BACKGROUND It is known that Tuffier's line intersects the spine at the L4 spinous process or at the L4-L5 intervertebral space. Full term parturient women undergo various physical changes. Therefore, determining the vertebral level with Tuffier's line based on palpation inevitably is not very accurate. The aim of this study was to use ultrasound to verify the difference between vertebral levels...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Regional analgesia for labor pain and general anesthesia for cesarean section in the morbidly obese parturient is associated with increased maternal and perinatal complications. The purpose of this review is to describe the anesthetic management of the morbidly obese parturient. RECENT FINDINGS Compared to the lean parturient, the morbidly obese parturient has an increased l...

Research Associate, College of Vety.Sc.& A.H., Anjora, Durg, Chhattisgarh (India) The present study was performed in 12 buffaloes, six with retained fetal membrane and six normal parturient buffaloes. Blood samples were taken for estimation of some haematological and biochemical constituents. The total leucocyte count, and eosinophil, monocyte and basophil percent did not vary significantly bet...

• An evaluation of the parturient is recommended before any anesthetic or analgesic procedure. • An anesthesiologist or anesthesia resident performs this evaluation. • The entire parturient file must be available in due time to the attending anesthesiologist. • If the parturient has no significant medical (ASA Physical Status Classification 1 or 2), surgical or obstetrical history, the pre-anes...

The main aim of the study was to do Comparative study to assess the effectiveness of left lateral position vs upright position on fetal heart rate and labor pain among parturient mothers in first stage of labor at Government hospital, Vellore,. Quasi experimental, comparative Pre and Post test design was adopted for the study. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling technique, and 60...

Hypogammaglobulinemia is characterized as a deficiency in humoral immunity. Humoral immunity deficiencies include the absence of B cells and/or serum immunoglobulins. Common clinical features include a predisposition toward infections naturally defended against through antibody-mediated responses. Clinical manifestations of this condition, in the parturient, may contraindicate neuraxial anesthe...

Background. Measures of spousal effect during parturient pain should take a tripartite approach involving the parturients, spouses, and midwives. Aim. To develop and validate three questionnaires measuring spousal presence in management of parturient pain in Nigeria. Methods. There are two phases: (1) development of questionnaires, Abuja Instrument for Midwives (AIM), Abuja Instrument for Partu...

background & aim: communication is a fundamental human need. medical students and healthcare professionals must be attuned to the needs of patients using effective communication skills. with regards to medical training, currently the focus is on theoretical matters and communication skills are taken for granted. this problem has caused miscommunication with patients referred to teaching hospita...

A prospective follow up study was conducted in Addis Ababa town attends on different selected farms for fifteen months from January 2015 to April 2016. The aims of this study were to determine the current status of parturient paresis, associated risk factors, and to estimate the economic loss of parturient paresis that is attributed in dairy herds. Parturient paresis is a condition of third to ...

An experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of mineral supplementation on post-parturient complication in pregnant goats and perinatal mortality in their kids. The study revealed increased in survival percentage of kids and reduced post parturient complication during kidding in mineral supplemented group than non supplemented group. From the present study it is concluded that the suppl...