BACKGROUND Uterine rupture is an obstetric calamity with surgery as its management mainstay. Uterine repair without tubal ligation leaves a uterus that is more prone to repeat rupture while uterine repair with bilateral tubal ligation (BTL) or (sub)total hysterectomy predispose survivors to psychosocial problems like marital disharmony. This study aims to evaluate obstetricians' perspectives on...

BACKGROUND Globally, significant progress has been made in reducing maternal mortality, yet in many low-resource contexts it remains unacceptably high. Many of these deaths are due to postpartum haemorrhage and are preventable with access to essential obstetric care. Where there are barriers to access, maternal deaths could be prevented if community-level misoprostol was available. The purpose ...

Since the original work of Ely and Petersen(1941),various views(Andersson, 1951;Cross,1953,1954,1955;Cross and Harris,1953;Whittlestone ,1952,1954 a, b,c;see review:Petersen,1948;Folley 1952;Folley and Malpress ,1948;Macaulay, 1950)have been accumulated as to the mechanism of milk"let-down"(or ejection,in the terminology since suggested by Cowie,Folley,Cross,Harris,Jacobsohn, and Richardson,195...

Eleven oxytocin analogues substituted in position 4, 5 or 9 by tetrazole analogues of amino acids were prepared using solid-phase peptide synthesis method and tested for rat uterotonic in vitro and pressor activities, as well as for their affinity to human oxytocin receptor. The tetrazolic group has been used as a bioisosteric substitution of carboxylic, ester or amide groups in structure-activ...

Introduction: The use of oxytocic plants (OPs) to facilitate childbirth is old and it a common practice in the world, particularly northern Benin. Objective: To study effect on progress labour. Materials Method: This was cross-sectional analytical with prospective data collection conducted public maternity hospitals Parakou from 15 July 2022 August 2022. All parturients admitted units were incl...

background: cassia italica or senna is a wild plant distributed in south of iran. it increased water consumption and has a laxative effect. in traditional medicine this plant has been used for the dysmenorrheal. objective: in this study we investigated the effect of aqueous extract of cassia italica on uterus contraction. materials and methods: virgin wistar rats 200-300g were purchased. after ...

BACKGROUND Expectant management of the third stage of labour involves allowing the placenta to deliver spontaneously or aiding by gravity or nipple stimulation. Active management involves administration of a prophylactic oxytocic before delivery of the placenta, and usually early cord clamping and cutting, and controlled cord traction of the umbilical cord. OBJECTIVES The objective of this re...

Objective: In the poor underdeveloped countries, anaemia is very common in pregnant women. Maternal mortality is four times higher in severely anaemic women than non-anaemic ones and postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is the most common cause of death Its main cause is uterine atony, which accounts for more than 70%. The objective of this study is to evaluate the use of sublingual misoprostol in diff...

Castor oil was first noted to have oxytocic properties by ancient Egyptians. Derived from the castor plant Ricinus communis, castor oil may possess properties that are useful are in post-term pregnancies This study was performed at Khatam-Alanbia, hospital in shoushtar city in 1381.In this clinical trail 80 pregnant women, who had indication for induction of labor at term were randomly assigned...