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Achieving the Millennium Development Goal of reducing maternal mortality in rural Africa: an experience from Burundi. [PDF]

, 2012
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the reduction in maternal mortality associated with the emergency obstetric care provided by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and to compare this to the fifth Millennium Development Goal of reducing maternal mortality.
Baskett, Campbell, Filippi, Fournier, Graham, Kongnyuy, Li, Maine, Mantel, Murray, Pattinson, Paxton, Penney, Prual, Ronsmans, Say, UNICEF/WHO/UNFPA, Waterstone, WHO, Zachariah   +19 more
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The Spontaneous Prelabour Rupture of Anunscarred Uterus at 34 Weeks of Pregnancy [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2013
Uterine rupture is an obstetric emergency needs immediate surgery and is associated with poor fetal & maternal outcome. Usually uterine rupture occurs at the lower segment (weakest part) if there is no history of uterine surgery.
Malabika Misra, Ronita Roychowdhury, Nayan Chandra Sarkar, Murary Mohan Koley   +3 more
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Clinical analysis of incomplete rupture of the uterus secondary to previous cesarean section

Open Medicine
Uterine rupture is a rupture of the body or lower part of the uterus during pregnancy or delivery. Total of 98 cases with incomplete uterine rupture were classified as the incomplete uterine rupture group, 100 cases with a history of cesarean delivery ...
Yang Hong, Zhao Yun, Tu Jiahui, Chang Yanan, Xiao Chanyun   +4 more
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Cesarean Scar Ectopic Pregnancy: Diagnosis With Ultrasound [PDF]

, 2020
We present a rare case of cesarean scar ectopic pregnancy as diagnosed by transvaginal ultrasonography. Cases such as this are rare, but they are becoming more commonly detected with the growing frequency of cesarean sections, improving technology, and ...
Hoffman, Taryn, Lin, Judy
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Uterine Sacculation on Point-of-care Ultrasound in a Pregnant Female Patient: A Case Report

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2022
Introduction: Uterine rupture is a rare but potentially fatal complication of pregnancy. The incidence of uterine rupture is estimated to be between 0.3 and 11 per 10,000.
Ajay Puri, Hersimran Kaur, Zhanna Roit, Mathew Nelson   +3 more
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Sonographic cervical volumetry in higher order multiple gestation [PDF]

, 2001
Objective:The aim of this study of multifetal pregnancies was the comparison of three-dimensional (3D) volumetry of the cervix, conventional sonographic cervical length measurement and clinical assessment.
Fuchshuber, Susanne, Heer, Ivo, Hepp, Hermann, Hillemanns, Peter, Janssen, Udo, Strauss, Alexander   +5 more
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Unexpected Uterine Rupture: A Case Series and Review of Literature [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
Unscarred uterine rupture is rare and disastrous for the mother and the foetus. It has been reported in each trimester of pregnancy and its presentation varies from silent uterine rupture to haemorrhagic shock.
Sunita Dubey, Jyotsna Rani, Mohit Satodiya   +2 more
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Predictability of catastrophic events: material rupture, earthquakes, turbulence, financial crashes and human birth

, 2001
We propose that catastrophic events are "outliers" with statistically different properties than the rest of the population and result from mechanisms involving amplifying critical cascades.
Broecker, D. Sornette, Geller, Gould, Jones, Lamaign  re, McWilliams, Papiernik, Sornette, Sornette   +9 more
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Use of labour induction and risk of cesarean delivery: A systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Induction of labour is common, and cesarean delivery is regarded as its major complication. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate whether the risk of cesarean delivery is higher or lower following labour induction ...
Khan, KS, Meads, C, Mishanina, E, Rogozinska, E, Thatthi, T, Uddin-Khan, R   +5 more
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Predictors of uterine rupture in a large sample of women in Senegal and Mali: cross-sectional analysis of QUARITE trial data

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2018
Background The purpose of this study was to investigate predictors of uterine rupture in a large sample of sub-Saharan African women. Uterine rupture is rare in high-income countries, but it is more common in low-income settings where health systems are ...
Rebecca Delafield, Catherine M. Pirkle, Alexandre Dumont   +2 more
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