(n. pl.) The discharge from the womb and vagina which follows childbirth.
Example Sentences:
(1) Symptomatology perceived incorrectly as abnormal: a) In pregnancy: Frequent urination: 17 per cent, morning nausea in the 1st trimester: 9 per cent, emotional instability: 21 per cent, Braxton Hicks contractions: 41 per cent, and b) Postpartum period: Decreased quantity in lochia rubra: 9 per cent, non-fetid lochia alba: 43 per cent, calostrum: 20 per cent.
(2) The symptom most frequent were fever (100), foul-smelling lochia (61.1%) and uterine tenderness (60%).
(3) Cytologic analysis of lochia in 118 puerperae helped distinguish 5 types of cytograms.
(4) b) In puerperium: Increased quantity in lochia rubra: 17 per cent, fever: 22 per cent, fetid lochia: 28 per cent, and c) In breastfeeding: Breasts red and warm: 48 per cent, fever: 30 per cent, nipple fissures: 70 per cent.
(5) Results of the serological examinations of blood, collected simultaneously with the lochia samples, correlated fairly well with those obtained microscopically.
(6) Of the lochia samples collected from 210 cows and heifers within 12-24 h after parturition or abortion, 10.9% were bacteriologically positive.
(7) Cases were significantly more likely to have foul lochia (51.1% vs. 20%; p = .005) and abdominal pain (77.1% vs. 46.7%; p = .02).
(8) The median total duration of lochia was 33 days, lochia rubra 4 days and lochia serosa 22 days.
(9) Passage of lochia in the urine, instead of through the cervix has not been described in the literature.
(10) Characteristics that identify normal lochia are reviewed, as are important nursing assessment parameters.
(11) BHV4 was isolated from the lochia from 55% of the animals on farm A and 66% of those on farm B.
(12) Each woman completed a diary sheet describing the colour and duration of her lochia for up to 60 days post partum.
(13) The clinical picture was preceded by skin rash which became a pyoderma, and ended up as desquamation; there were several alterations: hepatic, renal, hematological (disseminated intravascular coagulation) and digestive (gastroenteritis); and Staphylococcus aureus (coagulase positive) was isolated from the skin, lochia, coproculture; and they were negative to this microorganism the ones from blood, urine and pharynx.
(14) The strains from the lochiae and placenta as well as those from the organs of sheep were detected already as primocultures on commonly used blood agar, the other strains after varying periods of cold enrichment and subsequent inoculation on a solid selective medium with nalidixic acid and acriflavin.
(15) The phases of lochia were divided according to the classical description; lochia rubra, serosa and alba.
(16) From October 1977 to May 15, 1989 in Slovakia 39 strongly haemolytic strains of L. ivanovii were isolated from a woman after delivery of a stillborn foetus--from the lochiae, placenta and rectal smear, from five symptom-free subjects from the faeces, from the rectal smears of two sheep, from the intestinal contents in the portion of the terminal ileus from 28 free living small terrestrial mammals, one strain from meat--beef steak, from the lungs, liver and kidneys of a dead young sheep and one strain from silage.
(17) 213 lochia samples and 196 urine samples from pregnant women have been examined.
(18) The duration of lochia was shorter in parous women and women with smaller babies.
(19) A history of foul lochia (p less than 0.01) and abdominal pain (p = 0.02) were associated with postpartum endometritis.
(20) The effect of the sulfonamide in the drug "Solupront" is impaired after application in the uterus in order of the quick absorption, of distribution and excretion and also in order of dilution by lochia and by interaction with p-aminobenzoic acid.
Vaginal
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to a vagina; resembling a vagina, or sheath; thecal; as, a vaginal synovial membrane; the vaginal process of the temporal bone.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the vagina of the genital canal; as, the vaginal artery.
Example Sentences:
(1) All the women had vaginal ultrasound velocimetry studies in both mainstem uterine arteries through the parametrium before the surgical procedure and again after the procedure.
(2) Neonatal treatment with a low dose of the estrogen diethylstilbestrol (DES) had no significant effect on adult estrogen binding within the assayed vaginal compartments; however, this treatment caused a 2-fold increase in the level of cytosolic progestin binding in the vaginal FMW over that in vehicle-treated mice.
(3) The affected bowel was replaced through the laceration, and the vaginal defects were sutured with the mares standing, utilizing epidural anesthesia.
(4) In short term clinical studies, the beneficial effects of transdermal estradiol on plasma gonadotrophins, maturation of the vaginal epithelium, metabolic parameters of bone resorption and menopausal symptoms (hot flushes, sleep disturbance, genitourinary discomfort and mood alteration) appear to be comparable to those of oral and subcutaneous estrogens, while the undesirable effects of oral estrogens on hepatic metabolism are avoided.
(5) Hosts showed vaginal opening within 5 days and cornified vaginal smears by 9 days.
(6) A vaginal repair was not detectable radiologically and it did not correct a posterior descent.
(7) The cAMP-dependent protein kinase (ATP:protein phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.37), has been studied in the vaginal epithelium, vaginal stroma, endometrium, and whole uterus of spayed mice treated with oestradiol-17 beta, and in the vaginal epithelium and uterus of spayed mice.
(8) Five normal infants were delivered by cesarean section, and one stillborn infant was delivered vaginally.
(9) Development of deep vaginal mycosis had to be observed, which can be treated only systemically.
(10) The Group I, vaginal approach, with 35 patients and Group II, retropubic surgery, with 63 patients.
(11) Focus in this discussion is on the following: 1) female sterilization -- laparotomy, minilaparotomy, and colpotomy; endoscopic sterilization techniques; transcervical approaches to female sterilization; systemic nonsurgical female sterilization; and reversible techniques of female sterilization; 2) abortion -- pregnancy testing, long-term effects; and 3) systemic contraceptives -- steroidal contraception; locally active methods; vaginal foams, creams, and jellies; the diaphragm and other intravaginal barriers; IUDs; and periodic abstine nce.
(12) Hamsters with TNx retained their ability to detect odors, but demonstrated reduced attraction to vaginal odors as compared with unoperated animals.
(13) In the first experiment, vaginal slices alone, unglycerolized semen, and vaginal slices plus semen, all in a phosphate-buffered saline were studied.
(14) At a depth of 0.5-1.5 cm from the lateral vaginal fornix there were three different arteries in each woman.
(15) The substance benzalconium chloride (BZC) was contained in vaginal sponges (n = 46), pessaries (n = 4) and cream (n = 6) at a dose rate of 1.18%.
(16) The results of an experimental and clinical study on the benzydamine binding and distribution in vaginal mucosa are presented, employing benzydamine solution for gynaecological use.
(17) The most common complaint accompanying the rupture was abdominal pain; secondary complaints were signs of blood loss, such as vaginal bleeding, decreased hematocrit level, and decreased blood pressure.
(18) Verbal feedback training consisted of instructing the patient to squeeze the vaginal muscles around the examiner's fingers and providing her with verbal performance feedback.
(19) The mononuclear cell component of the giant cell tumor was cytologically malignant and the giant cell tumor was present in a biopsy of vaginal recurrence.
(20) Mares may suffer from a variety of genital injuries including vulval separations, vaginal lacerations and, less commonly, vaginal rupture.