[The impact of group therapeutic exercises on postural stability and the risk of falls of postmenopausal women].

Introduction: In the elderly, balance control in dynamic situations is often disrupted due to postural instability, leading to an increased risk of falls. Regressive changes are observed fastest in the free movements. As a result of the aging of the central nervous system is reduced precision, the pace of the independent precise movement and proprioception in the joints.

[Is grand multiparity an obstetrical risk factor?].

Objectives: The aim of the study was to analyze the course of labor of grand multiparas (4 deliveries and more) in comparison to multiparas (2 or 3 deliveries).

Materials And Methods: A group of 400 grand multiparas were included in the study and compared with a group of 393 multiparas. All the deliveries took place in the City Hospital in Puck in the years 1998-2002.

[Death of a 57-year old male with previously undiagnosed displacement of the abdominal organs to the chest].

The report describes a death of a 57-year old male who died due to exacerbated cardiac and pulmonary insufficiency caused by the displacement of the abdominal organs to the chest through a previously undiagnosed diaphragmatic hernia.

[Retrospective assessment of epidural analgesia during labor according to parturients].

Aim: The aim of the study was to find out parturients' evaluation of epidural analgesia (EA) during labor and factors influencing their opinion.

Materials And Methods: 100 women, aged 26-42, who gave birth at I Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Warsaw, filled in a specially prepared inquiry. Primiparas contributed to 87% of the study group.