Objective: determine the neonatal outcome in patients with meconium stained liquor. Setting: Gynaecology Deptt, Unit-III, Jinnah Hospital, Lahore. Methodology: In this study we included a total of 150 cases singleton pregnancy (on USG), Cephalic presentation Gestational age 37 completed weeks to 42 (calculated from LMP) liquor observed during labour by attending doctor whereas those breech pres...

The benefits of surfactant replacement therapy for neona-tal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) have been well documented in several randomised trials, and this treatment is now part of routine clinical management of babies with immature lungs. Meta-analysis of data from a large number of babies treated in controlled trials has confirmed lower mortality and reduced incidence of complications ,...

Aim: To determine the frequency of meconium stained liquor in females undergoing cesarean section due to fetal distress. Study type, setting & duration: This descriptive study was conducted at Unit III, Department Obstetrics Gynecology, Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore during August 2018 February 2019. Methodology: The commenced on 240 fulfilled selection criteria. After taking informed consent t...

Meconium aspiration syndrome causes respiratory failure after birth and in vivo monitoring of pulmonary edema is difficult. The objective of the present study was to assess hemodynamic changes and edema measured by transcardiopulmonary thermodilution in low weight newborn piglets. Additionally, the effect of early administration of sildenafil (2 mg/kg vo, 30 min after meconium aspiration) on th...

Aim: The purpose of this study was to assess whether the intrapartum amnioinfusion (AI) in the presence of meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) influence the rate of cesarean section and perinatal outcome. Material and methods: The investigated group consisted of 405 pregnant women in labor with meconium-stained amniotic fluid: 163 had performed AI, and 242 constituted a control group (withou...