Is breech still being delivered vaginally? A comparative study

Background: This study aimed to find out the frequency of singleton term breech presentation and to complete the fetomaternal outcome between spontaneous vaginal and caesarean delivery. We conducted an observational prospective study to describe neonatal outcome of vagina verses cesarean delivery for term breech presentation.Methods: The study was conducted in department of Gynae and Obs. Unit-1, LUMHS, Jamshoro from 1st January 2011 to 31st December 2012. All those pregnant women who were admitted in the department with singleton of breech for elective LSCS or those who were in establish labor were included after verbal informed consent.Results: Out of 3090 Obstetrical admissions, 86 women were having breech presentation. Study divide into two groups group A - Delivered vaginally and group B - Delivered by C-section. The frequency of term breech presentation was 3% (86 out of 3090 obstetrical admissions).Conclusions: Cesarean section, both, elective and emergency, LSCS is more safe for neonates. Maternal morbidity is comparable in both groups

The SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic a Global Emergency: The Journey from Bats to Humans

Bats are considered as the reservoirs of coronaviruses (CoVs) which resulted in severe disease outbreaks in humans. Zoonotic coronaviruses responsible for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), were originated from bats and remain highly pathogenic to humans during the last two decades. Recently, an acute respiratory disease outbreak which spread in Wuhan, China was caused by a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) also known as 2019-nCoV, received worldwide attention. The World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the COVID-19 epidemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 as a public health emergency. The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 has been considered as the third highly pathogenic epidemic of the 21st century. The SARS-CoV-2 belongs to β-coronavirus group with highly identical genome to bat coronavirus RaTG13, assuming bat as the natural host. According to WHO as of December 21, 2020, approximately 75,479,471 persons were infected with 16,86,267 deaths in 222 countries. Whereas the in Pakistan according to WHO as of December 21, 2020, around 4 57,288 persons were infected with 9, 330 death reported in the country. Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; 2019-nCoV; Bats; Human; Epidemic; Pandemic DOI: 10.7176/FSQM/105-07 Publication date: February 28th 202