What's the difference between primigravid and primipara?
Primigravid
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) The hymen was not penetrated as a result of intromission and therefore the site of ejaculation would have been in the urogenital canal of the 4 primigravid elephants.
(2) To determine the effects of aerobic fitness on pregnancy and the newborn, 20 primigravid subjects were studied throughout gestation and immediately postpartum.
(3) Two-dimensional and M-mode echocardiograms were obtained during the thirty-second week of gestation from 69 women classified as follows: group I, 22 normotensive primigravid women; group II, 16 primigravid women with pregnancy-induced hypertension; group III, 21 percent women with essential hypertension; and group IV, 10 normotensive nonpregnant control subjects.
(4) The incidence of pre-eclampsia was compared between the three study groups and analysed separately for primigravid and multigravid women.
(5) Reactivity to RESA showed the lowest titres in primigravid women, intermediate titres in nulligravid women and the highest titres in multigravid women (loge mean antibody = 3.28, 4.64, and 5.28, respectively, P less than 0.03), but was not associated with initial parasite density or response to chloroquine treatment.
(6) The present study was designed to ascertain sequentially the pressor response to angiotensin II in young primigravid patients throughout pregnancy in order a) to define when in pregnancy resistance to the pressor effects of angiotensin II develops; b) to define the physiologic sequence of events leading to this resistance; and c) to ascertain whether sensitivity to infused angiotensin II could be detected before the onset of clinical signs of pregnancy-induced hypertension.
(7) Two groups of primigravid women were assessed, those with uncomplicated pregnancies and those who developed pregnancy-induced hypertension.
(8) After three to four hours of treatment, hypan achieved greater cervical dilation among primigravid women and only modestly increased side effects, as compared with 16 dimethyl PGE2 suppositories or laminaria tents.
(9) Information about preconceptional sexual habits and contraceptive measures was obtained from 83 selected primigravid patients.
(10) Fifty-six primigravid women at 28-32 weeks gestation were studied prospectively to assess the roll over test (ROT) as a predictor of gestational hypertension in African women.
(11) In primigravid animals, antibodies in sera were routinely detected only by the indirect hemagglutination assay and were of low titer; weak antibody activity was detectable only by indirect hemagglutination in 1 of the 8 placental eluates assayed from these animals.
(12) Energy expenditure was measured during pregnancy in seven primigravid women at 12-15, 25-28, and 34-36 weeks and after the cessation of lactation.
(13) Gravidity acted as an effect modifier, as the employment effect was seen only in multigravidous pregnancies (RR = 1.38, 95% CI = 1.11, 1.72) and not primigravidous pregnancies (RR = 0.96).
(14) The effects of smoking during pregnancy on maternal body composition and the fetoplacental unit were investigated serially in well-matched groups of 29 normal, healthy primigravid smokers and 31 nonsmokers.
(15) Fifty primigravid fathers and mothers responded to an investigator-developed tool that measured social network characteristics and perceived social support during the third trimester of pregnancy.
(16) These results in a predominantly black, low-income population indicate a greater risk for congenital CMV infection in offspring of young, single, primigravid mothers.
(17) The clinical course and favorable fetal outcome in a primigravid woman with pemphigus vulgaris are reported.
(18) Prevalence of intramammary infection was determined for 382 primigravid heifers within 3 d postpartum on 11 Vermont dairy farms.
(19) Four hundred and sixty five healthy primigravidous women were enrolled using a randomised design.
(20) A total of 60 primigravid women due to undergo early pregnancy termination (6.5 to 10 weeks) were randomly selected for the intracervical application of 0.5 mg dinoprostone in the form of intracervical gel (Prepidil gel, Upjohn).
Primipara
Definition:
(n.) A woman who bears a child for the first time.
Example Sentences:
(1) The second stage of delivery in primiparas was 1 hour and 20 minutes and in multiparas 40 minutes.
(2) There was a relatively high frequency of EPH-gestoses among both groups, due to the fact that all were primiparae.
(3) Preeclampsia and hypertension were more common among primiparas than multiparas (P0.001).
(4) In primiparae and multiparae there was a steady rise in umbilical artery lactate levels, with duration of second stage of labour, P less than 0.025 and P = 0.023, respectively.
(5) This paper describes a prospective study of 50 primiparae and 50 multiparae, whose duration of cervical dilatation in the active phase has been investigated.
(6) This study was conducted to determine if a nursing intervention designed to teach primiparas about their infants' behaviours and abilities would ease their transition to the maternal role.
(7) A group of 23 mothers, 17 multiparae and six primiparae aged from 17 to 39 years, were included in a 6-month longitudinal study.
(8) Anemia was common among primipara (16%), gravida 2-6 (16%, and gravida 7 (38%).
(9) Breastfeeding outcomes of 121 primiparas enrolled in a larger study were examined to determine the impact of cesarean delivery on time of first breastfeeding.
(10) In 193 primiparas with spontaneous vaginal delivery, postpartum perineal pain and insufficiency symptoms and their duration were evaluated by means of a questionnaire, 15-24 months post partum.
(11) It comprised of 125 subjects with 93 primiparae and 32 multiparae.
(12) We analysed 98 consecutive instrumental rotational deliveries of babies weighing > 2,500 grams in primiparae.
(13) Breast-feeding, supplementary feeding and weaning practices as well as nutrition during the second year of life were studied in 210 black primiparas, who had cared for their own children through the first year, in a poor, one-crop (maize) rural area in Bophuthatswana.
(14) These age groups are being compared to a collective of primiparae, by whom the delivery took place at an age between 17 and 34 years (Group II).
(15) The cesarean section rate was separately analysed for primiparas, and multiparas with and without previous cesarean section.
(16) Fifty primiparas and 88 multiparas were assessed for pain when the cervix was dilated 2-4 cm, 5-7 cm, and 8-10 cm.
(17) In a study of immunological factors in colostrum, we detected an 18-year old primipara with selective IgA deficiency and with a history of 3 previous hospitalizations for bronchopneumonia.
(18) Multiparas were older and had shorter ritodrine initiation-delivery intervals, but these were the only significant differences when compared to primiparas.
(19) In a series of 26,209 patiens, the incidence of pre-eclampsia was 9.3%, being significantly higher in primiparae (14.1%) than multiparae (5.7%) (P less than 0.001).
(20) With a mean frequency 1.75% of elderly primiparae, the operation took place in 60% of the cases in the year 1984 and in creased up to 80.95% during 1987.