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- There is a lack of a comprehensive dataset for national birthing trends in China, prompting a study to evaluate the WHO partograph versus Zhang's guideline for labor and delivery.
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Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, PMB, Cape Coast, Ghana.
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- - The study examined the prevalence of episiotomy among new mothers in Kumasi, finding that 49.7% had the procedure, significantly higher than the WHO's recommended rate of 10%.
- - Factors like age, education, previous deliveries, and household income were linked to the likelihood of having an episiotomy, with married women and those attending more prenatal care sessions being less likely to undergo the procedure.
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Two cases of postpartum vaginal stenosis: a case report.
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Background: Although vaginal stenosis following pelvic or vaginal radiotherapy for cancer treatment is a common complication, postpartum vaginal stenosis is a very rare obstetric complication. We report two cases of postpartum vaginal stenosis.
Case Presentation: The first was case was a 30-year-old para-I Ethiopian woman who presented with a history of foul-smelling vaginal discharge on her 11th postpartum day.
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Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK.
Background: Adequate maternity care and appropriate clinical interventions during labour and delivery can reduce adverse perinatal outcomes, but unnecessary interventions may cause harm. While studies have shown that refugees and asylum seekers face important barriers when accessing maternity care, there is a lack of high-quality quantitative data on perinatal health interventions, such as induction of labour or caesarean sections, among refugees and asylum seekers and the findings reported in the literature tend to be inconsistent. Our goal was to examine and synthesise the evidence regarding the rates of intrapartum clinical interventions in women who are refugees and asylum seekers in high-income countries compared to other population groups.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEffect of a perineal protection device in vacuum-assisted births-a prospective randomized controlled interventional trial.
Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM
December 2024
Division of Obstetrics, University Hospital of Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (Drs Hoeller, Birri, Ochsenbein-Koelble, Richter, and Kimmich). Electronic address:
Background: Birth tears are common after vaginal birth with a prevalence of up to 85%, especially in vaginal-assisted births. Because birth trauma can cause physical and psychological short-term and long-term maternal morbidity, it is essential to improve maternal outcomes at birth.
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a perineal protection device on the rate of spontaneous birth tears in the posterior compartment in vacuum-assisted births and the feasibility and safety of the device.
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