[Retrospective analysis of one year of cesarean sections: indications and risk factors associated with intrapartum cesarean section].

Aim: Cesarean section (CS) is currently the most commonly performed surgical intervention worldwide. Indications include previous CS, podalic presentation and fetal macrosomia in antepartum CS, fetal distress, and prolonged first or second phase of labor in intrapartum CS. Despite the marked reduction in fetal mortality and morbidity in selected circumstances, maternal complication rates associated with CS are far higher than with vaginal delivery.

[Value of uterine artery Doppler in the second subsequent pregnancy].

Aim: Pre-eclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) are among the most common causes of fetal and maternal morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to examine the value of uterine artery Doppler in the second subsequent pregnancy in a low risk population for the prediction of pre-eclampsia and IUGR at any gestational age.

Methods: Patients were randomized into two different groups: group A (nine patients) with positive notching both at week 20 and 24 in both pregnancies; group B (five patients) with bilateral positive notching at week 20 and 24 only in the second pregnancy.

[Intrauterine growth restriction and pregnancy outcome].

Aim: This prospective study was performed to evaluate perinatal outcome and maternal risk factors in pregnancies complicated by fetal intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR).

Methods: A total of 3 537 women pregnant with a singleton gestation were enrolled in the study: 219 of these pregnancies were complicated by fetal growth restriction (6.2%).

Prepregnancy body mass index and adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between prepregnancy BMI, and adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes.

Method: In this retrospective cohort study 916 consecutive singleton gestations were included who gave birth between 1 January 2006 and 31 August 2006 at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Udine, Italy. Statistical analysis was performed using univaried logistic regression and measured by odds ratio.