ABSTRACT
Results of induction of labor with PGE2-intravaginal gel in PROM, were evaluated considering the best management.
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Dinoprostone/therapeutic use , Fetal Membranes, Premature Rupture/therapy , Labor, Induced , Oxytocics/therapeutic use , Administration, Intravaginal , Female , Gels , Humans , Parity , PregnancyABSTRACT
The prevention of infectious complications by antibiotic prophylaxis has made traditional or laparoscopic surgery much safer but at the same time has contributed to an uncontrolled and often irrational use of every kind of antibiotic. In this study we wanted to show that often mini-invasive surgery like laparoscopy can be practised without the use of antibiotics. Thus, postoperatively several patients undergoing laparoscopic, diagnostic and operative interventions were followed-up. The results showed that subjects without antibiotic therapy did not have any symptomatology that could be ascribed to bacterial infections. In conclusion this study has demonstrated that laparoscopic surgery, especially without any complications, should follow the elementary rules of surgical techniques and surgical asepsis and that antibiotic prophylaxis is not always necessary.
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Antibiotic Prophylaxis , Genital Diseases, Female/surgery , Laparoscopy , Postoperative Complications/prevention & control , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Child , Female , Humans , Middle AgedABSTRACT
The serum folate level of 100 aged persons (after 70) was decreased (less than 4 ng/ml) in 41% of the cases (manifest deficiency of folic acid). In the group of aged persons having normal folate values, in 41% of the cases the clearance method proved a latent folic acid deficiency, being the 15 minute value after 15 gamma/kg folic acid i.v., less than 25 ng/ml.