Vaginal discharge during pregnancy and associated adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes.

Objectives: To observe the effects of vaginal discharge during pregnancy on maternal and fetal outcomes.

Methods: This observational study was undertaken form June 2018 to 31 May 2019 period in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences hospital Jamshoro Unit IV. Data were collected from a convenience sample of 85 pregnant women.

Acute renal morbidities with obstetrical emergencies: An important women health issue.

Objective: To observe the impact of acute renal morbidities with obstetrical emergencies on maternal health.

Methods: In this study pregnant women between 28-40 weeks gestational period and delivered women in their puerperal period up to 42 days after delivery having acute renal problems associated with obstetrical emergencies were included. Pregnant and delivered women with obstetrical emergencies and associated other morbidities were excluded.

Labour induction with gestational hypertension: A great obstetric challenge.

Objective: To observe the fetomaternal morbidity and mortality with induction of labour in pregnant women with gestational hypertension.

Methods: The subjected study population included was 138 pregnant women with gestational hypertension. These pregnant women were between 34-40 weeks of gestational period in whom labour was induced, while the pregnant women who had labour induction for other reasons were excluded.

Iron deficiency anaemia is still a major killer of pregnant women.

Objective: To observe the effects of iron deficiency anaemia on the health and life of pregnant women.

Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit IV, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro from 1st June 2015 to 30(th) November 2015, for the period of 6 months. During this study period all the pregnant women from 13-40 weeks of pregnancy with iron deficiency anaemia having haemoglobin level less than 9 gram% were included, while the pregnant women with other medical disorders were excluded from the study.

Acute Hepatitis E Viral Infection in Pregnancy and Maternal Morbidity.

Objective: To determine the maternal morbidity in pregnant women with acute hepatitis E viral infection.

Study Design: Observational, cross-sectional study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Medicine, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Red Crescent General Hospital and Saint Elizabeth Hospital, Hyderabad, from January 2011 to December 2013.

Elective caesarean section for breech presentation in first pregnancy and subsequent mode of labour.

Objective: To determine the effect on subsequent mode of labour in case of previous elective caesarean for breech presentation in primiparous women.

Study Design: A cohort study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Unit-1 and 1V, from January 2005 to December 2009.

Iatrogenic risks and maternal health: Issues and outcomes.

Objective: To observe acute maternal morbidity and mortality due to iatrogenic factors and outcomes.

Methods: This observational cross sectional study was conducted at intensive care unit of Liaquat University of Medical and Health sciences Jamshoro from 1-January-2011 to 31-December-2012. In this study all the delivered or undelivered women who needed intensive care unit (ICU) admission due to management related life threatening complication referred from periphery or within this hospital were included, while those women who had pregnancy complicated by medical conditions were excluded.

Risk factors and complications of puerperal sepsis at a tertiary healthcare centre.

Objective: To determine the risk factors and complications of puerperal sepsis.

Methods: This was an observational prospective Cohort study conducted from January 2011 to December 2011 at the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences Jamshoro/Hyderabad, Sindh Pakistan. During this study period, all the women who delivered in this hospital or referred to this hospital within 42 days after delivery with puerperal pyrexia/sepsis diagnosed on clinical examination as well as with relevant investigations were included in the study.

Infertility and weight reduction: influence and outcome.

Objective: To assess the effect of weight reduction in obese infertile women on conception rate spontaneously as well as with ovulation induction and pregnancy outcome.

Study Design: Observational experimental study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Different private clinics at Mirpurkhas, Thana Bola Khan and Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan, from March 2008 to February 2011.

Obstetrical trauma to the genital tract following vaginal delivery.

Objective: To determine the frequency, types and complications of genital tract trauma during child birth.

Study Design: Case series.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Unit I, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, from June 2006 to May 2010.

Frequency of second stage intervention and its outcome in relation with instrumental vaginal delivery versus caesarean section.

Background: To determine the frequency of second stage intervention and the risk of maternal and foetal morbidity and mortality associated with instrumental vaginal deliveries versus caesarean section in our tertiary care set up.

Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Unit-II) Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad Sindh, Pakistan from January 2005 to December 2006. All the women who underwent instrumental vaginal delivery and caesarean section due to prolonged second stage of labour were included in this study.

Clinical spectrum and management of ovarian tumours in young girls up to 20 years of age.

Background: Ovarian tumours are one of the common malignancies all over the world affecting all age groups. This study analyses different clinical presentation and management of ovarian tumours in young girls up to 20 years.

Methods: Patients up to 20 years of age admitted with the diagnosis of ovarian tumour were included.

Pattern of fetal deaths at a university hospital of Sindh.

Background: Perinatal mortality is a significant public health problem throughout the world. Its prevalence is quite high in the developing countries on account of number of factors. Most of the causes are treatable and fetal outcome can be improved by provision of good health care facilities during antepartum and intrapartum periods and through public education regarding reproductive health and better utilization of health services.

Adverse drug reactions: clinical assessment of drug induced disease.

Physicians are often confronted with patients who state that they are "allergic" to a drug. The goal of this review article is to help physicians to develop management plans for patients who present with drug induced diseases. It provides information that allows physicians to differentiate between reactions that are truly allergic in nature and those that are not immunologically mediated.