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Effects of the selective progesterone receptor modulator asoprisnil on uterine artery blood flow, ovarian activity, and clinical symptoms in patients with uterine leiomyomata scheduled for hysterectomy [PDF]

, 2008
Introduction: Asoprisnil, a novel orally active selective progesterone receptor modulator, is being studied for the management of symptomatic uterine leiomyomata. The exact mechanism of action is not yet discerned.
Williams, A.R.W., Chwalisz, K., Hapangama, D., Critchley, Hilary O.D., Wilkens, Julia, Walker, Jane, Lawrence, A.C., Williams, Alistair R.W., Lumsden, M.A., Lawrence, Alexandra C., Ingamells, S., Chwalisz, Kristof, Hapangama, Dharani, Critchley, H.O.D., Han, Cong, Ingamells, Susan, Wilkens, J., Cameron, I.T., Cameron, Iain T., Lumsden, Mary Ann, Han, C., Walker, J.   +21 more
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Does induction or augmentation of labor increase the risk of postpartum hemorrhage in pregnant women with anemia? A multicenter prospective cohort study in India

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, Volume 169, Issue 1, Page 299-309, April 2025.
Abstract Objective To investigate whether induction/augmentation of labor in pregnant women with anemia increases the risk of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) and whether this risk varied by indications for labor induction/augmentation and by anemia severity in pregnancy.
Tuck Seng Cheng, Farzana Zahir, Carolin Solomi V, Ashok Verma, Sereesha Rao, Saswati Sanyal Choudhury, Gitanjali Deka, Pranabika Mahanta, Swapna Kakoty, Robin Medhi, Shakuntala Chhabra, Anjali Rani, Amrit Bora, Indrani Roy, Bina Minz, Omesh Kumar Bharti, Rupanjali Deka, Charles Opondo, David Churchill, Marian Knight, Jennifer J. Kurinczuk, Manisha Nair   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fetal heart rate power spectrum response to uterine contraction

, 2006
Cardiotocography is the most diffused prenatal diagnostic technique in clinical routine. The simultaneous recording of foetal heart rate (FHR) and uterine contractions (UC) provides useful information about foetal well-being during pregnancy and labour ...
P. Bifulco, M. Sansone, M. Bracale, M. Cesarelli, M. Romano   +4 more
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Uterine contraction induced by Ghanaian plants used to induce abortion

, 2016
Ethnomedicinal observations from the time of the Atlantic slave trade show women in Ghana historically used plants as emmenagogues (menstruation stimulants) and to induce abortion.
Kristiansen, Uffe, Soelberg, Jens, Larsen, Birgitte HV, Jäger, Anna K   +3 more
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Obstetrics and gynecology devices designed for low‐ and middle‐income countries: A narrative review

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, Volume 169, Issue 1, Page 71-80, April 2025.
Abstract There are many barriers contributing to poor health outcomes for women in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), one of which is the lack of necessary medical devices. Presently, the development of various kinds of devices intended to improve women's health outcomes specifically in LMICs remains underrepresented in the literature; therefore,
Dhanalakshmi Thiyagarajan, Enaam A. Adanu, K. Rivet Amico   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vascular dysfunction in women with recurrent pregnancy loss: Possible association with antiphospholipid antibodies

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, Volume 169, Issue 1, Page 206-214, April 2025.
Abstract Objective Antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) are recognized to have a pivotal role in recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) and cardiovascular disease. Therefore, we assessed the vascular function of women with RPL and examined the association with each type of aPL.
Titi Yang, Emi Okada, Maho Todoroki, Siyu Liu, Rukmali Athurupana, Kumie Kataoka, Chiaki Kashino, Takashi Mitsui, Toru Hasegawa, Yasuhiko Kamada, Hisashi Masuyama, Mikiya Nakatsuka   +11 more
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Modulation of ex-vivo uterine contraction by the methanol leaf extract of Alchornea laxiflora Benth. (Euphorbiaceae) and preliminary spectrometric identification of associated secondary metabolites

Journal of Medicinal Plants for Economic Development, 2018
Background: The leaves of Alchornea laxiflora are traditionally used in the south of Nigeria to prevent preterm births.   Aim: This study was designed to investigate the activity of A. laxiflora on uterine contractility.
Enitome E. Bafor, Juliet K. Nwogu, Uloma B. Elvis-Offiah, Fabian Amaechina, Josephine Ofeimun, Buniyamin Ayinde, Osemelomen Omoruyi, Christina Viegelmann, RuAngelie Edrada-Ebel   +8 more
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Maternal and perinatal outcomes of pregnant women with echocardiographically high probability of pulmonary arterial hypertension

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective This study aimed to describe maternal and perinatal outcomes among pregnant women with echocardiographically high probability of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) managed at a quaternary center and to compare outcomes between women with and without cardiac complications (CC).
Laura Belmont‐Rojo, Rosa Hernandez‐Cruz, Ana Jimena Lopez‐Diaz, Diana Yazmin Copado‐Mendoza, Tirso Rubalcava‐Rubalcava, Mario Isaac Lumbreras‐Marquez, Maria Antonia Pijuan‐Domenech   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bacterial Vaginosis and Premature Uterine Contraction among Women in Ramadi City

مجلة كلية الطب, 2008
Background : To study the incidence of premature uterine contraction (PUC) with bacterial vaginosis (BV) in Ramadi city and to correlate the incidence of (PUC) with severity (grades of BV).
Wassan A.H. Al-Jobori
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Measurement of Uterine Blood Flow and Uterine Metabolism

, 1958
Uterine blood flow has been measured with a chronically implanted miniature electromegnetic flow meter in unanesthetized pregnant sheep and dogs during spontaneous and oxytocin induced labor and followed in the same animal for several postpartum days ...
L. Holms, A. Kolin, K. Dasgupta, N. S. Assali   +3 more
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