Does implementing a regime of dexamethasone before planned cesarean section at term reduce admission with respiratory morbidity to neonatal intensive care unit? A randomized controlled trial.

Aim: To assess the effectiveness of dexamethasone before planned cesarean section (CS) at term in reducing admission with respiratory morbidity to neonatal intensive care units (NICU).

Methods: A prospective randomized controlled trial which was conducted at an Egyptian teaching hospital. Participants at ≥38 weeks gestation who were planned to have planned CS were recruited.

Reverse breech extraction versus the standard approach of pushing the impacted fetal head up through the vagina in caesarean section for obstructed labour: A randomised controlled trial.

The objective of this study was to assess effectiveness and safety of the reverse breech extraction approach in Caesarean section for obstructed labour, and compare it with the standard approach of pushing the fetal head up through the vagina. This randomised controlled trial included 192 women. In 96, the baby was delivered by the 'reverse breech extraction approach', and in the remaining 96, by the 'standard approach'.

Depo-Provera Versus Norethisterone Acetate in Management of Endometrial Hyperplasia Without Atypia.

The objective of this study was to assess effectiveness and safety of Depo-Provera (medroxyprogesterone acetate) in treatment of endometrial hyperplasia (EH) and to compare it with norethisterone acetate (NETA) as an oral progestogen treatment. One hundred forty six women aged 35 to 50 years with abnormal uterine bleeding and diagnosed as having EH were randomized to receive either Depo-Provera, one injection every 3 months for 6 months (2 doses), or oral cyclic NETA, 15 mg daily for 14 days per cycle for 6 months. Primary outcome measure was regression of EH.

Nature and Prevalence of Menstrual Disorders among Teenage Female Students at Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.

Study Objective: To determine the nature and prevalence of menstrual disorders among teenage girls.

Design: An observational descriptive cross-sectional study.

Setting: Zagazig University Students' Hospital, Zagazig, Egypt.

Visual Inspection of Cervix With Acetic Acid as a Screening Modality for Cervical Cancer.

Objective: To assess feasibility and suitability of visual inspection of cervix with acetic acid (VIA) in detecting cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), and compare it with Papanicolaou test.

Methods: This was a diagnostic accuracy cross-sectional study conducted at an Egyptian teaching hospital, where 784 women were offered Papanicolaou test, VIA, colposcopy, and cervical biopsy.

Results: Histopathologically confirmed CIN 2/3 was noted in 26 cases (3.

Achieving quality assurance standards in colposcopy practice: a teaching hospital experience.

Objective: To assess the performance of the colposcopy service of the teaching hospitals of Cardiff and Vale Trust, University of Wales, Cardiff, South Wales, UK by determining if patients attending colposcopy clinic had been managed in accordance with the local departmental, regional and national (National Health Service Cervical Screening Programme) guidelines with the ultimate purpose of identifying areas for improvement in patients' care.

Methods: We retrospectively analysed the case notes of 426 women who attended the colposcopy clinic over a three-month period in 2005.

Results: This study has shown that five of the national standards have been achieved.