AIDS was first reported in the United States in 1981 and has since become a major worldwide epidemic. AIDS is the most advanced stage of infection caused by HIV. The names HIV and AIDS can be confusing because both terms describe the same disease. But most people who are HIV positive do not have AIDS.
The hospital usually class 'active' labour when you are 3 cms dilated, so if you were 4 cms then you will most likely be admitted onto the ward. I was around 5, had the kid 9 hours later! When I went in the hospital they put me straight to a bed! My water never broke either, they had to break it.
A patient with SBO will have dilated small bowel proximal to the obstruction and relatively decompressed small bowel distal to the obstruction. We use 3cm as the maximum diameter for normal small bowel. However, common sense must prevail. If the proximal bowel is 2.8 cm and the distal bowel is completely collapsed there is an obstruction. The dilated bowel can be completely fluid filled, or have multiple air fluid levels.