A 35-year-old primigravid woman with chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction presented to our institution. Except for an enlarged fetal bladder, her pregnancy was almost uneventful until she developed pre-eclampsia requiring emergent cesarean section at 34 weeks gestation. After delivery, intractable uterine atony developed with blood loss reaching 3500 mL within 15 min.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlthough some cases describing delayed birth of the second twin have been published recently, delay of delivery beyond 36 weeks seems scarce. We report a case of delayed-interval delivery wherein prolongation of the second twin's delivery until term with a subsequent favorable infantile outcome. In this case, the stillbirth of the first twin occurred at 25 weeks' gestation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Matern Fetal Neonatal Med
March 2020
Pregnancy after mechanical valve replacement involves high risk. Maternal valve thrombosis and hemorrhagic complications are associated with lethal outcomes; therefore, strict anticoagulant therapy is needed. Our patient was 26-year-old primiparous woman.
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