Each year, an estimated 529 000 maternal deaths occur worldwide. In literature, it is known that maternal mortality can occur during pregnancy, peripartum and also in postpartum period. Although very rare, maternal deaths may occur after spontaneous abortion. In present case, 37 year old G5P4 (Caesarean Section) women was admitted to Adnan Menderes University, Obstetrics and Gynecology clinic w...

Introduction: This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of 800µg vaginal misoprostol after wetting alkaline PH vagina with 3% acetic acid in comparison with 800µg vaginal misoprostol alone in the alkaline PH vagina in terminating first trimester pregnancies. Methods: In this clinical trial, a total of 100 healthy women between 20 and 40 years old requesting legal terminat...

Objective: This study aims to investigate the effects of pelvic hot shower in missed second-trimester abortions. Material and Methods: A total 125 pregnant patients with fetal demise were included this study. They divided into two groups according treatment used induce abortion. One group was treated misoprostol only (n:74), other received medical therapy (n:51). application applied when patien...

Objectives To clarify pregnancy outcomes in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), lupus erythematosus (SLE) and Behcet’s disease (BD) using retrospective analysis. Methods The study group included 48 women SSc, 47 SLE 45 BD aged 20-40 years, the control - 15 age-matching healthy women. SSc pts’ mean age was 32,9 [28;37] 32,3 [29;36] pts‘ 31,3 [27;35] duration 6,3 [3;10], 9,8 [3;16] 6,0 [3;8] ...

OBJECTIVE To describe the current management of incomplete abortion in South African public hospitals and to discuss the extent to which management is clinically appropriate. DESIGN A multicentre, prospective descriptive study. SETTING South African public hospitals that manage gynaecological emergencies. SAMPLE Hospitals were selected using a stratified random sampling method. All women ...