Hypercalcemia in pregnancy represents a challenge for the clinician. It is an uncommon condition with associated maternal and fetal complications. Diagnosing hypercalcemia complex because symptoms are not specific may mimic those early pregnancy. Etiologic assessment therapeutic management must also respect well-being.1Appelman-Dijkstra N.M. Ertl D.A. Zillikens M.C. Rjenmark L. Winter E.M. duri...

Choosing a spouse is very important process in the life of individual. This choice influences marital harmony or disharmony and for this reason, decision should be made after sufficient period knowing partner. Moreover, to marry synthesis concrete experiences that show how partner reacts situations life, needs other, what level participation joint actions couple and, course, they react stress. ...

Little information exists on maternal deaths related to COVID-19 disease. We investigated death due infection and identify risk factors in Sierra Leone, 2021. collected demographic clinical data, reviewed medical records, vaccination status. The decedent was nurse, 34-years-old, pregnant, 20 weeks gestation, working at the district hospital. pregnant woman died June 26, 2021 with positive result.

OBJECTIVE To identify the factors associated with domestic violence against pregnant women. METHODS Interviews were conducted with 1,379 pregnant women undergoing antenatal care in basic health care units of the Brazilian Health System, within the municipality of Campinas (Southeastern Brazil). A structured questionnaire on domestic violence, validated in Brazil, was applied between July 2004...

In Latin America, one of the most common barriers to family planning access is denial of services to women who present at clinics in the absence of menses. Where pregnancy tests are unavailable, many providers fear that nonmenstruating women may be pregnant and, worrying about possible harm to the fetus, require the woman to await the onset of menses before initiating a contraceptive method. In...

Obstetric hemorrhage is a nightmare for pregnant woman and her family. It one of the “trias maternal death”, although it factor that can be avoided with proper timely treatment.

This is the case report of a pregnant woman who refused pregnancy termination when diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) functional class 2-3 at the 24th week of gestation and of her newborn. A pregnant woman with PAH functional class 2-3 was treated with inhaled prostacyclin analog (iloprost), oral sildenafil, oxygen, and low molecular weight heparin. She delivered at 32nd week ...