OBJECTIVES Our objective is to compare maternal plasma procalcitonin concentrations in preterm premature rupture of membranes (pPROM) and premature rupture of membranes (PROM) at term with their levels in uncomplicated pregnancy, and to determine whether these concentrations are useful in the diagnosis of pPROM cases suspected of infection and in the prediction of pPROM-to-delivery interval. ...

Biomarkers for the prediction of vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia in patients with a ruptured cerebral aneurysm could be helpful. In this prospective clinical study, endothelin-1, lactate, pCO2, and pO2 were measured in arterial and internal jugular vein blood before, during and after surgical treatment of a cerebral aneurysm, and were tested as potential predictors of neurologic outcome...

Objective: To study the determinants and outcome of prelabour rupture of membrane at term pregnancy in Patan Hospital. Method: A prospective, hospital based case control study done in maternity ward of Patan Hospital over the period of three months (Poush 2059-Phalgun 2059). A total no of 100 pregnant women with prelabor rupture of membrane and 100 pregnant women without prelabor rupture of mem...

myocardial free wall rupture is a catastrophic complication of acute myocardial infarction, and prognosis will depend on the prompt diagnosis by echocardiography, extension of infarct size, and prompt surgical treatment. free wall rupture concomitant with ventricular septal defect (vsd) may be more complicated for management. a case of a 69-year-old man with myocardial free wall rupture and vsd...

a 4-day-old holstein bull calf with considerable oedema of the belly (water belly) was referred to theveterinary teaching hospital of the school of veterinary medicine, shiraz university. the owner did notobserve any urination since birth. rupture of the urethra was suspected. perineal urethrotomy was performed. subsequently, catheterization of urethra revealed the obstruction near the external...

hemangiomas are the most common benign liver masses with a frequency of 0.4-7.3% at autopsy. they are usually discovered incidentally and a few require surgery. spontaneous or traumatic ruptures are among indications of surgery for hemangiomas. we report a case of giant hepatic hemangioma presenting as hemoperitoneum following use of the slimming belt that underwent an emergent laparotomy. abdo...

Earthquake early warning (EEW) systems aim to provide advance of impending ground shaking, and the technique used for real-time prediction shaking is a crucial element EEW systems. Many are designed predict strength seismic motions (peak acceleration, peak velocity, or intensity) based on rapidly estimated source parameters (the source-based method), such as hypocentral location, origin time, m...

BACKGROUND/AIM Uterine rupture at delivery is a severe lifethreatening complication for both mather and the newborn. The aim of the study was to determine the frequency of total number uterine rupture within the deliveries, to perceive circumstances and causes that lead to rupture, to establish perinatal and maternal mortality and to present our therapeutic procedure. METHODS In the group of ...

a 52-year-old post-menopausal female was admitted to the emergency room due to acute onset of abdominal pain in the right lower quadrant. there was no history of trauma of the abdomen. contrast-enhanced multi-detector computed tomography (mdct) of the abdomen and pelvis revealed a massive right retroperitoneal hematoma and contrast extravasation from a right ovarian artery aneurysm. digital sub...

introduction pelvic pain results from many causes such as primary dysmenorrhea, uterine anomalies, menstrual outflow obstruction, endometriosis, myoma and adenomyosis. this study reports on a rare case of non-communicating functional rudimentary horn. case presentations a 15-year-old nulligravida young woman with a history of severe intermittent pelvic pain presented a 4-5 centimeter mass. a su...