Sökning: "Obstetrics"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 445 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Obstetrics.
1. Measuring global surgery, obstetrics and anaesthesia from health systems to patients
Sammanfattning : BackgroundWorldwide, an estimated 5 billion people lack access to safe, affordable surgical care when needed. This leads to millions of avertable deaths and unnecessary morbidity each year. To change this situation, urgent action is needed at many levels, but indicators and data have been lacking to guide improvement. LÄS MER
2. Acupuncture in Obstetrics and Anaesthesia
Sammanfattning : The aims of the present thesis (I-V) were to evaluate the analgesic and adverse effects of manual acupuncture for low-back and pelvic pain during pregnancy (I) and for labour pain (II-III), and also to study the effects of low-frequency electro acupuncture (EA) on clinical physiological responses to skin incision in anaesthetized patients (IV-V). Acupuncture in obstetric patients (I-III) Manual acupuncture in obstetric patients was found to relieve pain in one prospective randomised (I) and two retrospective (II-III) studies. LÄS MER
3. Second Victims in Swedish Obstetrics
Sammanfattning : The term “second victim” implies that healthcare providers can be pro-foundly affected by severe events in which a patient is badly injured or dies. The patient is the first victim. This thesis investigates the magnitude, riskfactors and consequences of becoming a second victim in Swedish delivery care. LÄS MER
4. Post-Dural Puncture Headache in Obstetrics : Audiological, Clinical and Epidemiological studies
Sammanfattning : Post-dural puncture headache (PDPH) is the most common complication of obstetric epidural analgesia. The characteristic positional headache, often associated with visual, vestibular or cochlear symptoms, is severe and disabling for the parturient. The diagnosis is clinical without the possibility of confirmatory objective tests. LÄS MER
5. Urban women applying for induced abortion. Studies of epidemiology, attitudes and emotional reactions
Sammanfattning : In Sweden between 32-38,000 women annually elect to terminate pregnancy by means of induced abortion, though their reasons are still not well understood. The purpose of these studies, carried out at the Department of Obstetrics and gynecology and of Community Medicine at University Hospital, Malmö, was to elucidate the incidence of induced abortion in an urban population, with special emphasis on epidemiological and socio-demographic factors, the women's attitude to abortion, and the incidence and severity of post-abortion emotional reactions. LÄS MER