Frequency of factors leading to acute renal failure in obstetric patients.

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (05) ◽  
pp. 640-646
Author(s):  
Shaheena Zafar ◽  
Riffat Jaleeel ◽  
Kouser Karim Lodhani

Objective: To determine the frequency of factors leading to acute renal failure in obstetric patients. Study Design: Cross Sectional study. Setting: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Civil Hospital Karachi, Tertiary Care Hospital. Period: July 2015- Jan 2016. Material & Methods: Total 250 women during pregnancy and within 42 days after delivery who were diagnosed as ARF were included. Serum creatinine was done on admission and then after 24 hours of delievery. Those with urine output < 30ml / hour and serum creatinine > 1.5 mg / dl were recruited. All data was recorded on proforma. Results: The average age of the women was 29.36±5.87 years. Post-partum hemorrhage was the important and common factor i.e. 40.4%, followed by placental abruption 25.6%, Severe pre-eclampsia 18.4%, puerperal sepsis 8.4% and eclampsia 7.2%. Conclusion: Ante partum hemorrhage like placental abruption, eclampsia and preeclampsia, and postpartum hemorrhages’ are the major causes of obstetrical ARF. Good antenatal care and provision of universal health facility can prevent this dangerous condition. Though it is a treatable and curable complication, but if not diagnosed and treated timely, it can lead to significant maternal morbidity and mortality.

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (06) ◽  
pp. 1285-1290
Author(s):  
Ahmed Ali Kanhar ◽  
Waseem Raja Memon ◽  
Nasrullah Aamer ◽  
Bahkat Ali Sial ◽  
Abdul Aziz Sahito ◽  
...  

Objective: To determine the frequency of acute renal failure in patients presented with Blackstone poisoning in a tertiary care Hospital. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Setting: Medical wards and ICU at Peoples Medical College Hospital, Nawabshah. Period: September 2017 to March 2018. Material & Methods: All the patients of age 20 to 50 years having Paraphenylenediamine (PPD) poisoning (kala-patthar) during ≥6 hours after ingestion and either of gender were included. AKI was labelled as positive if either of any stage was present on the basses of urine output measurement for 24 hours through urine beg r urine output (UO) criteria. All the data was documented in self-made proforma. Results: The mean age for patients was 24.9±8.9 years, 46(19.08%) subjects were male and 195(80.91%) were female. 18(7.5%) study subjects had acute renal failure, out of them 6 study subjects had ARF of stage I, 5 patients had stage II and 7 study subjects had acute renal failure stage III. Conclusion: Acute renal injury is a common complication following PPD ingestion 7.5%. Paraphenylenediamine toxicity is a threat to the region of Asia and is evolving as a substitute to the poisoning of organophosphorus due to its easy accessibility and low cost.


2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (187) ◽  
Author(s):  
R K Agrawal ◽  
S Khakurel ◽  
R Hada ◽  
D Shrestha ◽  
A Baral

Introduction: Hemodialysis is the preferred method of treatment for Nepalese patients with End Stage Renal Disease. Despite the technological advances and better understanding of physiology associated with hemodialysis, a number of complications are known to be associated with hemodialysis. This study was undertaken to study the frequency of acute intradialytic complications in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Nephrology unit of a tertiary care hospital from 15 June, 2007 to 15 December, 2007. A total of 28 patients were included in the study. Patients with acute renal failure and acute on chronic renal failure were excluded from the study. Results: Total sessions of hemodialysis during the period were 1455. Hypotensive episode were 66 (4.5%) and was the commonest complication and followed by hypertensive episodes were 58 (3.8%). Other problems encountered were transfusion reactions were 23 episodes (1.5%), rigors not related to transfusions were 13 episodes (0.8%), nausea/vomiting were 20 episodes (1.4%), muscle cramps were 12 episodes (0.8%), hypoglycemia were 6 episodes 5(0.4%). Conclusions: The frequency of intradialytic complications is low and many of them are not life threatening. Keywords: complications; end stage renal disease; hemodialysis; hypertension; hypotension.


2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (06) ◽  
pp. 1133-1138
Author(s):  
Shama Jogezai ◽  
Khanda Gul ◽  
Rukhshanda Mushtaq ◽  
Pari Gul

 Genital tract trauma is a common outcome of vaginal birth. These injuries can lead to serious complication like pain, dyspareunia, urinary and fecal incontinence, post-partum hemorrhage and fistulae. Objectives: To determine the frequency of genital tract trauma and its types, following spontaneous vertex delivery in primigravida. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Setting: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit 4, Bolan Medical Complex Hospital Quetta. Period: From 1st September 2018 to 31st March 2019. Material & Method: A total of 127 Primigravida with vertex presentation were randomly included in the study. Frequency and percentages were calculated for genital tract trauma, type of trauma and episiotomy. Results: Frequency of genital tract trauma was found in 40 patients (31%). Regarding the type of trauma 90% (36/40) had perineal tear and 10% (4/40) had cervical tear. First degree perineal tear was seen in 17(47%), 2nd degree perineal in 18(50%) and one case of 3rd degree perineal tear was seen. Episiotomy was given in 40(32%). Conclusion: It is difficult to reduce the frequency of genital tract trauma after vaginal birth in primigravida, however their avoidance, recognition and management should be crucial for obstetricians. Mediolateral episiotomy appears to be protective against perineal trauma but its use should be restricted.


