Objectives: The objective of the study was to indications and risk factors for caesarean section (CS) rates in various patient groups as per Robson’s classification. Methods: This prospective observational conducted at Government Medical College Amritsar over a period six months. All patients admitted delivery beyond 22 weeks were allotted Robson on admission all CS recorded. data collected tab...

OBJECTIVE To determine the stillbirth rate and identify the causal factors associated with it in a tertiary hospital. METHODS A retrospective review of records of women who had stillbirths at a tertiary hospital of the Limpopo Province was conducted. The study period was two years from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2010. The hospital maternity registers were used to identify the women who g...

Objectives: The purpose of this investigation was to examine the association between endometrial cancer and possible etiological agents. Methods: A case-control study was conducted in Iran between March 2012 and May 2016. The demographic and reproductive factors of 205 women with endometrial cancer were compared, and 590 healthy cases were participated in the control group. For each endometrial...

BACKGROUND Many epidemiological studies point to an increased risk of breast cancer among female airline cabin crew. Possible causes include occupational factors (e.g. cosmic radiation exposure, chronodisruption), as well as lifestyle and reproductive factors. AIMS To investigate the frequency of various risk factors in German flight attendants which are recognised to be associated with breas...

BACKGROUND Prenatal use of traditional medicine or complementary and alternative medicine is widespread globally despite the lack of evidence of the effectiveness of these therapeutic options. Documentation on the prevalence and patterns of this maternal practice in the Zimbabwean setting was also lacking. METHODS A cross sectional survey of 248 women at selected health centres in Harare was ...

Background: Obstructed labour is associated with significant maternal and perinatal morbidity mortality. Objective: To determine the incidence of obstructed its outcomes. Materials Methods: This retrospective survey was carried out between 1st January, 2016 31st December, 2020. Data were retrieved, entered into a pre-designed proforma, analysed using IBM SPSS version 23.0. Results presented in ...

BACKGROUND Previous studies observe associations between lifetime parity and cardiovascular disease, but relatively fewer investigate age at first childbirth (AFB). Herein, we examine the association of AFB with a summary cardiovascular risk measure (Framingham Risk Score [FRS]). METHODS AND RESULTS As part of the IMIAS (International Mobility in Aging Study), data were collected in 2012 amon...

To compare the analgesic efficacy and safety of the sole local anesthetic ropivacaine with the combination of both local anesthetic ropivacaine and opioidergic analgesic sufentanil given epidurally on the labor pain control.After institutional review board approval and patient consent, a total of 500 nulliparas requesting epidural labor analgesia were enrolled and 481 eventually were randomized...

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...

This study examined associations between childbearing and risk of scleroderma by using national population-based registry data from Sweden. Women with a discharge diagnosis of scleroderma from 1964 to 1999 (n = 2,149) were identified in the Swedish Inpatient Register. These cases were matched by year and month of birth and region of residence to as many as five controls obtained from the Multi-...