Ginekol Pol
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Comparative Study
[Comparison of continuous extradural analgesia during labor using 0.25% bupivacaine or mixtures of 0.25% bupivacaine and fentanyl].
We have compared effects of epidural analgesia in labour in two groups containing 35 primiparous each and in two groups containing 35 multiparous each. We have administered either bupivacaine or bupivacaine with fentanyl. ⋯ This investigation has shown that use of 0.25% bupivacaine with fentanyl requires less quantity of bupivacaine in both groups of primiparous and multiparous. The addition of fentanyl to 0.25% bupivacaine can be beneficial alternative of epidural analgesia in labour.
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Evening primrose oil was given through a intragastric catheter in dose of 50 mg/kg day for 10 days to pregnant (8 animals) and nonpregnant (8 animals) rabbits. Control groups contained 8 pregnant and 8 nonpregnant animals. ⋯ No significant effect was found in the nonpregnant groups. Basal (before A II) systolic and diastolic blood pressure did not differ between the treated and untreated subject in each group.
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Ten pregnant women with hypothyroidism and 10 newborns born to these women were studied. In 3 pregnant women the infantile and juvenile type of hypothyroidism were diagnosed. ⋯ The pregnant patients were treated with thyroid hormones such as L-thyroxine or thyroidin. All newborns of these women were evaluated clinically and the levels of TSH, T4 and T3 were determined in them.
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Nausea and vomiting are frequent disturbances in the first trimester of pregnancy, sometimes they may take the form of hyperemesis, even life-threatening. The authors survey the concepts of the aetiology and pathogenesis of the condition: hormonal, metabolic, psychological. Principles of management using simple methods reducing the ++ill being of the pregnant patients are presented, together with pharmacological management of hyperemesis. The suggested therapeutic methods seem to be relatively safe for the fetus and practically eliminate the necessity of pregnancy interruption for medical indications.