The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology
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A case of acute traumatic tetraplegia during pregnancy resulting in maternal death is presented, and problems of management are discussed. Difficulties experienced by the mother were intractable urinary tract infection and respiratory insufficiency; those in the neonate were prematurity and the effects of drugs administered to the mother.
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Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol · Feb 1978
Single dose preoperative prophylactic antibiotic in vaginal hysterectomy.
A retrospective study of patients following vaginal hysterectomy showed a postoperative morbidity of 75%. A trial of a single preoperative intravenous injection of cephalothin sodium to patients about to undergo vaginal hysterectomy showed a significant (P less than 0.01) reduction in postoperative morbidity.