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Ischemic colitis in a patient with Crohn's disease taking an oral contraceptive and an ergotamine alkaloid.

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A 22-year-old woman developed transient left-sided ischemic colitis with submucosal oedema and bleeding, six weeks after an uneventful right hemicolectomy for Crohn's disease. The thrombogenic properties of the contraceptive pill and the concomitant use of an ergotamine alkaloid were thought to be

Prophylactic interventions after delivery of placenta for reducing bleeding during the postnatal period.

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BACKGROUND There are several Cochrane systematic reviews looking at postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) prophylaxis in the third stage of labour and another Cochrane review investigating the timing of prophylactic uterotonics in the third stage of labour (i.e. before or after delivery of the placenta).

[Ergotamine-induced rectal lesions in asymptomatic patients].

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Suppositories containing ergotamine can cause anorectal lesions and even fistulae. We therefore carried out prospective investigations on 20 patients (17 female, 3 male) who had been prescribed ergotamine suppositories for migraine therapy. No serious ulceration was found. There was one case of

[Multifocal brain haemorrhage associated with migraine and medication abuse].

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BACKGROUND Although ischemic stroke is a well known complication of migraine, cerebral hemorrhage has been uncommonly reported. METHODS We present the case of a 56-year-old woman with a long history of headache and abuse of ergotamine and antiinflamatory drugs who was admitted for generalized

[Vaginal misoprostol in the prevention of postpartum hemorrhage].

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OBJECTIVE To show the advantages of the use of vaginal misoprostol, a prostaglandine E1 analogue, in the prevention of the post-partum haemorrhage. METHODS This was a prospective, observational, comparative study. The study included 400 patients with high risk of postpartum haemorrhage at our center

[Hemorrhagic diarrhea with competing etiologies].

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A case history of a 41-year-old woman with bloody diarrhoea is described. A right-sided hemicolectomy was performed and histological findings showed pseudomembranous colitis. The woman was infected with verotoxin-producing E. coli O103:H2. She had taken an overdose of ergotamine and was using a

Ergot from meadow grass in Norway--chemical composition and toxicological effects in sheep.

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A sample of ergot from meadow grass collected in the south-western part of Norway was examined for alkaloids and dosed orally to four lambs about 10 months old. Sclerotia were dosed at a rate of 0.12-0.75 g per kg body weight per day for 4-27 days. The concentration of total alkaloids in the

Some consequences of the ingestion by young and growing pigs of feed contaminated with ergot.

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Growing pigs were fed freshly milled ergot sclerotia (Claviceps purpurea Fr (Tul)) from North American wheat containing 0-31 per cent of total alkaloids of which 30 per cent was ergotoxine, 30 per cent ergosine, 20 per cent ergotamine and 20 per cent other ergot alkaloids. Pigs were induced to

[Distribution of headache by diagnosis as the reason for neurologic consultation].

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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to analyze the diagnostic distribution of patients consulting because of headache in a neurology department. METHODS The clinical records of 3,498 patients who had consulted specifically due to headache between 1978 to 1993 were retrospectively studied. Diagnosis

The risk of stroke in patients with migraine and implications for migraine management.

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Assessing the risk of stroke in persons with migraine is complicated by the intricate relationship between these two conditions. Both migraine and stroke are common and co-morbidity may, in some cases, be coincidental. Given the overlap of clinical symptoms in stroke and migraine, each condition may

ANNIVERSARY REVIEW: 50 years since the discovery of bromocriptine.

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Ergotism is the long-term ergot poisoning by ingestion of rye or other grains infected with the fungus Claviceps purpurea and more recently by excessive intake of ergot drugs. It has either neuropsychiatric or vascular manifestations. In the Middle Ages, the gangrenous poisoning was known as St.

[The choice of the uterine-contraction agent in managing the placental period of labor based on our data].

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Every obstetrician is acquainted with the existing risk during the placental stage. The danger of a greater blood loss is always present. The use of uterotonic medicines reduces the post-delivery bleeding. The authors have carried out observations over 422 delivery cases. In 153 of them ergotamine

Evaluation and emergency treatment of headache.

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Headache is a common complaint in patients presenting to the emergency department. Most such headaches are benign, but some have a more severe organic cause. Occasionally, patients present with a chronic headache disorder with which they can no longer cope. The new International Headache Society

[Eisenmenger's syndrome and pregnancy].

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Eisenmenger's syndrome is one of the congenital heart defects which deteriorates in the course of pregnancy. For this reason, it is tried to discourage the patient from becoming pregnant, or to strictly interrupt pregnancy up to the 10th gestation week, or -- if the former proves impossible -- to

Plasma oxytocin during third stage of labour: comparison of natural and active management.

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The incidences of postpartum haemorrhage and retained placenta have decreased with the use of synthetic oxytocin and controlled cord traction. Whether such treatment is valuable is open to question because of the lack of clinical and physiological studies. The physiological effects of synthetic

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