OBJECTIVE To establish the profiles of 24-h non-invasive ambulatory blood pressure measurement (ABPM) during the trimesters of pregnancy and the puerperium in normotensive healthy primigravidae. DESIGN A prospective study in which 24-h ABPM was performed on five occasions in each subject: in the first trimester between 9 and 16 weeks' gestation; in the second trimester between 18 and 24 weeks...

BACKGROUND HIV incidence is a useful tool for improving the targeting of populations for interventions and assessing the effectiveness of prevention strategies. A study in Harare, Zimbabwe reported cumulative incidences of 3.4% (3.0-3.8) and 6.5% (5.7-7.4) among post-partum women followed for 12 and 24 months respectively between 1997 and 2001. According to a Government report on HIV the preval...

1. The total cholesterol and cholesterol ester of bovine blood serum during the "dry" period of late pregnancy is low. 2. Following parturition the total cholesterol and cholesterol ester of bovine blood serum show a still greater, very transient decrease followed by a gradual rise to reach a rather constant level 40 to 50 days post partum. This lactation level is very much higher than the "dry...

CONTEXT Mental health problems are associated with women's reproductive decisions and predict poor mental health outcomes after abortion and childbirth. OBJECTIVES To study whether having a first-trimester induced abortion influenced the risk of psychiatric readmission and compare findings with readmission risk in women with mental disorders giving birth. DESIGN Survival analyses were perfo...

Backgroun: Caesarean Hysterectomy is an emergency procedure and is performed in the event such as uterine rupture or uncontrollable postpartum hemorrhage. Postpartum hysterectomy can be performed a few hours of normal delivery, instrumental delivery or caesarean section or sometime may be done in puerperium. The objective of this study was to determine the incidence and causes of postpartum hem...

this study was conducted to investigate factors hindering the flow of breast milk, thus interfering with breast feeding during six weeks post delivery in women attending the health units associated with iran medical university in tehran (1993)   a total of 240 mothers were selected of whom 180 nursed their babies exclusively and 60 of them were giving addional helping formula.   based on the fi...

A study to evaluate the reproductive performance of Abergelle goat was carried out at Sekota District of Amhara National Regional State. On-farm flocks from two peasant associations were monitored for two years to collect data. Data collected included identification number of doe and kid, birth / kidding date, kid birth weight, sex of kid, post partum doe weight, litter size, parity of doe. Dat...

AbstractThe objectives were to investigate the β-carotene status of dairy cows under various production systems, and determine effect pre-partum supplementation on their post-partum status. Ten farms selected from each three namely pasture-based, hay-based total mixed ration (TMR) silage-based TMR. Twenty per farm sampled in system, blood plasma concentration was determined with a portable spec...