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...
Uterine leiomyoma, which arises from uterine smooth muscle, is the most common benign gynaecologic tumour of the female pelvis, however, giant fibroids are very rare in current practice, posing a management challenge. A 28-year-old nulliparous woman presented in a private clinic...
Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the antenatal critical care of pregnant women with BMI =/> 40 in order to improve the adverse maternal outcome by improving antenatal care through implementation of standard national RCOG guidelines. Materials and Methods: It...
Background: Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common infection in women during their reproductive age. However, the burden of BV among HIV-positive women in Kenya is not clear. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of BV in HIV-positive women visiting the comprehensive care ce...
Introduction: Bowel obstruction rarely complicates pregnancy; however, it is a life-threatening complication for both mother and child. This is a diagnostic and therapeutic emergency that must be and discussed in front of any digestive symptomatology. We report a case of hail vol...