Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

Treatment of eclampsia

Treatment of eclampsia includes a set of the following therapeutic measures: assess the degree of airway patency, eliminate any identified disorders; catheterize a vein, preferably a central one; administer magnesium sulfate.

Treatment of pre-eclampsia

Radical treatment of preeclampsia consists of rapid delivery, after 48 hours of which the symptoms of the disease subside. Until then, it is important to correct arterial hypertension, BCC deficiency, blood clotting disorders, and also to prevent and stop convulsions.

Medications used in labor

A special feature of pharmacotherapy in obstetrics is the participation of doctors of three specialties. According to rough estimates, during childbirth, 32% of newborn children receive more than six drugs from the mother's body. One third of them are prescribed due to complications of the pregnant woman taking other drugs during pregnancy and childbirth.

Epidural anesthesia in childbirth

The technique of catheterization of the epidural space is described in many textbooks; the most popular epidural anesthesia for labor is the loss of resistance technique. Lidocaine and bupivacaine may be used.

Anesthesia in childbirth

All women admitted to the maternity ward are potential candidates for planned or emergency anaesthesia during childbirth. In this regard, the anaesthetist must know the following minimum about each pregnant woman in the ward: age, number of pregnancies and deliveries, duration of the current pregnancy, concomitant diseases and complicating factors.

Why does pregnancy nausea happen and what to do?

Nausea during pregnancy is a typical complaint made by almost every third woman who is expecting an addition to the family. It is believed that nausea is a sign of toxicosis or autointoxication of the body.

Diarrhea in pregnancy

Diarrhea during pregnancy can be caused by diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, in particular, the large intestine, disorders of the nervous system, taking medications, various general diseases, as well as toxicosis, infectious agents, since it is during pregnancy that a woman's body reacts especially acutely to food toxins.

Management of pregnancy and tactics of repeat delivery in a patient with a prosthetic heart valve

In the last two decades, there has been a tendency towards an increase in the number of pregnant women with heart valve prostheses. Obstetricians, therapists, and cardiologists have problems managing such patients, which is due to the physiological characteristics of pregnancy (a tendency to hypercoagulation), the possibility of developing uterine bleeding during labor, and difficulties in correcting anticoagulant therapy against the background of a cesarean section.

Placental dysfunction on the background of endocrine pathology

Placental dysfunction is a clinical syndrome caused by morphological and functional changes in the placenta and manifested by impaired growth and development of the fetus, its hypoxia, which arise as a result of the combined reaction of the fetus and placenta to various disorders of the pregnant woman's condition.

Method of endometrial preparation for implantation in women with endocrine form of infertility

One of the main functions of the endometrium is to ensure implantation and nidation of the embryo. An important role in this process is played by the maturity of the endometrium, its synchronization with the hormonal background throughout the menstrual cycle.

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