[The influence of vitamin C and E use on concentration of endothelin-1 and lipid peroxides in the serum of pregnant women with arterial hypertension].

Introduction: Hypertension occurs in 6 to 10 percent of pregnancies. It remains one of the most common disorders in pregnancy and the leading causes of maternal and fetal morbidity The changes in blood vessel endothelium have impact on the pathogenesis of hypertension and preeclampsia.

Aim: The aim of this study was to establish endothelin- 1 and lipids peroxides content in blood during hypertension and the influence of vitamin C and E supplementation on the concentration of both parameters.

[Expression of metalloproteinase MMP-9 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase TIMP-2 in placenta of pregnant women with intrauterine growth restriction].

Introduction: The development of pregnancy depends on many factors, among other the implantation and the development of the placenta and placental vascularity The correct course of these processes depends on the proper activity of the enzymes degradating elements of extracellular matrix and basal membrane - metalloproteinases.

Objectives: Assessment of the expression of MMP-9 and TIMP-2 in the placenta of women with intrauterine fetal growth restriction.

Material And Methods: Two study groups were distinguished - with untreated IUGR and with IUGR treated with the acetylsalicylic acid and L-arginine and the control group with correct fetal growth and course of pregnancy Marked microscope preparations from placental samples were made with specific antibodies for MMP-9 and TIMP-2.

[Intrauterine contraceptive device in an appendix--a case report].

The application of an intrauterine contraceptive device can perforate the uterus and migrate to adjacent organs such as the bladder or small bowel. The main symptoms are painful insertion of the intrauterine contraceptive device and missing IUD strings. The diagnosis of perforation and transuterine migration of the IUD is made on the basis of an ultrasound examination and an abdominal X-ray.

[Body mass changes during pregnancy and concentration of insulin and neuropeptide Y in women with regard to the BMI].

Introduction: Obesity poses a serious problem to human population as it increases the risk of diabetes, hypertension, metabolic syndrome. In pregnancy obesity increases the frequency of its complications.

Aim: The main aim of the study was to estimate the increase of body mass and insulin and neuropeptide Y concentrations in pregnant women.

[Obstetric hysterectomy in a patient with uterine myoma of uterus duplex--case report].

A case of a 43-year-old multipara in 36th week of pregnancy with a duplicate uterus and uterine myoma with 15 centimeters diameter has been presented in the article. The aim of the study was to present her obstetric history, course of pregnancy and delivery mode.

[Influence of parity on the body mass of neonates].

Objectives: The purpose of the study was to determine whether there exists a positive correlation between the mother's parity and the child's weight on delivery.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective study has been conducted on a selected group of 86 multiriparas with three deliveries. Only in term babies of healthy mothers were taken into consideration.

[The Lesniowski-Crohn disease and pregnancy--case report].

Leśniowski-Crohn disease is an inflammatory process, involving all layers of the intestine, mesentery and regional lymph nodes. During the development of the disease, a thickening of the intestine wall, stricture of its lumen and adhesions have been observed. The aim of the study was to present the case of a 27-year-old pregnant woman with Crohn's disease, a very rare complication of gestation.

[The analysis of the uterine cervix biocenosis in pregnant women].

Objectives: Infections of the vagina and the uterine cervix are some of the most frequently diagnosed and treated complications during pregnancy.

Aims: The aim of the study was to carry out biocenosis of the uterine cervix among pregnant women and the assessment of the resistance of the previously isolated types of bacteria to antibiotics.

Material And Methods: The study was done in a group of 244 pregnant women, aged from 17 to 43, hospitalized and treated for various reasons in the Department of Pathology of Pregnancy at Medical University in Lódź.