INTRODUCTION The process of pregnancy and labor has a dramatic impact on society's health. Considering the importance of obstetrical cares and the role and presence of midwife at parturient bedside, this study aimed to evaluate the impact of care and conti-nuous presence of midwifery on labor duration. METHODS This was a semi-experimental study. The study population included parturient women ...

A study was conducted to the level of anti-inflammatory (IL-4) and pro-inflammatory (IL-1β, IL-6, IFNγ, TNFα) cytokines in 28 women with physiological pregnancy third trimester 23 incipient labor. It found that prenatal period, IL-1β IL-8 increases sharply, IL-4 decreases sharply. The levels IL-6 TNFα are also slightly elevated. Therefore, pro- parturient a physiologically proceeding is great i...

The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) whose unofficial acronyms are much funnier and one (the National Institute for the Control of Expenditure) probably more accurate has just, at the time of writing, produced its final appraisal determination on newer drugs for epilepsy in adults (we still await—how typical—the one for children). This final determination on newer drugs compare...

The successful genetic selection for higher milk production caused a dramatic decline in the reproductive performance of dairy cows all over the world during the last decades. Achievement of optimum herd reproductive performance (calving interval of 12 months or 13 months with the first calf born at 24 months of age) requires concentrated management activities especially during the first 100 da...

Dietary cation anion difference (DCAD) is an important aspect of dairy nutrition, especially in the transition period. Sahiwal cattle is the highest milk producing breed among Zebu cattle. We planned first study on transition Sahiwal cattle to determine the effects of feeding varying levels of negative DCAD. For this purpose, twenty pregnant cows (at the 250th day of gestation) were selected an...

BACKGROUND Low birth weight deliveries are major causes of a huge health burden on poor economies around the globe. It is even more worrisome in developing countries. MATERIALS AND METHODS The obstetric records of all low birth weight (LBW) deliveries were reviewed from 1 st June 2005 to 30 th May 2009. RESULTS The prevalence of LBW deliveries was 8.3%. Of the LBW babies, 68.4% were preterm...

BACKGROUND Integration of family planning services into HIV care was implemented in South Africa as a core strategy aimed at reducing unintended pregnancies among childbearing women living with HIV. However, it is unclear whether this strategy has made any significant impact at the population level. This paper describes the prevalence and correlates of self-reported unplanned pregnancy among HI...

MILK FEVER, also called parturient paresis and parturient hypocalcemia, is an aifection of cows occurring shortly after calving. It is characterized by paralysis of the motor and sensory nervous apparatus. Despite its name, milk fever usually is not accompanied by fever. There is always, however, a marked and rapid lowering of the blood calcium, so that the name "parturient hypocalcemia," which...

The process of haemostasis is complex and is further complicated in the parturient because of the physiological changes of pregnancy. Understanding these changes and the impact that they have on the safety profile of the anaesthetic options for labour and delivery is crucial to any anaesthetist caring for the parturient. This article analyses current theories on coagulation and reviews the phys...