uterine rupture/nausea

Uterine rupture in pregnancy is a rare and catastrophic complication with a high incidence of fetal and maternal morbidity. Very few cases have been reported in the literature. METHODS A 28-year-old fifth gravid woman with a history of one caesarean section presented to our department at 39 weeks

Uterine rupture in pregnancy is a rare and often catastrophic complication with a high incidence of fetal and maternal morbidity. A gravida 2 para 1 woman aged 40 years who was 33-34 weeks pregnant presented to our clinic with serious abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting that had begun 6 hours

A pregnant woman presented with acute upper abdominal pain and nausea at 15 weeks' gestation. She had a history of cesarean delivery for abruption after the removal of a Shirodkar cerclage that was placed because of cervical shortening caused by conization. She became pregnant again 14 months later.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the method of mifepristone and misoprostol for pregnancy termination during the second trimester or for intrauterine foetal death during the second or third trimester. The primary outcome measure was time to delivery. Secondary outcomes included: complication registration, need

OBJECTIVE To describe the experience of misoprostol use for pregnancy interruption in the second trimester of women with previous cesarean section. METHODS Seventeen pregnant women with viable fetuses and with previous cesarean section indicated for second trimester pregnancy interruption attending

A 42-year-old pregnant (22 weeks) woman with a history of peptic ulcer 20 years earlier, was presented to our gynaecological clinic with acute abdominal pain in 2005. She was para-1, had delivered a healthy child two years earlier and now she had an uncomplicated pregnancy. Upon admittance she was

BACKGROUND Previously described surgical complications following uterine artery embolization for leiomyomata include sequelae of uterine aberrant embolization (buttock and labial necrosis, vesicouterine fistula), prolapsed cervical myoma, uterine necrosis, ischemic uterine rupture and

BACKGROUND Advances in prenatal diagnosis make it possible to detect many fetal pathologies for which a termination of pregnancy (TOP) is possible in France. In pregnancies which go beyond 3 months, the use of prostaglandins combined with mifepristone has simplified this procedure. Since

The effect of Prostin (15/S/15 methyl prostaglandin F2 alpha) ampules applied intramuscularly to induce abortion in the second trimester of pregnancy was investigated. Out of 30 women who underwent the treatment, 28 (93.3%) cases were successful and 2 (6.7%) unsuccessful. The average time from the

BACKGROUND A woman may need to give birth prior to the spontaneous onset of labour in situations where the fetus has died in utero (also called a stillbirth), or for the termination of pregnancy where the fetus, if born alive would not survive or would have a permanent handicap. Misoprostol is a

BACKGROUND When women require induction of labour, oxytocin is the most common agent used, delivered by an intravenous infusion titrated to uterine contraction strength and frequency. There is debate over the optimum dose regimen and how it impacts on maternal and fetal outcomes, particularly