Gossypiboma or textiloma is used to describe a retained surgical swab in the body after an operation that often requires another surgery. This increases morbidity and mortality of the patient, cost of treatment, and medicolegal problems. We are reporting case of a 30-year-old woman who was referred from periphery with acute pain in abdomen. The patient had a surgical history of caesarian sectio...

trauma is one of the major non-obstetric causes of pregnancy-associated maternal deaths. most cases of maternal trauma include: motor vehicle crashes, domestic violence, falls, burns, suicide, and toxic exposure. pregnancy-related anatomic and physiologic changes like increased joint laxity, weight gain, and changes in the center of gravity during pregnancy increase the risk of falling. one of ...

Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a worldwide problem. It type of brain injury that occurs when the doesn’t receive enough oxygen or blood flow occurring during pregnancy, labor and delivery in postnatal period. We aimed to investigate characteristics HIE among neonates admitted Sanglah General Hospital. This observational retrospective study was conducted from January 2018 December 2020...

Introduction Severe acute malnutrition accounts for a significant proportion of admission into the tertiary children’s hospital in Freetown. However, adequate breastfeeding is supposed to protect against severe malnutrition. Against this background, knowledge, attitude and practice mothers children admitted hospital, were assed determine current state Sierra Leone.
 Methods: A structured q...

OBJECTIVES To identify the common indications and the outcome of primary caesarian section in grandmultiparae at Mater Misericordiae Hospital Afikpo. MATERIALS AND METHODS The case notes of 69 grandmultiparae who had primary caesarean section at Mater Misericordiae Hospital Afikpo between January 1999 to December 2003 inclusively. The information obtained included age, parity, occupation, hei...

Introduction: Two techniques for sonographic evaluation of amniotic fluid are Amniotic Fluid Index (AFI) and Single Deepest Pocket (SDP).  In this study,we aimed to determine the accuracy of AFI and SDP in predicting prolonged pregnancy outcomes. Methods: In this prospective, double-blinded, cohort study, 362 women with more than 40 weeks of gestational age were evaluated. Both AFI and SDP meth...

By means of data mining techniques, we can exploit furtive and precious information through medicine data bases. Because of huge amount of this information, study and analyses are too difficult. We want some methods to exploring through data and extract valuable information which can be used in the future similar cases. One of these cases is accouchement. The mechanism of accouchement is a natu...