background: placenta accreta is a rare obstetrical condition that mainly occurs in the third trimester leading to life-threatening complications. hereby, a case of uterine rupture due to placenta accreta occuring in the second trimester is presented. case presentation: a forty-year old patient who conceived after in vitro fertilization treatment (oocyte donation and embryo transfer) presented i...

This study was performed to achieve abortion in a short time and with minimum side effects in a bitch, as an alternative method for termination of unwanted pregnancy. The experimentation was performed on 10 privately owned crossbred pregnant bitches, in their late second trimester of pregnancy, having a variable number of fetuses (3 to 9). Fetal death was induced by transabdominal intracardiac ...

OBJECTIVE To assess efficacy, safety and cost effectiveness of misoprostol (prostaglandin E1 analogue) for termination of pregnancy. METHODS A descriptive study was conducted from March 2003 to December 2004, at Fauji Foundation Hospital Rawalpindi. A total of 200 patients, at 10-28 weeks of gestation, requiring termination of pregnancy were included. Each woman received first dose of 400 mic...

Dexamethasone is widely used in both veterinary and human medical practices. However, it seems to cause some deleterious effects on pregnancy probably by causing changes in the reproductive hormone levels and their corresponding receptor concentrations. This study investigated the effects of dexamethasone on these parameters. Twenty healthy adult Yankasa sheep comprising 18 ewes and 2 rams were...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the characteristics of second-trimester abortion patients. STUDY DESIGN Data come from a national sample of 9493 women obtaining abortions in 2008. Chi-square statistics and logistic regression were used to examine demographic characteristics of women having abortions at 13 or more weeks since last menstrual period (LMP) and women having abortions at 13-15 wee...

Objective: To compare the efficacy of progesterone alone and progesterone plus human chorionic gonadotrophin in the management of threatened abortion. Study design: Quasi experimental Duration & settings of study: The study was conducted in the department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Unit-I, at Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur from 01-11-2007 to 31-10-2008. Material & method: Total 60 patie...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of metronidazole to reduce post-abortion complications among women with bacterial vaginosis. DESIGN A randomised, double-blind placebo-controlled trial. SETTING An American outpatient abortion facility between April 1999 and June 2000. SAMPLE Women presenting for surgical abortion were screened for bacterial vaginosis using a pH and amines card test. M...

Women of advanced maternal age are considered to be at a substantially increased risk of spontaneous abortion. The increased spontaneous abortion rate in older women rnight be associated with a defective vascular response to placentation, which rnight lead to fetal ischaemia and fetal dead. Doppler velocirnetry of the uterine artery allows non-invasive assessment of uteroplacental hemodynamics....