[The obstetrics and gynaecology departments in the French public hospitals: an updated overview].

Restructuring the surgery and gynecology-obstetrics departments taking place now raise many interrogations. It appears as a mandatory necessity to some people and as a tribute to financial strategies to others to the detriment of quality and accessibility of care. Its effect is to clarify a good amount of socioeconomical and medical indicators.

Increasing incidence of abnormal glucose tolerance in women with prior abnormal glucose tolerance during pregnancy: DIAGEST 2 study.

Aims: Mild blood glucose abnormalities during pregnancy may be linked to later glucose tolerance abnormalities or diabetes mellitus. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) or impaired fasting glucose (IFG) 6.75 years after delivery in women with differential blood glucose status during pregnancy.

Is mild gestational hyperglycaemia associated with maternal and neonatal complications? The Diagest Study.

Aims: To evaluate the maternal and neonatal complications rates of mild gestational hyperglycaemia (MGH) compared to a control group in France.

Methods: A systematic screening by a 50-g glucose challenge test was offered to all women between 24 and 28 weeks of gestation in 15 maternity units. If the 50-g glucose challenge test was > or = 7.

[Problems caused by the therapeutic interruption of pregnancy. Apropos of 120 cases observed from 1976 to 1983].

The authors present statistical data on 120 medical abortions performed at "Pavillon Victor Olivier" between April, 1976 and June, 1983. A precise study was performed on the maternal and fetal indications, the different techniques employed according to gestational age, and their follow-up since 1976. The principal purpose of this article is to arouse reflexion on the consequences of the law of 1975, as well as the appropriateness of the maternal and especially of the fetal indications.