A 19-year-old primipara woman was admitted in labour with positive vaginal swab for group B Streptococcus and given benzylpenicillin and ranitidine. She used Entonox for pain relief. She received bupivacaine in the epidural catheter and shortly after developed sensation of foreign body in her throat with muffled voice and isolated angioneurotic oedema of the uvula.
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January 2003
Background: To investigate insulin levels in lean and overweight women with and without polycystic ovaries. An observational, cross-sectional study at The Northem General Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
Methods: Sixty-eight women born at Jessop Hospital, Sheffield, between 1952 and 1953 were divided into four groups according to the status of their polycystic ovaries and body mass index: either > or approximately 25.