August 11, 2010 # 9:02 pm # Gynae/Obstr # One Comment
MANAGING SEVERE PRE-ECLAMPSIA AND ECLAMPSIA WITH MgSO4
LOADING DOSE
• Take 4 gm MgSO4 IV as 20% solution
• Take one 20ml syringe
• Draw 4 ampules of MgSO4 50%= 8ml= 4gm into the syringe
• Add 12 ml water for inj to make it 20%
• Give IV slowly over 5 minutes
Follow promptly with 10 gm as 50% MgSO4 deep IM
• Take two 10ml syringes
• Draw 5 amp of MgSO4 50% …
August 5, 2010 # 12:55 pm # Gynae/Obstr, Womens health and pregnancy # 5 Comments
TLC and Discover Health both have aired the now extremely popular show “I Didn’t Know I was Pregnant.” The show, which features two or more women who endure the entire term of their pregnancy without knowing they were expecting at all. The popularity of this particular show is perhaps yet another extension of well-received reality, health-based shows like Obsessed, which …
July 16, 2010 # 7:27 pm # Gynae/Obstr, Womens health and pregnancy # No Comment
Puerperal Pyrexia : Short Summary and Causes
Peurperium
Puerperium is a period following child birth during which body tissues especially the pelvic organs revert back approximately to pre-pregnant state both anatomically and physiologically. Normally, it lasts for 6 weeks after delivery.
What is puerperal pyrexia?
also called childbed fever, is a rise of temperature reaching 100.4 degree Fahrenheit or 38 degree celcius measured orally on 2 …