Impact of cesarean section in a private health service in Brazil: indications and neonatal morbidity and mortality rates.

Objective: To evaluate the incidence of, indications of, and maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality rates in cesarean sections in a private health service in Brazil.

Design: Retrospective and observational study.

Setting: Private health service in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil.

Effectiveness of expectant management versus methotrexate in tubal ectopic pregnancy: a double-blind randomized trial.

Purpose: To compare the effectiveness of expectant management versus methotrexate in selected cases of tubal ectopic pregnancy.

Methods: A double-blind randomized trial included 23 selected patients with a confirmed diagnosis of tubal pregnancy who met the inclusion criteria (hemodynamic stability, initial serum β-hCG concentration <2,000 mIU/mL, declining titers of β-hCG 48 h prior to treatment, visible tubal pregnancy on transvaginal ultrasound, a tubal mass <5.0 cm and fertility desire).

Histomorphometry and detection of glycosaminoglycans in the endocervical epithelium of pregnant rats after local administration of hyaluronidase.

Objective: The aim of the study was to detect the presence of glycosaminoglycans and to investigate histomorphometric aspects of the endocervical epithelium in pregnant rats after local administration of hyaluronidase.

Materials And Methods: Ten pregnant rats were randomly distributed into two groups. On day 18 of pregnancy 1 mL of distilled water and 0.

Assessment of fetal lung maturity by ultrasound: objective study using gray-scale histogram.

Objective: To evaluate lung maturity using ultrasound (US), comparing the subjective and gray-scale histogram (GSH) techniques.

Methods: A total of 77 single pregnancies were evaluated and divided into the following two groups: 11 women of gestational age 28 to 35 + 6 weeks and 66 women ≥ 36 weeks. The women underwent to emergency or planned cesarean section, according to fetal-maternal indications.