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4. Hysteroscopy
* Uterine polyp removal
* Myomectomy
* Uterine adhesions / syneciae
5. Ultrasound - In fetal-maternal Medicine
and
Diagnosis and treatment
3D
* intrauterine therapy
* Congenital anomalies
* Ectopic pregnancy
* Multiple pregnancy
6. Magnetic Resonance Imaging and CT scan
Tumor volume – in Oncology
and involvement of lymph nodes
9. HUMAN GENOME
Birth rates in
Developing countries 35 – 50 per 1000
Developed countries 12 – 15 per 1000
Implications
Population increase + immigration/emigration
Availability of resources or lack
Maternal Mortality
A maternal death is one that can be attributed to
pregnancy or childbirth and up to the 6 weeks of
the puerperium. In UK, deaths up to one year after
child birth or an abortion
a. Direct
Obstetric haemorrhage
Preeclampsia
Infection
b. Indirect: from previous existing disease
mitral stenosis, hypertension
c. Fortuitous: deaths not directly related to
pregnancy e.g road traffic accidents
Number of maternal deaths x1000
Maternal mortality =
Total births