Background: Intrauterine fetal death (IUFD) occurs in 1% of pregnancies and has devastating consequences. Previous methods for inducing labor IUFD involved oxytocin prostaglandins. The combination mifepristone misoprostol is commonly used early first-trimester termination. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness versus alone induction intrauterine death. Methods: A randomized controlled c...

Spontaneous intestinal perforation (SIP) of the newborn is a single commonly found in terminal ileum without distinct causes. These cases often associated with prematurity. The new COVID-19 pregnancy increased risk premature rupture membranes, preterm delivery, intrauterine fetal death (IUFD), and low birth weight (LBW). Here we report twin SIP that was born from Coronavirus-19 positive mother....

Volume 2, Issue 2. April-June, 2012. P a g e | 58 BRIEF HISTORY: A 25-year-old pregnant Kenyan woman of African descent presented to our hospital at 26 weeks of gestation with complaints of lower abdominal pain and reduced fetal movements for one day. This was her second pregnancy, with first being unremarkable. She had attended antenatal clinic once during which her antenatal profile was unrem...

Background.  The Pan-American Health Organization has called for reducing (1) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) to ≤0.30 infections/1000 live births (LB), (2) HIV MTCT risk to ≤2.0%, and (3) congenital syphilis (CS) incidence to ≤0.50/1000 LB in the Americas by 2015. Methods.  Using published Brazilian data in a mathematical model, we simulated a cohort of p...

Abstract Background Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is recommended to prevent potential neurological injury or intrauterine foetal death (IUFD) of the co-twin(s) in complicated monochorionic (MC) pregnancies. However, impacts various indications on pregnancy outcome following RFA remain unclear. This study aimed determine how influence perinatal outcomes MC pregnancies undergoing radiofrequency a...

The study provided baseline data of abruptio placentae in Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Ghana, and gave recommendations to minimize poor outcomes. A prospective cross sectional study was conducted at the Maternity Department of the KBTH between February 2008 and January 2010. Two hundred women with diagnosis of placental abruption were studied using a pretested standardized structured ques...