The Influence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus on Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes: A Retrospective Study in Rzeszów, Poland.

BACKGROUND Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) affects 5.8-12.9% of pregnant women, while pre-gestational diabetes mellitus (PGDM) affects 0.

[Level of satisfaction in patients giving birth in Poland/Rzeszów and in the Federal Republic of Germany/Gross-Gerau].

Aim Of The Study: The main purpose of the study was to examine opinions on perinatal care expressed by women hospitalized after childbirth in Poland and Germany Different socio-demographic variables were also analyzed in order to evaluate the quality of perinatal care in two different countries.

Materials And Methods: The study group comprised of postpartum patients from two facilities: the Clinical Ward of Gynecology and Obstetrics of Frideric Chopin Province Specialist Hospital in Rzeszów, Poland, and the Obstetrics-Gynecology Hospital in Gross-Gerau, Germany The group of randomly selected women, who were initially invited to participate in the study included 259 Polish and 230 German females. In order to measure the level of satisfaction with perinatal care, the authors used "The Newcastle Satisfaction with Nursing Scale" (originally constructed at the Center for Health Services Research, "University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, and adopted in Poland by Poznań University of Medical Sciences) and their own questionnaire.

The incidence of Streptococcus Group B in 100 parturient women and the transmission of pathogens to the newborn.

Objectives: Perinatal infections are one of the fundamental causes of early puerperal complications in mothers and neonates. The aim of the study was to determine the incidence of Streptococcus group B (GBS) colonization in parturient women and the rate of pathogen transmission to the newborn.

Material And Methods: The study group consisted of 100 consecutive parturient women and their newborns.

[Introduction of the Birthcenter System (according to Belegsystem) in Germany--comments].

Recent years have undoubtedly been a time of dynamic changes for German midwives, which had had their source in numerous social, economic and political changes. The medical care cost growth, lack of profitability of medical centers and an increasing number of redundancies have been given lots of attention in various discussions. The above mentioned problems have started to concern the professional group of German midwives, thus giving birth to the introduction of innovatory system of obstetric care in German hospitals, known as Belegsystem.

[The constribution of Justyne Siegemundin, the midwife of the Brandenburg court, to the development of the obstetrics at XVII century].

From the beginning of the world assisting during childbirth was and is the women's domain. On the evolution this profession composed of many famous midwifes. Into this group unquestionably we can count Justine Siegemundin (1636-1705), midwife-self-taught person.