Context: The most common cause of bilateral lower extremity edema during pregnancy is venous insufficiency, that a physiological process. Although it not serious complication, can lead to substantial pain, heaviness, nocturnal cramps, tingling, and numbness. In this regard, foot massage prominent non-pharmacological practice among healthcare providers. This study aimed evaluate interventions ut...

The aim of this experiment was to examine whether a simplified mini-laparotomy technique is suitable for embryo transfer in ewes. In vitro produced blastocysts were transferred to the uterine horns of synchronous recipient ewes. Each recipient received 1 embryo by conventional laparotomy (n = 36), laparoscopy (n = 21), or by simplified mini-laparotomy (n = 33). Pregnancy rates for these 3 trans...

Ectopic pregnancy represents a rare pregnancy complication. In the last 20 years, with the use of IVF, heterotopic pregnancies have become more frequent, while this percentage differs between IVF programs. Many factors contribute to this, like the active management of hydrosalpinx or treatment of Chlamydia infection before starting a cycle. Although, in vitro fertilization is an expensive treat...

Introduction. Viral infections during pregnancy have always been considered to cause complications and adverse events birth defects pregnancy. In particular, we do not any therapeutic or preventive tools aimed at protecting the mother fetus gestational period pandemics. Methods. The studies were identified by using PubMed database published until 30 April 2021. search was performed following ke...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to compare the success rates of 70 patients from the same database, each with an ectopic pregnancy (EP) that was treated with either the single- or multi-dose methotrexate (MTX) protocols for unruptured EPs. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was a blinded, randomized clinical trial. Treatment protocols were either single- (50 mg/m(2)) dose MTX or multi-...

INTRODUCTION High maternal mortality is a major problem in Nigeria. Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness will ensure that women can have professional delivery thus reducing obstetric complications. This study assessed the birth preparedness and complication readiness among pregnant women in Osogbo metropolis, a south western community in Nigeria. METHODS A community based descriptive...

OBJECTIVE The study aims to determine if a vaginal examination improves diagnostic accuracy when assessing women who present to the ED with vaginal bleeding in the first trimester of pregnancy. METHODS One hundred and thirty-five women with first trimester bleeding were randomised to have a vaginal examination (n = 61) or not (n = 74). They were given a provisional diagnosis, and then a final...

A 31-year-old primigravida, previously fit and well, was swelling of her hands and feet 3 weeks later. Renal noted by her health visitor to be pale 6 weeks after a function was impaired (Cr 142), urinalysis showed only normal full-term pregnancy. A routine full blood count a trace of protein and +1 blood and microscopy showed and film showed evidence of a microangiopathic haemoan inactive urina...

Background: Preeclampsia and eclampsia have been recognized as clinical entities since the times of Hippocrates. Pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) is one of the commonest disorders associated with the increased risk of maternal and fetal complications. It is reported in the world literature that the incidence of eclampsia is on the decline, but still a menace in developing countries. Objecti...