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Objectifs : Determiner la frequence des patientes referees pour hemorragie du post partum immediat (HPPI); decrire les caracteristiques socio-demographiques des patientes et identifier les dysfonctionnements pouvant aggraver le pronostic maternel. Population et methode : Etude descriptive et retrospective menee de janvier 2005 a juin 200 incluant toutes les patientes referees a la maternite du CHU de Treichville pour HPPI. Resultats : 134 patientes ont ete referees pour HPPI soit une incidence de 1;27. L'age moyen des patientes etait de 28;5 ans. La parite moyenne etait de 3;5. La majorite des patientes etaient sans activite remuneratrices et sans niveau d'instruction. La decision de transfert etait decidee dans 85;82 des cas par la sage femme. Le transfert avait ete assure par de vehicules non medicalises (86;58). La duree moyenne d'evacuation etait de 62;7min. A l'admission; 47;76 etaient en etat de choc hypovolemique avec dans 16;42 une coagulation intravasculaire disseminee. Trente et six patientes sont decedees soit un taux de letalite de 26;90. Les principales causes de deces etaient la coagulopathie (55;6) et le choc hypovolemique (36;1). Conclusion : Le taux de letalite par hemorragie de la delivrance chez les patientes referees est eleve. Sa reduction passe par l'amelioration des dysfonctionnements identifies dans l'itineraire therapeutique des patientes
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Academic Medical Centers , Postpartum Hemorrhage , Postpartum Hemorrhage/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Tubercolosis is a frequent bacterial infection in less developed countries. Lung and lymph node localisations are common, while the genital apparatus is less involved. In this work a rare case of cervical tuberculosis followed by some lesions causing infertility in a 20-year-old woman is reported. The diagnosis was confirmed by a histological examination from a biopsy of the cervix. The patient was offered six-month antituberculosis therapy which eliminated the cervical lesions. A few years later she came under our care for infertility due to uterine adhesions diagnosed by hysterosalpingography. Now the patient is being treated for infertility complicated by amenorrhoea.
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Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use , Cervix Uteri/microbiology , Tuberculosis, Female Genital/diagnosis , Uterine Cervical Diseases/microbiology , Adult , Amenorrhea/etiology , Female , Humans , Infertility, Female/etiology , Tuberculosis, Female Genital/drug therapy , Uterine Cervical Diseases/drug therapyABSTRACT
Torsion of the gravid uterus around its cervical junction is a rare event especially in humans. In 1992, a literature review by Jensen, mentioned by Carbonne, showed 212 cases with different etiologies. Uterine torsion is more frequently dextrorotatory (2/3 of cases). The diagnosis is difficult and generally done during cesarean section because it is frequently not symptomatic. Uterine torsion signs, when present, are not specifics. Pain, nausea and vomiting may present without any sign of shock, as in our patient. Sometimes ultrasonography can lead to a correct diagnosis, showing a modification of the placenta site during pregnancy, or an abnormal positioning of the ovarian vessels which pass in front of the lower uterine segment. Some authors report cardiotocographic abnormalities probably due to the reduction of blood flow caused by the torsion. Quickness of surgical treatment is fundamental for the reduction of fetal mortality which is very frequent in a large number of cases, while maternal mortality is not so frequent but possible. A diligent anamnesis and ultrasonographic examination are surely useful to single out the rare cases of uterine torsion in pregnancy.
