Patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy may require analgesia/anesthesia for delivery or cesarean section. Many different methods of anesthesia has been used for this purpose. Remifentanil was used safely in peripartum cardiomyopathic patients, but there is not any report about etomidate usage in such patients. We report on a 19 years old patient, at 32 weeks of gestation, with severe peripartu...

We present a rare case with gossypiboma following cesarean section which led to uterine wound dehiscence. A 30-year-old woman had been submitted to an emergency cesarean section 4 months previously at another hospital. Clinical and ultrasound findings revealed a large intra-abdominal mass and diffuse peritonitis. At laparotomy, a gossypiboma causing an abscess and uterine wound dehiscence with ...

Dexmedetomidine is a highly selective α-2 agonist which has recently revolutionized our anesthesia and intensive care practice. An obstetric patient presented for emergency cesarean delivery under general anesthesia, with pre-eclampsia and postpartum hemorrhage. In carefully selected cases with refractory hypertension and postpartum hemorrhage, dexmedetomidine can be used for improving overall ...

BACKGROUND Independent risk factors for surgical site infection (SSI) after cesarean section have not been well documented, despite the large number of cesarean sections performed and the relatively common occurrence of SSI. OBJECTIVE To determine independent risk factors for SSI after low transverse cesarean section. DESIGN Retrospective case-control study. SETTING Barnes-Jewish Hospital...

OBJECTIVE To measure the rate of wound infection after cesarean section and assess risk factors for such infection. METHODS A prospective surveillance was conducted at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, during the period January 2000 through to December 2000. This included a total of 754 cesarean sections. The following risk factors, which were studied included,...

BACKGROUND While several studies have demonstrated the increased risk of pregnancy complications for women of advanced age, few studies have focused on women with very advanced age (≥ 45), despite the increasing rate of pregnancy among such women. Furthermore, how such risks of increase in age differ by maternal characteristics are also poorly understood. Thus, we aimed to clarify pregnant outc...

Background. There is no consensus on the optimum management of failed tracheal intubation in emergency cesarean delivery performed for fetal compromise. The decision making process on whether to wake the patient or continue anesthesia with a supraglottic airway device is an underexplored area. This survey explores perceptions and experiences of obstetric anesthetists managing failed intubation....

objective: to consider incisional endometrioma (ie) as a differential diagnosis of abdominal disorders and to recommend different treatments as preventive measures. incisional endometrioma (ie), as a rare condition, usually develops in surgical scar of cesarean section or hysterectomy. materials and methods: we performed a retrospective review of 12 cases at department of surgery, shahrekord un...