Spontaneous quadruplet is rarely seen. Quadruplet pregnancy is accompanied with severe complications such as abortion , premature labor , first trimester vaginal bleeding , anemia and …etc . Our patient was a 29- year old lady with history of first pregnancy twin that was aborted. In the second pregnancy at three months of gestation sonography showed quadruplet pregnancy so cerclage was perfo...

violence and the threat of violence against pregnant women are main barriers to women’s empowerment and equal participation in society. when stress and violence increase in developing societies, women’s safety in the home, workplace and community is often seriously affected. to determine the prevalence of physical abuse in pregnant women and to assess association between physical violence durin...

UNLABELLED Presenting the rates of obstetric admissions of women living in Paraná in 2010. METHOD A descriptive study in which the admission information of the hospital system of the Unified Health System was analyzed. Data from women aged between 10 to 49 years available on the DATASUS website were analyzed, using percentage and according to primary diagnosis, age and Regional Health area. ...

Shoulder dystocia is one of the most difficult complications of labor that is often unpredictable and hence unpreventable. In most cases, the cause is dystocia from the bony pelvis. The major brunt of complications is borne by the fetus. In neglected cases, grave maternal complications like obstructed labor and rupture of uterus may result. Very rarely, the reverse, uterine rupture leading to s...

BACKGROUND Abnormal labor is one of the common emergency obstetric problems contributing for more than two-thirds of the unplanned cesarean section. In Ethiopia, although labor abnormality and its complications like obstetric fistula are highly prevalent, there is no published study that determines the predictors of labor abnormalities. METHODS The study design was an unmatched case control w...

The benefits of epidural anesthesia for the relief of pain associated with childbirth has long been recognized. Although epidurals are widely used for pain relief during the labor process, side effects and complications associated with epidurals do occur. The purpose of this review is to summarize the benefits, as well as the disadvantages of epidurals, in an effort to minimize those complicati...

Problem and Motivation The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 300,000 women die every year due to pregnancy-related complications, most of which occur in developing countries [1]. Timely and informed labor monitoring by a skilled attendant can help prevent many of main causes of maternal death – hemorrhage, infection, unsafe abortion, eclampsia, and obstructed labor. Globally, the W...