BACKGROUND Non-progressive labour is the most common complication in nulliparas and is primarily treated by augmentation. Augmented labour is often terminated by instrumental delivery. Little qualitative research has addressed experiences of non-progressive and augmented deliveries. The aim of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of the experience of non-progressive and augmented labou...

BACKGROUND Some epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory studies suggest that underweight and obesity impact fertility. METHODS This is cross-sectional study of 33,159 North American Adventist women, who were nulliparous at age 20 years and who, as a group, have a healthy lifestyle. Logistic regression analysis was used to assess how body mass index (BMI, kg/m(2)) at age 20 was related to ne...

appeared to me capable of improvement in several details. Several of these I employed in the following case : A married nullipara, aged 31, was sent to me for operation on August 14th last by Dr. Clay. She had a hard irregular mass, the size of a walnut, in the upper and outer segment of the left breast, movable on the chest-wall and not involving the skin. No glands palpable. Prior to removal ...

Ti-ie following case is of interest, as it presents severe lesions which are somewhat different in character from those usually found in eclampsia. The patient, who was a nullipara, aged 27, was admitted to the Royal Maternity and Simpson Memorial Hospital during the thirtysixth week of pregnancy. Moderate albuminuria of pregnancy had developed fourteen days before admission. This was treated u...

The relationship between sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle, family history of cancer, medical history, and reproductive factors and breast cancer was investigated in a population-based case-control study of French Canadians in Montreal. In this study, a total of 414 French-Canadian cases and 429 age- and language-matched population controls were interviewed. Ever-married women showed ...

background: a recent study at the maroua provincial hospital revealed that hypertension in pregnancy was the first cause of maternal death, representing 17.5% of the 63 maternal deaths recorded between 2003 and 2005. knowing little about the causes, this study was to identify the possible risk factors for hypertensive disorders in pregnancy. methods: this case-control study was-done at the maro...

OBJECTIVE To identify risk factors of cesarean section due to cephalopelvic disproportion SETTING Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital. STUDY DESIGN Case-control study. MATERIAL AND METHOD One hundred and three singleton, viable, term pregnant women in cephalic presentation delivered by cesarean section due to cephalopelvic disproportion (CPD) and...