Archives of gynecology and obstetrics
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Arch. Gynecol. Obstet. · Apr 2009
Prevalence of primary dysmenorrhea in young adult female university students.
To determine the prevalence of primary dysmenorrhea and attitudes and behavior toward dysmenorrhea in the female students of an university toward this problem. ⋯ Prevalence of primary dysmenorrhea was found higher than that cited in the literature. It was established that although the rate of consultation with health professionals about menstruation and related changes was low, use of agents known to be effective in primary dysmenorrhea treatment was highly common.
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Arch. Gynecol. Obstet. · Apr 2009
Lessons learned from the outcome of bloodless emergency laparotomies on Jehovah's Witness women presenting in the extremis with ruptured uterus.
We compared the outcomes of bloodless emergency laparotomies for uterine rupture in twenty Jehovah's Witness (JW) women who were in a state of haemorrhagic shock with 45 other women who received blood transfusion. ⋯ Patients who are in haemorrhagic shock from ruptured uterus and refuse blood transfusion can still be salvaged in a low resource setting. The study adds evidence that major operative procedures can be carried out on Jehovah's Witness patients without blood transfusions or blood products.