[Effects of intrauterine hypotrophy and perinatal hypoxia on cochlear function evaluated by click evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE)].

The authors evaluated mutual relationships between transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE) and various parameters defining perinatal period focusing mostly on hypotrophic newborns. TEOAE was collected using 2.5-12.

The hearing system in newborns from the Upper Silesia. Assessment of TEOAE depending on selected parameters of delivery disorders.

Transient evoked otoacoustic emission (TEOAE) is an accepted test for screening of the cochlea function in newborns. In this study 300 newborns was tested using TEOAE, as well as analysing such parameters as birth weight, Apgar scale, bilirubinaemia. The study indicated the tendency of TEOAE to decrease in newborns with low birth weight and low Apgar scores.

[Iodine supplementation during pregnancy and its influence on the newborn].

The aim of this study was comparison of urinary iodine excretion among parturients and their newborns with iodine supplementation (study group) and parturiens and their newborns without this supplementation (control group). Concentration of iodine jons in urine < 10 micrograms/100 ml was 7.7% in study group and 35.

[Anorexia as a symptom of cerebral aneurysm in a 14-year-old boy].

The authors present a very rare case of a child with anterior communicating artery aneurysm and symptoms of anorexia nervosa. Because of coexistence of subarachnoid haemorrhage and head trauma false diagnosis of temporal and frontal lobe contusion was initially established. Headaches, anorexia and cachexia occurred with aneurysm enlargement.

[Urinary tract infections in pregnancy: perinatal problem].

The authors presented the frequency of urinary tract infection (u.t.i) in pregnancy in own practice.

[Preliminary assessment of transient evoked acoustic emissions (TEOAE) in newborns depending on selected parameters of delivery complications with particular analysis of newborns with hypotrophy].

Objectives: Transient evoked otoacoustic emission (TEOAE) is accepted as a good and universal test for screening of the cochlea function in newborns. This method is particularly useful in the newborn group with risk-factors of hearing losses. Early identification of the cochlear pathology gives possibility of supplying with hearing aid instrument and rehabilitation.

[The occurrence of malformations in newborns from highly polluted environment: own materials from years 1993-1998].

Objectives: Epidemiological rates and the structure of malformations in live born infants from the II Chair and Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Zabrze in the year 1993-1998 are shown in this paper.

Material And Methods: 5898 newborns with weight over 500 g were examined. 341 histories of development of newborns with malformations were analysed.

[Computer analysis of a cardiotocogram and parameters of acid-base balance in capillary blood of the infant].

Our objective in this study was to compare the parameters of the acid-base balance in the capillary blood 60 minutes after delivery with the antenatal cardiotocographic computer analysis. Our study included 64 infants delivered vaginally on term. The basic criterion to classify into the examined group and control group was a pH result of the capillary blood equal to 7.

[Antioxidant enzyme activities in fetal and neonatal lung: lowered activities of these enzymes in children with RDS].

Lung tissue was obtained within 24 h of death from 49 fetuses and neonates (31 weeks gestation to 3 months post term). 24 neonates died from RDS, other neonates died from inherited heart abnormalities. All three antioxidant enzymes: superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activities increased with gestational age.

[Association between magnesium, calcium, phosphorous, copper and zinc in plasma and erythrocytes of umbilical cord blood and biometric parameters of newborns].

The correlation between magnesium, calcium, phosphorous, copper, and zinc in umbilical cord plasma and erythrocytes and gestational age, birth height, weight and head circumference were calculated in 52 newborn infants (27 girls, and 25 boys). No infant had a congenital malformation, all pregnancies were uncomplicated, mothers were healthy and had no history of serious diseases. There were no significant sex-related differences at birth among the variables studied.

Evaluation of amniotic fluid elastolytic activity: can it be a method of fetal lung maturity assessment? A comparison with Gluck's L/S test.

Amniotic fluid elastolytic activity was assessed in a group of 120 women who delivered preterm infants and in 35 women who delivered at term. Amniotic fluid elastolytic activity decreases as pregnancy progresses. The lecithin-to-sphingomyelin (L/S) ratio in women's amniotic fluid was determined by the method developed by Gluck and associates [6] and elastolytic activity by that developed by Mehdi and associates.

Concentration of malondialdehyde (MDA) in amniotic fluid and maternal and cord serum in cases of intrauterine growth retardation.

The aim of our investigation was an attempt to determine malondialdehyde concentration (MDA) in amniotic fluid as a biochemical test in prenatal diagnosis. The investigations were carried out in 56 pregnant women and their newborns in whom IUGR was diagnosed clinically. The control group consisted of 35 pregnants who had as uneventful pregnancy and normal labour.

[Acute traumatic epidural hematoma in a 5-month-old infant].

The authors describe a case of acute traumatic epidural haematoma in an infant aged 5 months after slight head injury Acute anaemia coexisted. In view of the rarity of this complication after craniocerebral trauma in this age group and clinical distinctness of epidural haematomas in children this possibility should be considered in the differential diagnosis of sequelae of head trauma in infants.