Training health workers for magnesium sulfate use reduces case fatality from eclampsia: results from a multicenter trial.

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of an intervention aimed at improving the case management of eclampsia.

Design: A multi-center intervention study.

Setting: Six teaching hospitals in Nigeria.

Is recombinant follicle-stimulating hormone more effective in IVF poor responders than human menopausal gonadotrophins?

Background: The objective of this study was to determine if the recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone (rFSH) is more effective than human menopausal gonadotrophin (hMG) in IVF poor responders.

Material/methods: A prospective comparative study over a 2-year period. The setting was the Tertiary IVF Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center.

Mother-infant colonization and neonatal sepsis in prelabor rupture of membranes.

Objective: This study aims to determine the incidence of prelabor rupture of membranes (PROM) in a tertiary care institution, the bacterial pathogens involved in maternal and neonatal colonization, and the major bacterial pathogens of neonatal sepsis in PROM.

Methods: This prospective study was conducted over 2 years from March 1999 to February 2001 in Abha Maternity Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Consecutive admissions of infant-and-mother pairs with PROM constitute the subjects of this survey.

Assisted breech delivery, is the art fading?

Objective: To review the modes of breech delivery over a 5 year period in Khamis Civil Hospital, Khamis Mushayt, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and to evaluate the trend and associated complications.

Methods: Relevant data was extracted from the delivery room records of all women delivered in Khamis Civil Hospital, Khamis Mushayt, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from 1st January 1996 through 31st December 2000. Available data was analyzed.