BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare the possible clinical parameters for prediction of successful labor induction in Chinese nulliparous women. MATERIAL/METHODS A retrospective, observational trial of labor induction was performed, using a single dose of 10 mg controlled-release dinoprostone for preinduction cervical ripening in 127 nulliparous women (gestational age 38-42 weeks, ...

Several reports suggest increasing age in oocyte donors decreases the chances of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) success, while others describe no effect. The published data concerning gravidity and parity are similarly conflicting. To further address these questions, we retrospectively studied 445 consecutive donor IVF cycles at two large university-based IVF practices. Donor cycles were analysed...

Cílem tohoto doporučení je minimalizovat riziko ohrožení potenciálně normálního těhotenství v prvním trimestru a nepřiměřené intervence v souvislosti s těhotenstvím ne známé lokalizace. V obou případech při nesprávném dia gnostickém postupu může dojít k poškození normální gravidity, ale na druhé straně při neadekvátním postupu také k ohrožení života ženy při nepoznané ektopické graviditě. Zde p...

Life history theory predicts trade-offs between reproductive effort and maternal survivorship in energy-restricted environments. However, empirical evidence for the positive association between maternal mortality and reproductive effort from energetically challenged human populations are mixed and physiological mechanisms that may underlie this association are poorly understood. We hypothesized...

OBJECTIVE To examine differences in body composition and smoking between mothers of spontaneous monozygotic and dizygotic twins, while taking into account maternal age, gravidity, and educational attainment. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING The Netherlands Twin Register. PATIENT(S) Mothers of twins (n = 19,357) registered with the Netherlands Twin Register. Data were selected fr...

AIMS To investigate markers of risk status that can be easily monitored in resource-limited settings for the identification of children in need of early developmental intervention. METHODS Eighty-five children in Kilifi, Kenya, aged between 2 and 10 months at recruitment, were involved in a 10-month follow-up. Data on developmental outcome were collected through parental report using a locall...

We report a case of overt hypothyroidism that was associated with a preeclampsia-like syndrome and fetal death in a 37-year-old woman (gravidity, 7; parity, 6). Rapid and robust correction of hypothyroidism is recommended in this situation.

Three thousand nine hundred and thirty-two consecutive newborns were examined at birth for the presence of congenital malformations. The overall incidence of malformations was 1.2%. Congenital malformations accounted for 9.2% of perinatal and 12.8% of neonatal deaths. The central nervous system (39.5%) was most commonly involved followed by musculoskeletal system (14.5%). Involvement of more th...

This paper describes the trend in the risk of spontaneous abortion in Italy from 1974 to 1995. There was a dramatic decline in the risk after the law that legalized induced abortion was passed in 1978, which implies that probably many induced abortions performed before 1978 were registered as spontaneous abortions. Data for 1991 have been extracted from the Italian national registers of births ...

This study was performed to estimate the prevalence of abortions and to evaluate its association with the socio-demographic factors in an urban slum. The data was collected based on recall obstetric history from186 females through systematic random sampling from 01.04.2001 to 30.06.2001. It was found that the abortion rate was 419.35 / 1000 women of reproductive age group. Abortion ratio was 10...