Aims: To determine the difference between lactate dehydrogenase levels in severe preeclampsia/eclampsia and normotensive pregnancy. Study Design: This study was a case-control study. Place and Duration of Study: This study conducted in Prof. Dr. R. D. Kandou Manado General Centr...
Introduction: Cesarean Section is the delivery of a fetus through a surgical incision made at the lower anterior abdomen and the uterus. It is one of the commonest Obstetrics interventions to save the life of a parturient and/or her baby. It could be elective or emergent. The Wor...
Background: Maternal overweight and obesity are reported as a risk factor for many antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum and neonatal complications. Maternal complications, such as hypertensive disorders, diabetes and venous thrombo-embolism, are associated with maternal overweight...
46XX/46XY is an exceptionally rare chimeric genetic condition characterized by the presence of some cells that express a 46XX karyotype and some cells that express a 46XY karyotype in a single human being. The incidence is not exactly known as the majority of diagnoses go unrepor...
Background: Reduction of maternal morbidity and mortality is hinged on family planning. Pattern of long-acting contraceptive (LAC) uptake at the point of service delivery could be a reflection of state or national indices on contraceptive uptake. Aim: To determine the uptake and...
Scleroderma is a rare connective tissue disease, clinically characterised by sclerosis of skin and maybe sometimes associated with variable systemic involvement. Two categories of scleroderma are known: systemic sclerosis, characterized by cutaneous sclerosis and visceral involve...
Widening of the symphysis pubis is a physiological mechanism for vaginal delivery. Hormonal and physiologic influences of pregnancy, mostly due to relaxin cause a two-fold increase from the normal width. A 31-year-old G2A1, developed pain over the pubis along with difficulty in w...
Aims: The objective of the study is to determine the association between maternal serum uric acid levels with the severity and neonatal outcome in preeclampsia/eclampsia. Study Design: This study was a cross-sectional study with a descriptive-analytic design. Place and Duration o...
Background: Cervical cancer is the most common malignancy in Zimbabwe. This attributed to poorly executed Pap smear based screening programs. Pap smears have poor sensitivity and high specificity while HR-HPV DNA testing has high sensitivity and poor specificity. With reference...
Background: Almost 50% of all cervical cancer cases are diagnosed in patients who have never been screened for cervical cancer before. There is an established cause - effect relationship between Hr-HPV infection and cervical cancer. Therefore, knowing the prevalence and high risk...
Aims: Abdominal pregnancy, especially at the second trimester, is a rare and life-threatening case with a high mortality rate for both mother and fetus [1,2]. An abdominal pregnancy is defined as a pregnancy that occurs in the peritoneal cavity outside the tube, ovary, or intra-l...
Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare, potentially life-threatening disorder affecting women in late pregnancy & the postpartum period. In spite of identification of at-risk demographics, theories on etiology, and new targets of therapy for the entity , it still remains an eni...
Objective: The aim was to study the relationship between platelet indices and red cell distribution width (RDW) with pre-eclampsia and its severity. Methods: A matched case-control hospital-based observational study was performed with 80 pre-eclamptic women and a control group of...
Background: The Federal Ministry of Health in Nigeria developed a national guideline for the management of severe preeclampsia/eclampsia (Severe PE/E). Effective compliance with these guidelines is essential for delivery of quality care to women with these conditions. This study...
Aims: To determine the relationship of lipid profile and Endothelin-1 (ET-1) in a severe preeclamptic pregnancy. Study Design: An observational analytic study using cross-sectional was conducted in Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sam Ratulangi University, in conjunction...