Biomedical subjects

U L Verma

Publications and source records attributed to U L Verma.

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PubMed1983

Effect of tocolysis on incidence of low birth weight.

Tocolysis was attempted in only 2.5% of 570 consecutive low birth weight deliveries in the years 1980 through 1981. The reasons for rejecting therapy in the majority of cases are discussed. Prospectively, tocolysis was attempted in only 13.8% of all patients in preterm labor, with an 82% success rate. If tocolytic therapy were not used, and a calculation made with allowance for usually acceptable false diagnosis and failure rate, the general low birth weight rate would rise minimally and insignificantly (P = 1.4). It is concluded that availability of tocolytic agents must not be expected to lower the overall low birth weight rate, although it will benefit the appropriately selected individual patient.

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PubMed1980

Preinduction ripening of the cervix with laminaria in the nulliparous patient.

Laminaria tents were used to ripen the unfavorable cervices of 45 nulliparas prior to induction of labor. Successful induction of labor was significantly more frequent in this group than in matched controls in whom induction was attempted without prior laminaria application.

Cervix Uteri↗

PubMed1980

Screening for SGA by the roll-over test.

The roll-over test (ROT) was evaluated in normal pregnant patients between 28 and 34 weeks' gestation and found to be an accurate method of screening for small-for-gestational age (SGA) infants and for preeclampsia. Patients with a positive ROT had a significant risk of SGA or preeclampsia or both. In patients with a positive ROT, the development of SGA may be further predicted by an examination of maternal prepregnancy weight and weight gain. Patients with a prepregnancy weight of 50 kg or less, total weight gain of 10 kg or less, and/or differential weight gain of 20% or less have a highly significant risk of developing an SGA fetus. In contrast, patients with a negative ROT have a significantly decreased risk for SGA and/or preeclampsia.

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PubMed1977

Secretion and reabsorption of uterine luminal fluid in rats.

Treatment of ovariectomized rats with oestradiol-17beta and progesterone demonstrated that oestradiol-17beta causes secretion of sodium, potassium and water into the lumen of the uterine horn and that progesterone causes reabsorption of these substances.

Absorption↗