BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Lactobacilli are depleted in vagina of women suffering from recurring episodes of bacterial vaginosis with vaginal pH >or=5. With the objective of making available probiotic lactobacilli for replenishment in such women, a study was undertaken to isolate and characterize the Lactobacilli present in women with eco-healthy vagina in Delhi. No information is so far available ...

OBJECTIVE To differentiate the effect of gestation on the mode of delivery by analysing the difference in the mode of induction, length of labour and the difference in parity or Bishop score and their effect on the mode of delivery of postdates women. STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY PAEC General Hospital, Islamabad, from July 2006 to July 2008...

BACKGROUND: Spontaneous pre-labour rupture of membranes (SPROM) at term is one of the most common complications of pregnancy. It is an important cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality, particularly because it is associated with a latency period from membrane rupture to delivery. OBJECTIVE: To compare the outcome of labour in women who had immediate induction of labour, with those who had de...

BACKGROUND Since Misoprostol Vaginal Insert (MVI - Misodel ®) was approved for labor induction in Europe in 2013, to date, no study has been published comparing MVI to Misoprostol vaginal tablets (MVT). The aim of this study, performed as part of a quality improvement project, was to compare the efficacy and safety of 200 μg MVI versus 25 μg MVT for labor induction in nulliparous women. METHO...

The HIV-1 epidemic remains unchecked despite existing technology; vaccines and microbicides in development may help reverse the epidemic. Reverse transcriptase inhibitors (RTIs) formulated in gels tenofovir (TFV) and IVRs (dapivirine) are under clinical development. While TFV or similar products may prove successful for HIV-1, alternatives to RTIs may provide additional benefits, e.g., broader ...

Background: Therapies available for thin endometrium are limited and mostly performed experimentally which most of these treatments have a similar function increase blood flow to the endometrium, causing it thicken develop. The aim study was compare effect estradiol valerate in combination with sildenafil on endometrial thickness infertile women before intrauterine insemination. Methods: In thi...

introduction urogenital atrophy is a common problem after menopause, and results from declining estradiol levels and may causes symptoms that can significantly affect quality of life. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of the vaginal suppository of vitamin e in the treatment of atrophic vaginities. materials and methods this randomized, double-blind controlled trail study was car...

The present paper describes the approach and two technical solutions for interoperation between business rules represented in various formats. The Semantic Web techniques are used to enable this interoperation. One of the interoperation methods uses the Java Interoperation Object (JIO) described in the context of Positional-Slotted Language (POSL), which a human-friendly variant of the Rule Mar...

INTRODUCTION This article presents recent developments in biomedical interventions for prevention of sexual transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. MATERIALS AND METHODS A review of results from randomised clinical trials on the use of antiretroviral (ARV) medications and other biomedical methods to prevent the transmission and acquisition of HIV infection. RESULTS...