The concept of 'obstetrical medicine' was established in the late 19th century, but overshadowed during most of the 20th century by dramatic improvements in surgical, anesthetic, antimicrobial therapeutics, and obstetrical methods and practice. During the last quarter of the 20th century the causes of maternal morbidity and mortality increasingly became pre-existing hereditable and acquired med...

During their pregnancy Approximately 1 in 500 to 1 in 635 women will require non-obstetrical abdominal surgery. Acute appendicitis, cholecystitis, and intestinal obstruction are the most common non-obstetrical surgical emergencies complicating pregnancy. Other conditions that may require surgery during pregnancy include ovarian cysts, masses or torsion, symptomatic cholelithiasis, adrenal tumor...

OBJECTIVE To review the obstetrical outcomes associated with abnormally elevated or decreased level of one or more of the most frequently measured maternal serum marker analytes used in screening for aneuploidy. To provide guidance to facilitate the management of pregnancies that have abnormal levels of one of more markers and to assess the usefulness of these markers as a screening test. OPT...

INTRODUCTION The objective of this study was to assess obstetrical complications and neonatal outcomes in women with endometriosis as compared with women without endometriosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS National cohort including all delivering women and their newborns in Denmark 1997-2014. Data were extracted from the Danish Health Register and the Medical Birth Register. Logistic regression analy...

The study aimed to compare obstetrical complications in two parity groups, primiparity and multiparity and further determine the association of parity status with neonatal outcomes. A Retrospective study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences, Jalandhar (Punjab, India). One hundred patients delivered in the department (booked and unbook...

BACKGROUND Endometriosis, which occurs in approximately 10% of women of reproductive age, is defined as the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterus. Women with endometriosis are more likely to have difficulty conceiving and tend to receive infertility treatment, including assisted reproductive technology (ART) therapy. There has not yet been a prospective cohort study examining the ef...

Obstetrical antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is defined by obstetrical complications and the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL). Although the incidence of APS is still poorly known, this thrombophilia is now recognized as one of the most common acquired causes of recurrent fetal loss. The diagnosis of APS during pregnancy can be challenging because of its various clinical features. Mo...