OBJECTIVE To determine ante-partum maternal risk factors for intrauterine fetal death. METHODS We carried out a case control retrospective study, at the Maternity and Children's Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We included all pregnant women diagnosed as singleton intra-uterine fetal death in the third trimester with fetal weight of 1500 gm and more, admitted to the hospital over a ...

Background: Insertion of an Intra Uterine device (IUD) immediately after delivery have a proven record of very high effectiveness, protection against unintended pregnancy, cost effectiveness, suitability and high user satisfaction. Despite these benefits, information on Post-Partum Intra Uterine device (PPIUD) acceptance and utilization was limited in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study was aimed t...

This study was carried out to see whether the uteri of dairy cows suffering from repeat breeder syndrome are infected with bacteria or not. Furthermore, the efficacy of intra-uterine infusion of diluted Lugol’s iodine to treat this syndrome was tested by studying two reproductive traits, the rate of service per conception and the length of the days open (DO). Sixty cross-bred dairy cows that we...

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of infusion of 1% Lugols iodine into infected uteri of postpartum (PP) dairy cows on uterine involution (UI), appearance of the first dominant follicle (DF), recrudescence of the first oestrus (FO), days open (DO), rate of service per conception and calving interval (CI). Forty dairy cows that were diagnosed with severe uterine bacterial infec...

INTRODUCTION Conservative treatment of a heterotopic cervical pregnancy was performed with a modification of the fixation of a Foley catheter at the level of the external cervical os, followed by the ligature of the descending cervical branches of the uterine arteries and systemic methotrexate application. CASE PRESENTATION A 34-year-old Caucasian woman was diagnosed with double gestation aft...