Publications by authors named "Sayeba Akhter"
Article Synopsis
- - Obstetric fistula is a serious childbirth injury that causes significant suffering for many women and girls, but it can often be treated successfully through surgical repair by trained surgeons.
- - Effective treatment involves not only surgery but also careful postoperative assessment to evaluate outcomes and address any ongoing issues, such as urinary retention or incontinence.
- - The article offers expert-approved recommendations for standardized protocols to assess surgical outcomes and manage follow-up care for patients after vesicovaginal fistula surgery.
Aim: The objective of this study was to explore the result of pretreatment and concomitant use of metformin with clomiphene citrate (CC) and rFSH for ovulation induction in clomiphene-citrate-resistant polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
Material And Methods: This randomized controlled trial was done in the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital and the Infertility Care and Research Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh. A total of 165 infertile patients with CC-resistant PCOS who attended for treatment were the target population for this study.
There is little information regarding the mental health status of women with genital tract fistulae in developing countries. The aim of this prospective observational study was to screen women at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh (December 2003 to June 2004), and Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, Ethiopia (June to July 2004), with genital tract fistula for mental health dysfunction. Women presenting to the above institutions were screened using the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) prior to fistula surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis descriptive study, conducted at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, Bangladesh, includes 2956 consecutive eclamptic patients who were admitted between 1998 and 2000 and evaluates their outcomes after treatment with magnesium sulfate. Although magnesium sulfate controls convulsion efficiently, death from eclampsia remains high in our country. Thus, a second purpose of this study was to identify additional factors responsible for death from eclampsia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To evaluate the efficacy of a condom as a tamponade for intrauterine pressure to stop massive postpartum hemorrhage (PPH).
Design And Setting: This prospective study was done in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, Bangladesh, between July 2001 and December 2002.
Patients: During the study period, 152 cases of PPH were identified; 109 were managed medically; 20 were managed using the B-Lynch procedure, and 23 were managed using the condom catheter.
This prospective study was conducted at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, Bangladesh. The objective was to identify the time required to control high blood pressure levels in obstetric patients by injection of hydralazine in a bolus intravenous dose vs continuous drip. Seventy-seven patients with eclampsia and hypertensive emergencies comprised the target population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To observe whether the pregnancy can be safely continued for a reasonable period to gain fetal maturity in cases of eclampsia and severe pre-eclampsia.
Methods: Fifty-one patients were followed up in a specialized care (eclampsia) unit in Dhaka Medical College and Hospital between January 1998 and October 2000. Twenty-one patients with complaints of headache and blurred vision, and 30 patients with history of convulsion, all at gestational age < 36 weeks, were enrolled for this study.