[Activity of agglutinin inhibitor of the kujavian pea (Pisum sativum L.) in mothers' blood and umbilical cord blood considering the course of pregnancy and delivery].

The aim of the paper was to evaluate the activity of inhibitor of the phytoagglutinin Pisum sativum (IfPs) in sera of mothers' and umbilical blood of their newborns in confrontation with the course of pregnancy and delivery. The investigations involved 152 tests of sera collected from women delivering at Department of Obstetrics and Perinatology in the Institute of Gynecology and Obstetrics PMU in Szczecin in the years 1992-1993, as well as 156 samples of sera stemming from their newborn infants and were taken from the umbilical cord vessels. The method of investigations being used in the paper was the reaction of inhibiting the phytohemagglutination, wherein the inhibiting action of sera in bearing women and of sera in umbilical blood exerted on agglutinating one was assessed in relation to human erythrocytes of the group 0 with Pisum sativum lectin properties.

[A case report of rubella embryopathy in pregnancy complicated by placental insufficiency].

This is a case report of sever rubella empryopathy confirmed by IgM and IgG titers estimation in newborn blood. This pregnancy was complicated by prolonged placenta insufficiency (oligohyramnions and IUGR). The cesarian section was done in 35 weeks of pregnancy.

[Labor in women with heart and great vessel diseases].

The way of termination of pregnancy was retrospectively analysed in 95 pregnant women with heart and/or great vessels diseases, hospitalised in years 1989-1991 and 1995-1996 in the Department of Obstetrics and Perinatology of Pomeranian Medical Academy. The condition of cardiovascular system was assessed according to NYHA classification on admission and just before delivery with participation of an experienced cardiologist. Kind of heart disease, mode and period of delivery, perinatal cardiovascular symptoms, duration of delivery and duration of hospitalisation, weight and clinical condition of the newborns were taken under consideration.