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Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum: Profiling the SERM patient : product news

Concerns about possible adverse effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in postmenopausal women have led researchers to develop compounds that retain the beneficial effects of estrogen while...

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Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum: The C in CEmOC : editorial

The global effort towards reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) has increased in intensity. During recent years, the global MDG focus has increasingly highlighted the fact that poor or no...

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Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum: Methamphetamine use by pregnant women :...

According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)'s 2011 World Drug Report, amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) are the second most widely used illicit drug group. This drug group...

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Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum: Maternal deaths due to adverse drug...

This article draws attention to an important problem that has been contributing to maternal mortality and morbidity in South Africa, particularly over the past two years, namely adverse drug reactions...

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Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum: Bayer HealthCare launches Qlaira - The...

Bayer HealthCare is proud to announce the launch of Qlaira, the first oral contraceptive to deliver 17 estradiol, an estrogen identical to that produced by the female body. It is uniquely combined with...

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Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum: Proposed colour banded early warning...

Health care worker inability to recognise critically sick patients based on standard vital observations or to act upon abnormal observations is a South African phenomenon and at present poorly...

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Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum: Maternal deaths in South Africa - acute...

Objective: The objective of this paper was to review the maternal deaths classified as acute collapse in South Africa as reported through the confidential maternal deaths process. Methods: All the...

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Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum: Editorial

The South African National Committee on Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths (NCCEMD) has been in operation since 1997, some 15 years ago. Since that time, the NCCEMD has published triennial...

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Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum: Trends in maternal deaths from Obstetric...

The most recent report on Maternal deaths in South Africa for 2008-2010 shows that there has been a significant increase in the number of maternal deaths (32.4%) due to obstetric haemorrhage and the...

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Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum: Preventing the development of type 2...

Gestational diabetes is a carbohydrate intolerance that is first detected in pregnancy and usually disappears after birth. It is characterised by fasting and post-prandial hyperglycemia. The immediate...

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Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum: Ethics opinion : the practitioner in need...

The generally used way of defining impairment when referring to medical practitioners is the inability to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety for patients. This may be due to progressive...

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Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum: Intra uterine growth restriction : review

In the beginning of the 20th century, the only explanation that was offered to a small baby born was that of prematurity. Fetal growth was defined by birth weight alone. The concept that a fetus might...

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Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum: Assisted reproduction laboratory...

An overview is given on selected cost-drivers within an assisted reproduction technology (ART) laboratory, such as procedural costs; sperm preparations; laboratory supplies including embryo culture...

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Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum: Tropical diseases and their impact on...

Over a quarter of the world's population are at risk of parasitic infections. The majority of these infections are confined to the world's poverty belt, which is largely in sub-Saharan Africa....

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Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum: HIV / AIDS and contraception : review

Prevention of unintended pregnancies in HIV infected women is a high priority. With the exception of male and female condoms contraceptive options provide no protection for STI and HIV transmission....

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Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum: Laparoscopic safety in benign...

Most laparoscopic procedures are without serious consequence and the incidence of complications range from 1.0 to 12.5/1000 cases. Data currently suggest that the incidence of complications may be even...

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Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum: Exercise in pregnancy : review

Historically, pregnancy was regarded as a state of confinement. More recently, however, research has demonstrated many potential health benefits of aerobic and strength-conditioning exercise in...

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Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum: Memory, menopause and cognition : review

With the increasing age of the population, cognitive dysfunction has become a serious concern in the elderly. The attention given to Alzheimer's disease has increased anxiety in many women, leading to...

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Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum: Gold, bronze or no medals : guest editorial

While South Africa basks in the euphoria of our athletes receiving medals both in the Olympic and Paralympic Games let us contemplate how many medals our National Health Services in general will earn.

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Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum: Challenges in the management of twin...

Prenatal diagnosis in the setting of a twin pregnancy is challenging. The frequency of abnormalities is higher in twin than in singleton pregnancies, particularly in monozygotic pregnancies. The...

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