Caesarean section

The Housing First Initiative from Housing and Urban Development (HUD) continued policy and legislation aimed at ending homelessness in America. In the 70 years following the United Nations declaration that housing was a fundamental human right, the United States has yet to find an end to the pervasive problem of homelessness. The United States has engaged in several very expensive wars but in the “land of the free” have yet to figure out how to house our people. Ironically, the cost of…

People are sent to work by the economy; consequently, they cannot afford housing near their job. Developers build an expensive house in the neighborhood or the apartment. Affordable housing is a problem for homeless people in the region. Library.cqpress.com reports, “Many homeless people began living in shanties made of cardboard or other salvaged material” (Lyons). Due to higher prices and rents, people cannot afford to live in an expensive house. The company is considering two solutions that…

In what initially began as a case of whites versus blacks, the Scottsboro trial soon escalated into a trial of capitalists versus communists and a repeat of the common battles between Jews and Gentiles and North battling South. The Scottsboro boys morphed into pawns for battles where the outcome had little to do with them. Organizations fought over the fame of defending the unjustly accused nine Scottsboro boys. Through much perseverance, the American Communist Party received complete compliance…

In Alomar and Bell’s case there is a definite infringement on section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and therefore, the photographs of Ms. Alomar holding a handgun should be inadmissible to the trial. Including this evidence would be injustice when coming to a final verdict due to the fact that it violates section 8 of the Charter which states that “everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure” The search of the photos was not authorized by the…

CONS OF C-SECTION FOR THE MOTHER A woman who has had a C-section typically stays in the hospital longer, two to four days on average, compared with a woman who has a vaginal delivery. Having a C-section also increases a woman's risk for more physical complaints following delivery, such as pain at the site of the incision and longer-lasting soreness. Because a woman is undergoing surgery, a C-section involves an increased risk of blood loss and a greater…

Hospital, with abdominal pain and per vaginal bleeding, on the background of two previous caesarean sections and placenta previa. The bleeding was described as bright red with dark clots. The patient also experienced cramping pain. She was initially…

1.1. Background information Postoperative surgical site infections (SSIs) are a major source of morbidity and mortality in the surgical patient. It is the 3rd commonly reported nosocomial infection accounting for 10 to 40% of all nosocomial infections[1, 2]. In 2010, an estimated 16 million operative procedures were performed in acute care hospitals in the United States. A prevalence study found that SSIs were the most common healthcare-associated infection, accounting for 31% of all HAIs among…

delivery. Labor and delivery require support, patience, and hard work from the health care team. Women can have a vaginal delivery or a caesarean. Although, there will be occasions where a woman is expected to have a vaginal delivery but due to a complication she will have an emergency caesarean (C-section) instead. One important difference between a caesarean section and a vaginal delivery is how a woman does not have the…

have to proceed to a caesarean. Forceps are also…

ascending infection that was not detected on cervical swab due to antibiotic use. Fortunately her abdominal wound healed well and she had no spread of sepsis as special care was taken to isolate her abscess site during the caesarean section. A midline vertical incision for caesarean section that was taken avoided the inevitable lateral extension into the infected left lower abdominal tissue planes. This interesting case highlights the need of a multidisciplinary approach involving the general…