Urine tract infection is the most frequent infectious condition during pregnancy and may result in severe consequences for mother, fetus and newborn.This study tries to determine the features of urine tract infections in pregnant patients attending the prenatal clinic in the Ampliacion paucarpata health center of the ministry of health . Our objectives were:To determine the rate of urine infections, to identify the most frequent causative organisms , and to determine the sensitivity to antibiotics used in treatment of UTIs.It was descriptive, prospective, cross sectional study, with a sample of 88 pregnant patients between 12 and 40 gestational weeks, any parity with or without urine infection symptoms seen in the outpatient office between March and December 2010 .Urine samples were collected after giving their informed consent . Samples were studied by sedimentation, complete urine exam...

In nowadays society women because of studying, work or false beliefs replace maternal breast feeding for formula feeding. This situation is increasing and many new products appear in the market as substitutes of human milk causing mixed lactation and poor milk secretion. In some health facilities use of formulas is encouraged , and there is a little contact between mother and child which are considered as risk factors for supplementation with artificial formula which do not have immunologic stimulation causing an increase in diarrheal diseases, allergies and respiratory disordersThis study has as its main objective to evaluate the effect of an educational program on promotion of breast feeding applied during pregnancy for acquisition of healthy attitudes toward lactation. It is an experimental, explanatory, comparative, prospective , longitudinal and field, observational study.After givi...

A main problem during treatment of pregnant patients with premature rupture of membranes is that the need induction of labor that can be initiated with either oxytocin or misoprostol . Currently, there is no consensus in literature about the best treatment for inducing labor with a minimum risk for both mother and babyThe objective of this study was to compare the efficacy and complications of intravaginal misoprostol compared with oxytocin. The objective of this study was to compare the efficacy and complications of intravaginal misoprostol with oxytocin for labor induction in patients with premature rupture of membranes.It was a prospective, longitudinal, comparative, experimental study performed in the Department of Obstetrics at the Honorio Delgado Espinoza Regional Hospital in Arequipa from January to December2010.52 pregnant patients were randomized in two groups. 26 patients were ...