BACKGROUND Several studies have shown a prolonged or increased susceptibility to malaria in the post-partum period. A matched cohort study was conducted to evaluate prospectively the susceptibility to malaria of post-partum women in an area where P.falciparum and P.vivax are prevalent. METHODS In an area of low seasonal malaria transmission on the Thai-Myanmar border pregnant women attending ...

Background: Assessing outcomes of birth in induced patients (full-term and premature) relation with symphysis-fundal height (SFH) measurement. Methods: A prospective enrollment was performed at the Obstetrics Gynecology Unit Arcispedale Sant’Anna Ferrara. Reasons for induction, Bishop’s score, body mass index, gestational age, parity, mode number induction cycles, time active labor phase, Cesar...

Serotonin is known to regulate energy and calcium homeostasis in several mammalian species. The objective of this study was to determine if pre-partum infusions of 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP), the immediate precursor to serotonin synthesis, could modulate energy homeostasis at the level of the hepatocyte in post-partum Holstein and Jersey dairy cows. Twelve multiparous Holstein cows and twelve ...

Post-partum haemorrhage is defined as being "excessive bleeding from any part of the genital tract after the birth of a child." Some authorities make a hair-splitting definition and describe intra-partum haemorrhage when excessive bleeding occurs before the placenta has been delivered, and confine the term post-partum haemorrhage to excessive bleeding after the completion of the third stage of ...

The prospective study was conducted in tertiary hospitals' Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology from January 2022 to June assess the incidence feto-maternal outcomes cases with morbidly adherent placenta. on 155 women fulfilling inclusion criteria. Demographic medical data were recorded. procedure performed using a lower-segment approach, complications managed according protocol. Results sh...

Pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis (PCH) is a rare and controversial entity that known to be cause of pulmonary hypertension microscopically characterized by proliferation dilated capillary-sized channels along in the alveolar walls. Clinically, it mostly seen adults. PCH’s main clinical presentations are progressive dyspnea, fatigue, hemoptysis, palpitations later irreversible right-sid­ed he...