Case 1: A 24 year old woman (G 1, P 0, Ab 0) delivered a 2500 gram stillborn male fetus at term. Her prenatal care record was negative for factors associated with high risk pregnancy. No infections were diagnosed during the prenatal period. Case 2: A 22 year old woman (G 1, PO, Ab 0) delivered a 514 gram stillborn macerated female fetus at nineteen weeks gestation. Her antepartum course was com...

The dangers of treatment of syphilis are often minimized; one of the most serious complications of arsenical treatment is encephalopathy. This complication is rare, but is associated with a high mortality. There is apparently some difference of opinion and experience regarding the increased hazards oftreatment oflues during pregnancy. Earle Moore and others (1948) emphasize the rarity of arseni...

The steroids of the adrenal cortex assist in, and are necessary for, normal excretion of water and electrolyte (1). In general, these steroids tend to cause water excretion and salt retention, the relative amounts of these responses being dependent upon the structure of the steroid. The hormones of the posterior pituitary gland, on the other hand, cause water retention and, usually, sodium and ...

Toxemia can develop in Clostridium difficile-infected animals, and correlates with severe and fulminant disease outcomes. Circumstantial evidence suggests that toxemia may occur in patients with C. difficile infection (CDI), but positive diagnosis is extremely rare. We analyzed the potential for C. difficile toxemia in patients, determined its characteristics, and assessed challenges. C. diffic...

Preeclampsia is a toxemia in old pregnancy marked by hypertension, edema, and proteinuria. The etiology of disease unknown, but there are several theories that have been forward, one which the theory inflammation associated with leukocytes. main this study to figure out relations leukocytes count patients preeclampsia RSUD dr. M. Haulussy Ambon 2018. This research an analytic cross-sectional de...