Consecutive successful pregnancies subsequent to intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in a patient with recurrent spontaneous miscarriage.

Background: Recurrent spontaneous miscarriage (RSM) has a multifactorial etiology, mainly due to karyotype abnormalities including balanced translocation, anatomical uterine disorders, and immunological factors, although in 50%-60% the etiology is unexplained. The treatment of RSM remains challenging, and the role of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) in RSM is controversial.

Case Report: Mrs HM, 37 years old, obstetric summary: P0+1+13+1, a known case of hypothyroidism/polycystic ovary syndrome, married to an unrelated 47-year-old man, presented to our RSM clinic in early January 2014 for investigation and treatment.

Maternal and perinatal outcome of eclampsia over a decade at a tertiary hospital in Kuwait.

Aims: To determine maternal and perinatal outcome of eclampsia patients over a decade.

Methods: Analysis of case records of all eclampsia cases from January 2005 to December 2014.

Results: There were 30 cases of eclampsia.

Induction of labor in grand multiparous women with previous cesarean delivery: how safe is this?

Objective: To compare the outcome of induced and spontaneous labor in grand multiparous women with one previous lower segment cesarean section (CS), so that the safety of labor induction could be assessed.

Methods: In 102 women (study group), labor was induced and the outcome was compared with 280 women (control group) who went into spontaneous labor. All 382 women were grand multiparous and had one previous CS.

Clinical presentation and management of diabetes mellitus in pregnancy.

Objective: To evaluate the clinical presentation, management, and the outcome of diabetes mellitus in pregnancy.

Methods: One hundred seventy-one patients with diabetes mellitus admitted between September 1, 2006, and June 30, 2008, to the labor room at Maternity Hospital in Kuwait for induction of labor made up the study population; while an equivalent number of patients without medical complications who also were admitted for induction of labor made up the control group. The patients were assessed at admission, and their medical data were extracted.

Maternal and neonatal outcome in triplet, quadruplet and quintuplet gestations following ART: a 11-year study.

Objectives: To review the maternal and fetal outcome of triplet, quadruplet and quintuplet gestations following ART, which were managed at a hospital over 11 years.

Study Design: Retrospective chart review of 150 triplet, 27 quadruplet, and 6 quintuplet pregnancies between January 2001 and December 2011. 25 women aged 50-56 years with triplet pregnancies, were excluded due to lack of data.

A 26-year review of emergency peripartum hysterectomy in a tertiary teaching hospital in Kuwait - years 1983-2011.

Objective: To identify the risk factors and study the incidence, indications and complications of emergency peripartum hysterectomy (EPH).

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective case-control study. The cases consisted of all women who underwent EPH between January 1983 and January 2011.