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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to determine if furosemide administered after the first 24 hours of delivery, in women with severe peeclampsia and eclampsia accelerates high blood pressure control and diminishes hospital stay.
This study will compare two arms in a randomized clinical trial of cardiovascular risk prevention in women with a history of preeclampsia. The first arm will provide postpartum patients and their clinicians with the American Heart Association's (AHA) Class I Lifestyle Recommendations for women with a history of preeclampsia. The second arm will additionally receive access to a customized patient-informed online program with modules on how to achieve the AHA recommendations for diet, activity and weight management.
The trial will test the equivalence of a repeat bolus protocol of magnesium sulfate administered by the Springfusor® controlled pump to a continuous intravenous regimen. The goal of this pharmacokinetic study is to assess the pharmacological equivalence of the serum magnesium sulfate concentrations obtained in the treatment of severe preeclampsia with the continuous intravenous and Springfusor repeat bolus regimens. The study will also document the clinical outcomes, efficacy and acceptability of each treatment for patients and staff.
We aim to compare carbetocin with misoprostol for the prevention of postpartum hemorrhage in patients with severe preeclampsia. The primary outcome is postpartum haemorrhage (blood loss of ≥ 500 ml) while our Secondary outcomes include use of additional uterotonics, need for blood transfusion, maternal adverse drug reaction, maternal complications and maternal death
The purpose of the study is to assess the efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics (PK) of recombinant human antithrombin (ATryn) in addition to expectant management for the treatment of preterm preeclampsia (PPE). Efficacy will be assessed by comparing the difference in extension of gestational age from the time of randomization into the study until delivery between ATryn and placebo treated subjects. In addition, the effect of ATryn on fetal and neonatal clinical outcomes will be assessed. The PK characteristics of ATryn in the subjects will be investigated by measuring AT activity levels in the mother during treatment and in cord blood.
Severe Hypertension in pregnancy demands urgent treatment because of high mortality & morbidity in obstetric patients. Hydralazine, the most commonly used agent, causes sudden hypo tension and tachycardia. Labetalol because of combined α and β blocking effects lacks these side effects. Most recent Cochrane systematic review on use of anti hypertensive drugs in pregnancy related hypertension, could include only four trials of comparison of Hydralazine with Labetalol. Three out of total 4, had sample size ranging from 20-60 obstetric, with total sample size ranging from 19-30. Only 2 trials reported severe persistent hypertension.This review could not conclude about comparative effects due to insufficient data and suggested that further trials should compare Hydralazine with Nifedipine or labetalol, and to report severe persistent hypertension and adverse feto-maternal effects. OBJECTIVES:1) To compare efficacy and severe persistent hypertension after intravenous Labetalol versus Hydralazine, within maximum 5 drug boluses, in obstetric severe hypertensive patients at Civil Hospital Karachi. 2) To compare immediate adverse maternal and fetal effects in the study group. 3) Furthermore, to assess response to treatment, in terms of patient and disease characteristics. STUDY DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial. SETTING & DURATION OF STUDY: Gynaecology Unit I, Civil hospital Karachi, from Oct 2012 to Sep 2014 METHODS: Total one hundred eighty-four patients with, severe hypertension (systolic blood pressure(S.B.P)≥160 and/or diastolic blood pressure(D.B.P) ≥110 mm Hg) at greater than 28 weeks of pregnancy or upto 72 hours after delivery, were enrolled and randomly allocated to drug A or B. At enrollment, 94 patients were allocated to Labetalol to 96 to Hydralazine through simple randomization. Since six cases were excluded due to insufficient information( 2 from group A and 4 from group B) so finally data of 92 patients in each group was analyzed. Primary outcome measures were lowering of S.B.P to <160 mm Hg and D.B.P <110 mm Hg (efficacy)and severe persistent hypertension. In addition maternal hypo tension, tachycardia, bradycardia, adverse effect on fetal heart, still birth and neonatal bradycardia were measured. EXPECTED OUTCOME: Efficacy, severe persistent hypertension and side effects of Labetalol versus Hydralazine, in our population were determined. Assessment of response to Drug A and B, will help in choosing a drug for different patient and disease characteristics.
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are a major cause of maternal mortality and morbidity, especially in developing countries. Postpartum hypertension can be related to persistence of gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, or preexisting chronic hypertension, or it could develop de novo secondary to other causes. The available data in the medical literature have primarily focused on antenatal and peripartum management. There are few data regarding the evaluation in women who are diagnosis with postpartum hypertension. Some medications that cause vasoconstriction are often used for pain relief, in women having perineal lacerations, episiotomy, or cesarean delivery. Such women usually require large doses of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs that are associated with vasoconstriction and sodium and water retention, this drugs can result in severe hypertension. The purpose of this study is to evaluate maternal postpartum hypertension in women with severe preeclampsia treated with nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs or acetaminophen.
Background: The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the effect of magnesium on the reversal of rocuronium-induced neuromuscular block by sugammadex. Methods: Eighty patients, aged 18 to 60 years, American Society of Anesthesiologists I-II, undergoing elective gynecological surgery were enrolled. Anaesthesia was induced with propofol and fentanyl and was maintained with 60% nitrous oxide and Oxygen in sevoflurane. The magnesium group received 50 milligram/kilogram (mg/kg) Magnesium intravenous (iv) as a bolus and 15 mg/kg/hour by continuous infusion until the completion of surgery. The placebo group received the equivalent volume of isotonic saline. For intubation, 0.6 mg/kg rocuronium was administered and 0.1 mg/kg was added when Train of four (TOF) counts reached 1 or more during the procedure. At the end of the surgery at a TOF count of 1, 4 mg/kg sugammadex iv was administered. Patients were observed until a TOF ratio of 0.9 was achieved. Patient-controlled analgesia with intravenous morphine was used postoperatively.
Preeclampsia is a disease which occurs in about 6-8% of all pregnancies and is the main cause of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. The cause of preeclampsia is still not clear and the only therapy is preterm caesarean section. In severe preeclampsia an accumulation of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins occurs. Therefore, lipid apheresis is performed as lipid-removing therapy for treatment of preeclampsia in order to prolong pregnancy and provide the fetus more time for maturation. In this individual treatment patients with early preeclampsia (<= 32 weeks of gestation) will be offered a H.E.L.P.-apheresis to postpone caesarean section and therefore prolong pregnancy.
This is a pragmatic, open-label, randomised control trial of three oral anti-hypertensive regimens for women with severe hypertension in pregnancy. Women presenting with severe hypertension in pregnancy in two hospitals in Nagpur, India will be randomised to one of three oral regimens: nifedipine, labetalol or methyldopa. This trial will compare the efficacy, safety and side effects of these three oral regimens for management of hypertension in pregnant women. The investigators hypothesize that nifedipine treatment of severe hypertensive parturient women is more effective than treatment with labetalol or methyldopa in controlling high blood pressure within six hours.