2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 04-08
Author(s):  
Sheikh Salahuddin Ahmed ◽  
Fazle Nur ◽  
Md Rahamat Ullah ◽  
Abdullah Al Mamun ◽  
Md Tauhidul Islam Chowdhury ◽  
...  

Hyponatremia is a very common electrolyte imbalance in admitted diabetic patients which leads to substantial morbidity and mortality. There is no existing record for profiling of hyponatremia in Bangladeshi diabetic subjects. The objective of this study was to find out the factors influencing hyponatremia and associated co-morbidities in admitted diabetic patients of a tertiary care hospital. Samples were selected from all adult nonpregnant diabetic patients with serum sodium level < 135 mmol/L irrespective of their cause of admission. A total number of 115 admitted diabetic patients with hyponatremia were studied. Informations were collected in a semi structured data collection form for analysis. Hyponatremia was found to be more common in the aged (47%) and female populations (63.5%). Vomiting was found to be the most common factor (51.3%) causing hyponatremia in the admitted diabetic patients. Other common factors influencing hyponatremia were diarrhea, sweating, severe hyperglycemia, diabetic ketoacidosis and drugs especially diuretics. The commonest co-morbid condition associated with diabetes was hypertension. Thiazide diuretics should be used with caution in the elderly who are prone to develop hyponatremia. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/medtoday.v26i1.21301 Medicine Today 2014 Vol.26(1): 04-08


Author(s):  
Baisakhi Maji ◽  
Sumana Samanta ◽  
Sreetama Banerjee ◽  
Tanjib Hassan Mullick ◽  
Sudhanshu Saharay ◽  
...  

Background: Eclampsia is a multi–system disorder with complex pathogenesis, causing 12% of global maternal deaths. It is a major public health problem specially in developing countries, contributing to maternal and perinatal morbidity as well as mortality. Majority of them are preventable if managed timely, promptly and with expertise. The objectives of the study were to identify the incidence of eclampsia in R G Kar Medical College and Hospital as well to identify the determinants of feto-maternal outcome.Methods: A retrospective, record-based cross-sectional study was conducted in an urban tertiary care teaching hospital. There were 354 pregnant women with eclampsia admitted and delivered during the study period which was 1st January-31st December’2015. Complete enumeration was done to get the sample for the study. Data were retrieved from eclampsia registers and log books of delivery kept in the labour room and hospital record section. After wards it was analysed with the help of SPSS 20.0 version to get different inferential statistics.Results: Incidence of eclampsia in that hospital in 2015 was18.4/1000 deliveries. Almost 72% patients had ante-partum eclampsia and rest had post-partum eclampsia. Emergency caesarean section was the most common (62.14%) mode of delivery. Perinatal mortality was found in 5.6% of the eclampsia patients. Majority (65%) of the babies delivered belonged to low birth weight. Muslim patients and the patients of gestational age more than 36 weeks had unfavourable outcome.Conclusions: There is need to educate and encourage the general public for antenatal care and institutional delivery. Along with this the socio-economic, cultural and educational status are to be uplifted for the improvement of the present scenario regarding eclampsia in our country.


Vacunas ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.M. AlGoraini ◽  
N.N. AlDujayn ◽  
M.A. AlRasheed ◽  
Y.E. Bashawri ◽  
S.S. Alsubaie ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Nandini Chatterjee ◽  
Supratick Chakraborty ◽  
Mainak Mukhopadhyay ◽  
Sinjon Ghosh ◽  
Bikramjit Barkandaj ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nearmeen M. Rashad ◽  
Marwa G. Amer ◽  
Waleed M. Reda Ashour ◽  
Hassan M. Hassanin

Abstract Background Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system with varied clinical features. Disease-modifying drugs (DMDs) of MS associated with different types of thyroiditis. In this cross-sectional study, we aimed to assess the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in MS and to investigate the association between DMDs and the risk of thyroiditis in MS. A cross-sectional study included 100 patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) in relapse, and the diagnosed was according to revised McDonald’s criteria 2010. Results Our results revealed that the prevalence of thyroiditis was 40%; autoimmune (34%) and infective (6%) among patients with RRMS in relapse and cerebellar symptoms were significantly higher in patients with thyroiditis compared to patients without thyroiditis. Regarding the association between DMDs and thyroiditis, the prevalence of patients treated with interferon-beta-1b was higher in MS patients with thyroiditis compared to MS patients without thyroiditis. However, the prevalence of patients treated with interferon-beta-1a was lower in MS patients with thyroiditis compared to MS patients without thyroiditis. In addition, we found CMV infection was more common in patients treated by interferon beta-1b and candida infection was common in patients treated by fingolimod. Conclusions Thyroiditis is commonly observed in patients with RRMS in relapse and higher prevalence of patients treated with interferon-beta-1b which is commonly associated with thyroiditis and CMV infection; however, candida thyroid infection was common in MS patients treated by fingolimod.


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