Pub Date : 2016-10-19DOI: 10.4172/2325-9795.1000138
P. Mishra, Shikha Seth, Vaibhav Kanti, S. Shukla
Effect of Oral Hydration Therapy on Isolated Oligo-Hydroamnios Cases & Perinatal Outcome Oligohydroamnios means reduced amount of amniotic fluid and it has been defined as a harbinger of adverse perinatal outcome commonly associated with higher incidence of abnormal labour, intra-partum fetal distress, increased operative deliveries and low Apgar scores. Clinically it is not possible to quantify the amniotic fluid. Best non invasive semi-quantitative & reproducible method of assessment of amniotic fluid volume is Amniotic Fluid Index (AFI) measured by ultrasonographic four quadrant technique.
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Pub Date : 2016-09-08DOI: 10.4172/2325-9795.1000237
Anwar E. Ahmed, M. E. Hamid
Context: The use of skin lightening products (SLP) containing harmful chemicals is the largest recent women’s health issue in Sudan. Despite their adverse effects, the current frequency of the use of SLP among young Sudanese women (74.4%) is recognized as high. Objectives: To assess the attitude of Sudanese female college students regarding 1) the use of SLP, and 2) their knowledge of its adverse health effects. Methods: A survey study was conducted on 364 female college students who attended lectures at the University of Gezira between July and September 2015. We asked the study participants to report socio-demographic data, whether SLP can harm a user’s health, and the motives for using SLP. Results: Although the majority of females (320/359) (89.1%) reported that SLP could harm a user’s health, 320/364 (87.9%) reported favorable attitudes toward the use of SLP. The most common motives for using SLP were: to lighten dark spots and remove acne (57.1%); because white skin is more attractive than black skin (34.3%); to attract men (33.8%); to look pretty/fashionable (28.9%); because women with white skin are treated better than women with dark skin (28.2%); and to gain self-confidence (26.9%). The results of the multivariate logistic regression model indicated more favorable attitudes toward the use of SLP in those who had a family member who bleached, and in older students who were aged 20-22 years and ≥ 23 years. Conclusion: Despite the high levels of awareness of the health risks of using SLP among female Sudanese students, they continue to report favorable attitudes toward using these products.
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Pub Date : 2016-07-29DOI: 10.4172/2325-9795.1000201
M. Osman, T. R. Abbas, Abuelfotoh A Abuelfotoh
Conservative Management Protocol of Acute Hydronephrosis of Pregnancy: Two Centers Experience Objectives: This study is aiming to detect the value of conservative management protocol of acute hydronephrosis of pregnancy by facilitating both good hydration and postural drainage of the affected kidney. Patients and Methods: This prospective study was carried out from March 2010– March 2012, in two centers:[Bab Alshaaria University Hospital(Cairo), and Assiut University Hospital (Assiut)]. One thousand two hundred pregnant women managed till full term,86 of them (7.1%) presented with unilateral loin pain and were in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy at presentation ( 9 at 22 weeks, 13 patients at 28 weeks, 30 patients at 30 weeks, and 34 patients at 32 weeks) mean age was 18-39 years. Seventy six patients (88.3%) presented with right-sided loin pain and 10 (11.7%) had pain in the left loin. There was evidence of associated urinary tract infection (UTI) in 12 (13.9%) cases. Ultrasound scan (US) confirmed presence of ipsilateral mild to moderate hydronephrosis with no evidence of renal / ureteric calculus. All were refractory to routine enteral analgesia over 72 hours. They were managed by good i.v fluid hydration and maintaining them in a semiprone lateral position in bed, with the affected side up and elevated head of the bed was kept by 20o during the period of conservative management until term and delivery. Results: Eighty of the 86 women (93%) had symptomatic improvement. None required further regular analgesia and completed pregnancy to term without further invasive interventions (e.g. D.J stenting, Percutaneous Nephrostomy). Follow-up by Ultrasound scan at three months post-partum revealed complete resolution of hydronephrosis. Conclusions: Conservative management of acute symptomatic hydronephrosis of pregnancy is highly effective in the majority of cases (93%), and if used carefully, it will avoid the need for more invasive uro-radiological intervention.
