[Current trends in perinatal mortality statistics at the New Jersey Obstetric Center].

The study presents an overview of the changes in perinatal mortality rates at the Statewide Perinatal Center of New Jersey during the past decades. According to the data, the increase in the rate of cesarean sections from 4.5 percent to 17 percent, and the comparable reduction of the rates of manipulative intrapartum and extraction procedures, contributed significantly to the decrease of the perinatal mortality rates from 51/1000 to 17/1000 between 1971 and 1983.

Ventriculitis, aqueductal stenosis and hydrocephalus in neonatal meningitis: diagnose and treatment.

Five newborns are presented who had meningitis and developed aqueductal stenosis. The diagnosis of obstruction was made by ventriculography during the course of meningitis. A variety of therapeutic measures (use of intraventricular antibiotics, use of reliably diffusible antibiotics, drainage of ventricles) led to varying results.