[Assessment of oxygen delivery (DO2) and oxygen consumption (VO2) in severe pre-eclamptic patients].

We compared the results of oxygen delivery and oxygen consumption measurements in 11 preeclamptic patients and report of the oxygen transport in severe preeclampsia. Measurements were performed between 28-36 weeks of gestation.

[Use of the pulmonary artery catheter (Swan-Ganz) in severe eclampsia].

The use of a balloon-tipped, flow-directed pulmonary artery catheter in critically ill and surgical patients was introduced in the mid-1970s. The purpose of this paper is to review experience with the pulmonary artery catheter in subsets of women with severe preeclampsia. Most reports have been observational in nature, elucidating hemodynamic profiles and effects on these profiles of therapeutic treatment.

[Hemodynamic measurements with the Swan-Ganz catheter (in the pulmonary artery) in severe preeclampsia patients].

We compared the results of Swan-Ganz measurements in 11 preeclamptic women and report of the hemodynamic profile in severe preeclampsia. Measurements were performed between 28-36 weeks of gestation.

[Influence of maternal position during delivery of fetal oxygen saturation].

The aim of the study is to investigate the alterations in fetal oxygen saturation during right lateral, supine and left lateral maternal position. Thirty six women at term are included--during the first stage of normally progressing labour. Simultaneous monitoring is carried out of fetal heart rate, uterine contractions, fetal oxygen saturation and maternal arterial blood pressure for a certain period of time in different maternal positions.

[Ultrasonic methods for determining the volume of amniotic fluid in a complicated pregnancy: improved methods for the prognosis of the perinatal outcome].

Semiquantitative measurement of amniotic fluid volume (AFV) was used to predict the pregnancy outcome. In 229 high risk pregnancies, the AFV was assessed by 4 ultrasonographic methods, including our suggested one--the modified amniotic fluid index (MAFI). Abnormal perinatal outcome was defined as operative delivery sue to fetal distress (OD/FD), meconium passage, low 5 min.