Biomedical subjects

L Townsend

Publications and source records attributed to L Townsend.

At least 37 records · Page 2Linked to original sources

PubMed1976

The induction of ovulation.

A treatment plan utilizing placebo, cyclical steroid therapy, clomiphene citrate, and human pituitary gonadotropin is outlined for the induction of ovulation in carefully selected potentially fertile women. Such a plan minimizes any risk with the potentially hazardous ovulatory stimulants. A total of 220 patients with secondary amenorrhea were studied and an etiologic basis for the condition was found in 98 (45 per cent). Of the 220, 190 were found suitable for the induction of ovulation, and together with 145 patients with oligomenorrhea and 17 patients with anovulation, entered the treatment plan. Ovulation was successfully induced in 351 of the 352 (99.5 per cent) and pregnancy in 218 (61.9 per cent). The success rates for the agents in the various conditions are presented and discussed.

Amenorrhea↗

PubMed1975

Maternal deaths in Australia compared with England and Wales from 1967 to 1969.

A comparison of the main causes of maternal death in Australia and in England and Wales over the same three-year period from 1967 to 1969 was undertaken, based on the trienneal reports from the two countires. In this triennium the maternal mortality rates (maternal deaths due to pregnancy and childbirth and not including associated maternal deaths) of the two countries were very similar, that of Australia being 0.23 per 1,000 and that of England and Wales being 0.21 per 1,000. These figures include death due to abortion, and both show an improvement from the previous triennium. Comparison of the figures still reveals higher death rates from haemorrhage, pulmonary embolism and preeclampsia in Australia than in England and Wales, but this is largely balanced by the higher death rate from abortion in England and Wales. In 1972 Neil and Townsend compared the first report on maternal deaths in the Commonwealth of Australia with the fifth report on maternal deaths in England and Wales, covering the triennium 1964 to 1966. The purpose of this article is to compare the reports on the triennium 1967 to 1969 (Beischer et alii, 1972); Report on Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths in England and Wales, 1967-1969) and to comment on the improvements which have occurred in this triennium.

Abortion, Illegal↗

PubMed1974