Preeclampsia and Cardiovascular Risk for Offspring.

There is growing evidence of long-term cardiovascular sequelae in children after in utero exposure to preeclampsia. Maternal hypertension and/or placental ischaemia during pregnancy increase the risk of hypertension, stroke, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the offspring later in life. The mechanisms associated with CVD seem to be a combination of genetic, molecular, and environmental factors which can be defined as fetal and postnatal programming.

[Evaluation of frequency human papillomavirus infections during pregnancy].

Objectives: The frequency of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection was estimated among pregnant women.

Materials And Methods: Cervical smears were obtained from 50 patients treated in the Chair and Department of Obstetrics and Perinatology, University Medical School of Lublin. They were investigated for the presence of HPV DNA.