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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/mortality , Adult , Female , Humans , London/epidemiology , Male , Retrospective Studies , Sex Factors , Survival AnalysisABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To determine the changing patterns of HIV infection in women in three units in London. SUBJECTS: Three hundred and fifty seven HIV seropositive women who have attended outpatient clinics between 1984 and 1992. METHODS: A retrospective review of data obtained from a computerised database and supplemented by direct inspection of the notes. RESULTS: The number of newly identified women with HIV has risen steadily over the period of study with a significant shift towards a heterosexual mode of transmission. This is a reflection of increasing numbers of women from Sub-Saharan Africa rather than a rise in the incidence of HIV in women born in the UK. CONCLUSIONS: The increase in women infected by HIV remains predominantly restricted to women in "high risk" groups. Although encouraging, our data should be interpreted with caution since it suffers from the inherent bias of selective testing. Safer sex education and epidemiological surveillance should continue despite the apparent low risk to women born in the UK.
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HIV Seropositivity/epidemiology , Africa South of the Sahara/ethnology , Female , HIV Seropositivity/transmission , Humans , Incidence , London/epidemiology , Outpatient Clinics, Hospital/statistics & numerical data , Retrospective Studies , Risk Factors , VenereologySubject(s)
Cesarean Section , Delivery, Obstetric , Endometritis/prevention & control , Methylergonovine/therapeutic use , Puerperal Infection/prevention & control , Cesarean Section/adverse effects , Delivery, Obstetric/adverse effects , Escherichia coli Infections/prevention & control , Female , Humans , PregnancyABSTRACT
Vomiting and nausea occur in many pregnant women, in the first trimester of pregnancy, but the etiology of these symptoms is obscure. A specially constructed questionnaire was administered to 102 pregnant women, in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, in an effort to see with which factors these disturbing symptoms correlated. Our findings showed that vomiting and nausea correlated with: (1) unsuitable diet with big and rare meals; (2) poor communication with the husband; (3) poor communication with the obstetrician and; (4) stress, doubts and inadequate information about pregnancy, childbirth and health of fetus.
