Fetal scalp stimulation test: an adjunct to intermittent auscultation in non-reassuring fetal status during labor.

Aims: To evaluate fetal scalp stimulation test (FSST) as an adjunct to intermittent auscultation in diagnosis of intrapartum fetal acidosis and associate result of FSST with cord blood pH and immediate neonatal outcome.

Material & Methods: This study was conducted at a tertiary hospital in India. Digital FSST was performed in seven hundred and fifty women in labor with singleton gestation ≥37 weeks, cephalic presentation and fetal heart abnormalities and/or thick meconium stained amniotic fluid.

Hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic activity of ethanolic extract of Salvadora oleoides in normal and alloxan-induced diabetic rats.

Objective: To find out the hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic activity of an ethanolic extract of the aerial part of Salvadora oleoides Decne in euglycemic and alloxan-induced diabetic albino rats.

Materials And Methods: Diabetes was induced in albino rats by administration of alloxan monohydrate (120 mg/kg, i.p.