OBGYN & Women’s Health

An episiotomy is the most common obstetric procedure, performed when the clinical circumstances place the patient at a high risk of high-degree laceration. However, episiotomy should be done with reasonable indication to lower...

Researchers conducted this study to assess the completion of the maternity continuum of care and factors associated with it among mothers who gave birth in the last year in Enemy District, Northwest Ethiopia.  A community-based...

Our study had analyzed obstetric results of patients who had unripe cervix before IOL and used preinduction with obstetric results of patients in whom, due to favorable cervix, only a low-dose infusion of oxytocin was used.  We...

Abortion is an old experience carried out by human beings. It has been practiced throughout the world illegally, just as other procedures. Globally, it was estimated that around 30 million induced abortions were performed...

A community-based longitudinal study was conducted in Southwest Ethiopia among 3474 pregnant women to estimate the extent of perinatal mortality. A case-control study among 120 cases and 360 controls were then undertaken to...

The majority of maternal and neonatal mortality occurred during the early postpartum period. This is mostly due to low postnatal care service utilization. There is a discrepancy of evidence on the effect status of antenatal care...

Researchers conducted this study to assess the prevalence of obstetric danger signs during pregnancy and associated factors among mothers in a Shashemene rural district, South Ethiopia.  A community-based cross-sectional study...

The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 as a novel infection poses unique healthcare systems and practitioners’ unique challenges. Chief among them is the management for pregnant women who are infected with SARS-CoV-2. Pregnant women are...

This study aims to determine the prevalence of low birth weight in Iranian infants through a systematic review and meta-analysis.  A meta-analysis was performed in this study. The studies relevant to the topic have been obtained...

Uterine rupture is a leading cause of maternal death in Ethiopia. Despite strengthening the health care system and providing primary and comprehensive emergency obstetric care closer to the communities, uterine rupture produces...