Exsanguinated uterus after massive atonic postpartum haemorrhage.

This article addresses issues related to pregnancy anaemia and late referral by a village birth attendant in resource poor setting in a central state of India. A young anaemic woman had labour onset at her village, a birth attendant tried to deliver her but failed. When she came to our hospital, had established septicaemia and absolutely non-reassurable uterine tone leading to intractable atonic postpartum haemorrhage.

Study of serum levels of superoxide dismutase in preeclampsia and eclampsia: role of the test as a predictive tool.

Aim: To report serum levels of superoxide dismutase in women with preeclampsia and eclampsia. To document the use of the value as a predictive tool for deciding the time of onset of subsequent convulsions with fulminating eclampsia and use of the value as a marker for obstetric intervention in clinical severe preeclampsia and eclampsia.

Methods: Superoxide dismutase concentration was measured in a consecutive study in sera of women admitted in obstetric ward for preeclampsia and eclampsia, and compared with sera of normotensive, healthy pregnant women in third trimester.