BACKGROUND Sub-total abdominal hysterectomy is a surgical procedure in which body of the uterus is removed while ovaries and cervix are preserved. The study was done with the objectives of assessing the frequency of peripartum hysterectomies, common indications and risk factors associated with this surgery. The postoperative complications including the severity of andemia in these patients and ...

An increase in inter-recti distance (IRD) is common in the peripartum period, but is not well documented. This study evaluated the IRD from 36 weeks of gestation to 12 weeks postpartum using two single case studies. Measurements were taken with the rectus abdominis at rest and during contraction at three levels along the linea alba, using a pair of dial calipers. The maximum divarication in the...

Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare form of cardiomyopathy that is associated with significant mortality. It can cause a cardiac arrest during cesarean section even though the patient does not have any previous symptom and sign. The most important thing of anesthesia in this patient is an optimization of hemodynamic and respiratory status. We report the successful general anesthesia using of ex...

Plasma concentrations of atrial natriuretic peptide and aldosterone and plasma renin activity were measured in patients with peripartum heart failure and in age matched healthy women post partum. Both groups had carried out traditional postpartum practices of salt consumption and body heating. Plasma concentrations (mean (SEM)) of atrial natriuretic peptide were significantly higher in the seve...

Peripartum cardiomyopathy, a type of dilated cardiomyopathy of unknown origin, occurs in previously healthy women in the final month of pregnancy and up to 5 months after delivery. Although the incidence is low-less than 0.1% of pregnancies -morbidity and mortality rates are high at 5% to 32%. The outcome of peripartum cardiomyopathy is also highly variable. For some women, the clinical and ech...

In serum obtained from 28 women before, during, and after normal labor and delivery, creatine kinase activity was seen to be distinctly elevated immediately after labor and 24 h later, but had returned to normal six weeks later. In most cases the increase was due to the MM isoenzyme and was attributed to skeletal-muscle damage associated with labor. In 15 cases, the BB isoenzyme was observed, a...

Objective: This study was undertaken to describe the pharmacokinetics of intravenously administered clindamycin in pregnant women. Study Design: Pregnant women were recruited who needed treatment with clindamycin in the prevention of neonatal group B streptococcal disease or of endocarditis (900 mg every 8 hours and 600 mg every 6 hours respectively). Following delivery, both arterial and venou...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to estimate the incidence, timing of onset, risk factors, and mortality rate of pregnancy-associated pulmonary embolism (PAPE). METHODS We analyzed PAPE cases that occurred between January 2005 and December 2012 at Cheil General Hospital & Women's Healthcare Center. Those cases that were not confirmed by computed tomography scan or were confirmed as amn...

Milk samples were collected from 180 heifers from 20 herds around parturition to study the prevalence and persistence of intramammary infection (IMI). A total of 3382 quarter milk samples was collected each week from 4 wk before parturition to 4 wk after parturition. Staphylococcus chromogenes, the most commonly found bacterial species before parturition, was isolated from 15% of all quarters. ...