{"title":"Conservative Management Protocol of Acute Hydronephrosis of Pregnancy: Two Centers Experience","authors":"M. Osman, T. R. Abbas, Abuelfotoh A Abuelfotoh","doi":"10.4172/2325-9795.1000201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2325-9795.1000201","url":null,"abstract":"Conservative Management Protocol of Acute Hydronephrosis of Pregnancy: Two Centers Experience \u0000Objectives: This study is aiming to detect the value of conservative management protocol of acute hydronephrosis of pregnancy by facilitating both good hydration and postural drainage of the affected kidney. Patients and Methods: This prospective study was carried out from March 2010– March 2012, in two centers:[Bab Alshaaria University Hospital(Cairo), and Assiut University Hospital (Assiut)]. One thousand two hundred pregnant women managed till full term,86 of them (7.1%) presented with unilateral loin pain and were in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy at presentation ( 9 at 22 weeks, 13 patients at 28 weeks, 30 patients at 30 weeks, and 34 patients at 32 weeks) mean age was 18-39 years. Seventy six patients (88.3%) presented with right-sided loin pain and 10 (11.7%) had pain in the left loin. There was evidence of associated urinary tract infection (UTI) in 12 (13.9%) cases. Ultrasound scan (US) confirmed presence of ipsilateral mild to moderate hydronephrosis with no evidence of renal / ureteric calculus. All were refractory to routine enteral analgesia over 72 hours. They were managed by good i.v fluid hydration and maintaining them in a semiprone lateral position in bed, with the affected side up and elevated head of the bed was kept by 20o during the period of conservative management until term and delivery. Results: Eighty of the 86 women (93%) had symptomatic improvement. None required further regular analgesia and completed pregnancy to term without further invasive interventions (e.g. D.J stenting, Percutaneous Nephrostomy). Follow-up by Ultrasound scan at three months post-partum revealed complete resolution of hydronephrosis. Conclusions: Conservative management of acute symptomatic hydronephrosis of pregnancy is highly effective in the majority of cases (93%), and if used carefully, it will avoid the need for more invasive uro-radiological intervention.","PeriodicalId":218923,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Womens Health, Issues and Care","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116913763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-07-29DOI: 10.4172/2325-9795.1000190
S. E. Ogbonmwan, Paul E Ogbonmwan
Abortion-Education is Needed: A Markov Decision Process Determination The aim of this study is to show the reasons why women procure abortion and use Markov decision process analysis and projections to show that ignorance and non-utilization of the available methods of contraception results in high rate of abortion and its complications; that formal and sex education can reduce abortion rate and the associated complications especially in the developing countries.
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Pub Date : 2016-07-29DOI: 10.4172/2325-9795.1000183
A. Ali
Maternal and Perinatal Health Situation in Kassala, Eastern Sudan To improve our understanding of maternal and perinatal health situation in eastern Sudan and to formulate recommendations to improve the maternal and child health. Various cross- sectional and case-control studies were conducted during the last six years (2008-2014) thus it might be of great interest and of high value to summarize the main findings in one paper.
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Pub Date : 2016-07-29DOI: 10.4172/2325-9795.1000191
Cecilia Mengo, Small Eusebius
A Hybrid Model for Analysis of Policy Making: US Global Sexual and Reproductive Health Issues in Developing Countries Act of 2013 This paper examines the United States Global and Reproductive Health Act of 2011 by identifying strengths, shortcomings and gaps in the policy and suggests key changes and recommendations. The framework of analysis of the proposed Act is based on its ability to address successful approaches that employ a comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care based on evidence from the field and its focus on reproductive health rights and justice. In doing so, this paper utilizes a hybrid model to describe a practical framework that can be used to analyze the process of policy making and implementation. The hybrid model can be used for policy making analysis with any social phenomena globally context; here it is illustrated for use with global sexual and reproductive health problems in developing countries.
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Pub Date : 2016-07-29DOI: 10.4172/2325-9795.1000194
Andualem Henock, N. Deyessa, A. Abajobir
Sexual Violence and Substance Use among Female Students of Mizan-Tepi University, Southwest Ethiopia: A Mixed Method Study Introduction: Sexual violence is a common and serious public health problem. The most common place and cause for sexual violence is school and substance use respectively. Thus, the main objective of the study was to assess the prevalence of sexual violence and its association with substance use among female students in Mizan-Tepi University.
