To the Editor: I read with great interest the article by Leslie et al. describing the electroencephalographic correlates of dreaming during anesthesia. Their conclusion that traits of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep are expressed during emergence from anesthesia is provocative. It is of historical interest to note that a common mechanism of dreaming during both sleep and anesthesia was predicted...

background: early diagnosis of abnormal progressive labor and prevention of prolonged labor will cause decreased complications of mothers and fetuses. this was conduced to evaluate the alert line in who recommended program for diagnosis of abnormal labor. methods: subjects were 140 pregnant women. when their cervices were dilated about 3cm, the progress of delivery and condition of mothers and ...

abstract physiologists have shown that increased fluids improve skeletal muscle performance in prolonged exercise. typical orders provide for 125 ml of intravenous fluids per hour in patients taking limited oral fluids during labor. our purpose in this study was to determine whether increased intravenous fluids affect the progress oflabor. in a prospective randomized institutional clinical tria...

The following papers were prepared as background materials for the OTA Labor Markets and Industrial Relations Workshop which was held July 27, 1982. 3. Their content and conclusions are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the 4. views of OTA. 1. “The Economics of Technical Progress: Labor Issues Arising From the Spread of Programmable 5. Automation Technologies...

Neuraxial analgesia is widely accepted as the most effective and the least depressant method of providing pain relief in labor. Over the last several decades neuraxial labor analgesia techniques and medications have progressed to the point now where they provide high quality pain relief with minimal side effects to both the mother and the fetus while maximizing the maternal autonomy possible fo...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the practical application of intrapartum sonographic assessment of the progress of labor. MATERIAL AND METHODS Eighty three full-term pregnant women who delivered at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department were enrolled into this study. Transperineal ultrasonographic examinations were conducted with a convex transducer at the onset of active labor, yielding mid-sagittal...

To study the factors associated with vaginal birth after one cesarean section, to evaluate fetal and maternal outcome in VBAC deliveries, It is a case control prospective study conducted in department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Kamla Raja Hospital, Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior (M.P.) from November 2013 to October 2014. Inclusion criteria: Previous 1 LSCS, No contraindication to trial of...

We want to compare the efficacy and safety of vaginal versus sublingual misoprostol for cervical ripening and induction of labor. This randomized clinical trial was performed on 140 women with medical or obstetric indications for labor induction. The patients were randomly divided into two groups: vaginal and sublingual administration of misoprostol. In first group, 25 µg misoprostol was placed...