

Introduction: Finding the factors affecting patients’ tendency to a hospital, can improve the health system. The purpose of this study was to recognize the factors affecting primigravidas’ preferences to select a public hospital, in order to determine the correlation on these preferences. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 220 p...

Pre-eclampsia complicated by deep jaundice occurred in a previously healthy primigravida. The main aetiological factor was disseminated intravascular coagulation; this caused both haemolysis and liver cell necrosis. Liver biopsy showed fibrin thrombi in the capillaries with microhaemorrhages and loss of periportal liver cells. The jaundice was attributed to both haemolytic and hepatocellular pr...

Acute fatty liver of pregnancy is an uncommon, potentially fatal disorder that usually occurs in the third trimester of pregnancy or in the early post partum. We present here a 30-year-old Nigerian primigravida with acute fatty liver of pregnancy. She was successfully managed and discharged.

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is recommended for patients with psychotic disorders that do not respond to medication. Usually, many psychotropic medications have teratogenic effects on the fetus. ECT seems to be a relatively safe and effective treatment during pregnancy. We report here on a 33-year-old primigravida patient in her third trimester receiving ECT.

A 23‐year‐old primigravida with prolonged labour presented for emergency caesarean section. Records of previous antenatal visits were not available and she did not give any history of previous medical/surgical illness. Physical examination and basic investigations were assessed and recorded to be normal by the seasoned junior resident anaesthesiologist who later administered her spinal anaesthe...

Birthball memiliki arti bola lahir yang dapat digunakan pada ibu inpartu kala I ke posisi biasa membantu kemajuan persalinan. merangsang dilatasi dan memperlebar outlet panggul. Duduk lurus di atas maka gaya gravitasi bumi akan janin atau bagian terendah untuk segera turun Tujuan penelitian ini yaitu hubungan terapi birthball dengan persalinan fase aktif primigravida Klinik Pratama Lidya Sifra ...

BACKGROUND Eclampsia remains a leading cause of maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. Primigravida are at higher risk of convulsions and antepartum convulsions are more dangerous than those beginning after delivery. This study was carried out to evaluate the epidemiological aspects of patients presenting with eclampsia in the catchment area of Saidu Teaching Hospital Swat. METHODS T...

Background: Labor is a natural pain despite the fact that the severity of the pain and response to it differ in various people, but most women refer to labor as an unpleasant experience of their lives. The present study was carried out to determine the effect of honey on the severity of labor in primigravida women. Methods: In this study, 80 healthy volunteer primigravida women were entered to...