Enfermedad periodontal como factor de riesgo adicional asociado con nacimiento pretérmino en México: un estudio de casos y controles.

Introduction: Substances related to microorganisms involved in periodontal disease can reach the maternal-fetal interface via the hematogenous route and stimulate uterine contractility.

Objective: To determine the association between periodontal disease and preterm birth.

Method: Case-control study in 343 preterm and 686 full-term pregnant women.

THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PRE-PREGNANCY OBESITY AND WEIGHT GAIN IN PREGNANCY, WITH GROWTH DEVIATIONS IN NEWBORNS.

Introduction: obesity in pregnancy has been associated with increased morbidity for the mother and fetus.

Objective: to quantify the association between obesity in pregnancy with growth deviations of their newborn infants.

Methods: a study of non-matched cases and controls was performed based on the Nuevo Civil Hospital of Guadalajara "Dr.

[Reference tables of fetal biometry for people in the West of Mexico].

Background: Fetal growth has geographical and ethnic variations. Fetuses from different parts of the world show also different growth patterns. Using individualized fetal biometry charts increase the detection of fetuses at risk, probably due to a better identification of intrauterine growth restriction; moreover they correlate better with anthropometric parameters than conventional curves.

[Adolescent pregnancy and its maternal and perinatal implications].

Background: Teenage pregnancy alters family dynamics because it is usually an unplanned pregnancy that significantly affects both the personal life of the teenager and in his social environment. It has been associated with increased risk and poor maternal and perinatal outcomes.

Objective: This study was planned in order to determine which are perinatal and maternal complications of pregnancy in adolescents.

[Maternal risk factors associated to stillbirth in a public hospital at West of Mexico].

Introduction: Mortality rates in preterm births and stillbirth are high.

Objective: To identify maternal risk factors relating to stillbirth in preterm infants.

Material And Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional, analytic study of 1,022 newborns between 20 and 36 weeks of gestation, from September 2004 to August 2005.

[Anti-Ro/SSA antibodies in congenital heart block].

Describe a case of a female patient having anti-Ro/SSA antibodies without any other risk factor or collagen disease. In her first pregnancy a congenital heart block and hydrops in the fetus were diagnosed, and these caused stillbirth. In a second pregnancy an in utero treatment resulted in the succesful delivery of a normal child.

[Preterm delivery and asymptomatic bacteriuria].

Background: The relation between asymptomatic bacteriuria and spontaneous preterm birth is a controversial topic.

Objective: To determine the association between asymptomatic bacteriuria and spontaneous preterm birth.

Material And Method: Case-control study in 92 preterm pregnancies and 92 term pregnancies at the Hospital Civil de Guadalajara Dr.

[Prenatal risk factors in late fetal death].

Objective: To identify the sociodemographics, obstetrical and perinatology factors of risk most frequently associated to fetal death in greater pregnancies of 27 weeks.

Patients And Methods: From January 2001 to May 2005, in the Hospital Civil de Guadalajara Dr Juan I. Menchaca, we carried out a study of cases and controls with 450 cases of fetal death of more than 27 weeks of gestation and 450 newborn alive whose birth happened immediately later.

[Associated factors to abnormal glucosylated hemoglobin in the postpartum period].

Objective: To demonstrate the association between risk factors and abnormal glucosylated hemoglobin detected in women during the postpartum period.

Patients And Methods: A case and control study was carried out at the Hospital Civil de Guadalajara Dr. Juan I.