EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE AND FETO-MATERNAL OUTCOME OF TWIN PREGNANCY: A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY.

Background: Twin pregnancies are complex and have often been associated with various complications affecting both mother and baby. Understanding the different maternal and foetal outcomes can provide crucial insights for healthcare practitioners. The aim was to determine the maternal and foetal outcomes of twin pregnancies and understand the factors influencing these outcomes.

Feto-Maternal Outcomes Of Maternal Sepsis: A Snapshot Of The Illness.

Background: Maternal sepsis is a life-threatening condition with serious adverse feto-maternal outcomes. This descriptive cross-sectional study aimed to study the incidence of common feto-maternal outcomes of maternal sepsis in our hospital.

Methods: Pregnant females with singleton pregnancy as per inclusion/exclusion criteria were enrolled in the study.

Major Depressive Disorder: An Alarming Stigma Of Pregnant Women.

Background: Major depressive disorder is the most common psychiatric disease affecting women. Pregnancy significantly increases its prevalence, especially in developing countries. Antenatal major depression is an alarming condition for the mother and the growing foetus.

Validity Of Transabdominal Ultrasound Scan In The Prediction Of Uterine Scar Thickness.

Background: Caesarean section rate is increasing throughout the world, which increases the risk of complications in subsequent pregnancy with increased maternal and foetal morbidity and mortality. There is risk of uterine rupture in subsequent pregnancy with trial of labour after caesarean section (TOLAC). Therefore, accurate prediction of uterine rupture can be of significant value during the management of subsequent pregnancies after previous caesarean delivery.

Seroprevalence Of Brucellosis Among Patients Presenting With Non - Specific Symptoms At Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad.

Background: Brucellosis is one of the prevalent zoonotic diseases worldwide. It not only adds to the global burden of disease but also has huge economic impact. Clinical features of human brucellosis are usually vague.

Analysis Of Two Years Cases Of Ectopic Pregnancy.

Background: Ectopic pregnancy is the leading cause of pregnancy related deaths in the first trimester. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of risk factors, clinical presentation, diagnostic methods and site of ectopic pregnancy.

Methods: This descriptive cross sectional study was conducted in Gynaecology and Obstetrical Unit-A of Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad from 1st October 2013 to 31st October 2015.

Clinical audit of foetomaternal outcome in pregnancies with fibroid uterus.

Background: Leiomyoma, myoma, leiomyoma or fibroids are synonymous terms. They may be present in as many as 1 in 5 women over age 35 years. If pregnancy is associated with fibroids, it leads to multiple complications.

Assessment of iron deficiency in pregnant women by determining iron status.

Background: Pregnant women constitute a high risk group for iron deficiency. Maternal iron deficiency and particularly iron deficiency anaemia may be associated with detrimental effects on maternal and infant function and particularly with a higher risk of preterm delivery and delivery of low birth weight neonates. Objective of this study was to assess and compare the iron status of normal healthy non-pregnant women with that of pregnant women of Hazara Division.

Vaginoplasty by using amnion graft in patients of vaginal agenesis associated with Mayor-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome.

Background: Vaginal agenesis is congenital anomaly of the female genital tract and may occur as isolated developmental defect or as part of a complex of anomalies. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of vaginoplasty by using amnion as graft in the creation of neovagina for patients with Mayor-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser Syndrome.

Methods: this is a retrospective study of 28 cases of vaginal agenesis associated with Mayor-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser Syndrome, over the period of 20 years, in which vaginoplasty was done by modified McIndoe procedure by using amnion as graft.

Aetiological considerations of acquired aplastic anaemia.

Background: Acquired aplastic anaemia is one of the important causes of pancytopenia. This study was conducted to observe the mode of presentation of acquired aplastic anaemia and to find out its possible etiological factors.

Methods: It is a hospital based descriptive study of 100 patients of acquired aplastic anaemia.

Maternal morbidity and mortality due to primary PPH--experience at Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad.

Background: Postpartum Haemorrhage (PPH) remains a significant cause of maternal mortality and morbidity like hypovolemic shock, anaemia, multi organ failure, consumptive coagulopathy, disseminated intra vascular coagulation (DIC), blood transfusion related complications and hysterectomy leading to loss of childbearing potential. The present study was conducted to determine the frequency of PPH and the associated maternal morbidity at the Department of Gynaecology Unit 'B', Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad.

Methods: The study was carried out in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit B of the Ayub teaching Hospital Abbottabad from 18th April 2006 to 17 July 2006.

Use of Foley's catheter and prostaglandin F-2 alpha in second trimester termination of pregnancy.

Background: Termination of pregnancy (TOP) in the second trimester is associated with three to five times higher risk of maternal morbidity and mortality than termination during first trimester. The main concern of obstetrician is to provide the most effective and safest regimen which combines the shortest expulsion interval with least side effects. This study was undertaken to compare the use of Foley's catheter with extra-amniotic instillation of PGF2 alpha for second trimester TOP so that a choice of the safer and cost-effective method could be available.

Abruptio placentae and its complications at Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad.

Background: Abruptio placentae remains a major cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality globally, though of most serious concern in the developing world. As most known causes of abruptio placentae are either preventable or treatable, an increased frequency of the condition remains a source of medical concern.

Methods: The present study was undertaken at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Unit B, of the Ayub Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad, Pakistan, from July 2003 to June 2004.