Limited data is available to assess the burden of maternal morbidity, mortality, and perinatal outcome after subsequent pregnancy in women with prior uterine rupture. Therefore, this retrospective descriptive study was conducted to determine subsequent pregnancy outcomes in a larger series of women with prior complete uterine rupture. All pregnant women who had complete uterine rupture were managed according to the standard Institute protocol.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Hyperemesis gravidarum is known to induce nutritional, water and electrolyte deficiencies which can be fatal if not treated urgently. Thiamine deficiency may lead to a constellation of neurological symptoms that include Wernicke encephalopathy. Moreover, Wernicke encephalopathy is typically manifested as ocular paresis, ataxia and confusion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the subsequent obstetrical outcome in women who received a uterine compression suture.
Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study of women who received a uterine compression suture for postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) between January 2009 and December 2018 and had a subsequent pregnancy at a tertiary care hospital in India. Women who had PPH but did not receive uterine compression sutures and had a subsequent pregnancy were taken as controls.
Purpose: We report a case of a pregnant woman with Cushing's disease (CD) and performed a systematic review of literature on diagnosis, treatment, maternal and fetal outcomes of CD in pregnancy.
Methods: A PubMed search was performed for manuscripts in English language from inception till June 2020. Cases of CD with hypercortisolism during pregnancy were included and categorized into three groups based on treatment received.