Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica
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Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand · Aug 1997
Urinary retention in the post-partum period. The relationship between obstetric factors and the post-partum post-void residual bladder volume.
The three objectives of this study are: to investigate the incidence of post-partum urinary retention after vaginal delivery, to investigate the relationship between various obstetric parameters and the post-partum post-void residual bladder volume and to study the natural progression of the post-void residual bladder volume in patients with covert post-partum urinary retention. ⋯ Post-partum urinary retention is a common phenomenon that may be related to the process of parturition. Covert retention is a self-limiting phenomenon and specific treatment is unnecessary.
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To estimate the prevalence and incidence of endometriosis in Norwegian women aged 40 to 42, and to evaluate reproductive events and life-style as risk factors for endometriosis as well as to evaluate related health-problems. ⋯ In Sør-Trøndelag county the prevalence of endometriosis is 2.0% and the annual incidence is less than 0.3% for women in their early forties. A woman's life-time risk for endometriosis might be 2.2%. Early menarche, frequent menstruations, pelvic pain, infertility and nulliparity are associated with endometriosis.
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Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand · May 1997
Comparative StudyHigh progesterone is related to effective human labor. Study of serum progesterone and 5alpha-pregnane-3,20-dione in normal and abnormal deliveries.
The role of progesterone levels during human labor is unclear. ⋯ High progesterone concentrations during parturition appear to be related to effective labor. The findings support results from in vitro experiments on human term myometrium.