{"title":"Sexual Violence and Substance Use among Female Students of Mizan-Tepi University, Southwest Ethiopia: A Mixed Method Study","authors":"Andualem Henock, N. Deyessa, A. Abajobir","doi":"10.4172/2325-9795.1000194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2325-9795.1000194","url":null,"abstract":"Sexual Violence and Substance Use among Female Students of Mizan-Tepi University, Southwest Ethiopia: A Mixed Method Study \u0000Introduction: Sexual violence is a common and serious public health problem. The most common place and cause for sexual violence is school and substance use respectively. Thus, the main objective of the study was to assess the prevalence of sexual violence and its association with substance use among female students in Mizan-Tepi University.","PeriodicalId":218923,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Womens Health, Issues and Care","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128532740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-07-29DOI: 10.4172/2325-9795.1000184
E. Becher, Thomas T. Klumpner, F. Peralta, E. Montague, C. Wong, P. Toledo
Optimal Characteristics of an Obstetric Anesthesia Paper vs. Electronic Hand-Off Tool Approximately 61% of vaginal deliveries utilize neuraxial (epidural or spinal) analgesia for labor pain relief. Hand-offs are commonplace in obstetric anesthesia practice. Unfortunately, communication failures are consistently cited as the leading root cause of sentinel events. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore optimal obstetric anesthesia hand-off characteristics and to evaluate the perceived effectiveness of a paper compared with an electronic hand-off template using face-to-face interviews with anesthesia team members.
{"title":"Optimal Characteristics of an Obstetric Anesthesia Paper vs. Electronic Hand-Off Tool","authors":"E. Becher, Thomas T. Klumpner, F. Peralta, E. Montague, C. Wong, P. Toledo","doi":"10.4172/2325-9795.1000184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2325-9795.1000184","url":null,"abstract":"Optimal Characteristics of an Obstetric Anesthesia Paper vs. Electronic Hand-Off Tool \u0000Approximately 61% of vaginal deliveries utilize neuraxial (epidural or spinal) analgesia for labor pain relief. Hand-offs are commonplace in obstetric anesthesia practice. Unfortunately, communication failures are consistently cited as the leading root cause of sentinel events. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore optimal obstetric anesthesia hand-off characteristics and to evaluate the perceived effectiveness of a paper compared with an electronic hand-off template using face-to-face interviews with anesthesia team members.","PeriodicalId":218923,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Womens Health, Issues and Care","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123702571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-07-29DOI: 10.4172/2325-9795.1000212
E. P. Imbeah, B. Afrane, Irene A. Kretchy, J. Sarkodie, F. Acheampong, Samuel Oppon, Patrick Amoateng
Background: Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) is widespread and a relevant health condition among women. Few women seek medical care, yet, the patronage of female sex-enhancing agents from the pharmacies, chemical and herbal shops have increased in recent times. The study sought to determine the prevalence and self-management of FSD among Ghanaian women. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted using structured questionnaires to elicit descriptive accounts of sexual experiences, help-seeking behaviours and measures taken to manage the sexual problems. Two hundred and seven (207) sexually active women aged 18 years and above were interviewed from six out of the ten regions in Ghana. Results: The majorities of the respondents was married (53.1%), had tertiary education (74.4%) and were within the ages of 18-29 (52.4%). Of all the respondents, 44.3% were not aware of FSD. The overall prevalence of FSD was 45.6%. The most prevalent sexual problems were pain during sex (72.9%), lubrication difficulties (72.3%), arousal disorder (70.3%), desire disorder (54.2%) and sexual dissatisfaction (27.1%). Only 22.5% of the respondents with FSD sought formal medical help. The reasons for not seeking formal help included the perception that FSD was normal (50.0%), personal embarrassment (19.2%) and time constraints (15.4%). About 57% of the respondents had self-managed at least one sexual problem. Counselling (31.2%), use of vaginal lubricants (24.1%), and sex and relationship strategies (23.4%) were the most cited options for managing FSD. Overall, 85.0% of women perceived the management options were effective. Only 1% of the respondents experienced side effects (vaginal itching) when vaginal lubricants and vaginal herbal preparations were employed. Conclusion: Women in Ghana experience female sexual dysfunction making it a health concern requiring recognition and intervention.
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Pub Date : 2016-07-29DOI: 10.4172/2325-9795.1000186
Manal A Hassan, Siham M Ahmed, E. Elhassan, Leana M. Elbashir, G. I. Gasim, A. Ragab, I. Adam
Maternal and Umbilical Cord Blood Level of Leptin and C-Reactive Protein in Preeclamptic Sudanese Women Objective: To determine maternal and umbilical cord blood levels of leptin and C-reactive protein in healthy pregnant women and preeclamptic patients. Material and methods: Thirty eight healthy pregnant controls, 68 mild and 25 with severe preeclampsia women were involved in this case-control study. Levels of leptin and CRP in maternal and cord blood were determined by ELISA and a sandwich-format immunometric method, respectively.
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