OBJETIVE: To determine whether there is a greater relationship between women with vaginal delivery than women conparto caesarean presentation of squamous cervical cancer and its precursors. DESIGN: Case-control study conducted at Regional Hospital of Trujillo, Peru. MATERIAL AND METHODS: It was considered as cases 177 women with clinical and histopathological diagnosis of cervical cancer and its precursors met in 2000 to 2012. Controls were constituted by 179 women without a diagnosis of cervical cancer treated at the same hospital and who they had had vaginal or caesarean deliveries excclusivamente. To determine which characteristics are associated with cervical cancer multivariate analysis was applied, taking as predictors age, parity, mode of delivery and age of first intercourse. Then, a logistic regression analysis was performed to determine which variables constitute risk factors....

OBJETIVE: To determine whether there is a greater relationship between women with vaginal delivery than women conparto caesarean presentation of squamous cervical cancer and its precursors. DESIGN: Case-control study conducted at Regional Hospital of Trujillo, Peru. MATERIAL AND METHODS: It was considered as cases 177 women with clinical and histopathological diagnosis of cervical cancer and its precursors met in 2000 to 2012. Controls were constituted by 179 women without a diagnosis of cervical cancer treated at the same hospital and who they had had vaginal or caesarean deliveries excclusivamente. To determine which characteristics are associated with cervical cancer multivariate analysis was applied, taking as predictors age, parity, mode of delivery and age of first intercourse. Then, a logistic regression analysis was performed to determine which variables constitute risk factors....

Objective: To compare the efficacy of two antibiotic regimes for premature rupture of the membranes. Design: Sixty one patients were divided in two groups with similar age and parity, gestational age between 28 and 37 weeks, who experienced premature rupture of membranes. Two therapeutical regimes were administered consisting in oral amoxicillin 500 mg every 6 hours plus oral metronidazol 500 mg every 8 hours (scheme A) in 31 patients, and ampicillin 500 mg every 6 hours, in 30 patients (scheme B). Results: Average age was 25 years, parity 2, gestational age 34 weeks, nulliparity 52,36%. The shortest and longest latency periods were 3 and 21 days for group A and 1 and 14 days for group B. Irregularities in the treatment and mobilization of patients significantly changed the results. Conclusions: Latency for scheme A was longer than for scheme B (8 days vs. 4,6 days). Mobilization and irr...