[Immunologic parameters in women with threatened premature labor].

The authors examined some immunological indicators in a group of female patients with imminent premature delivery and compared them, using statistical methods, with findings in a control group. The objective was to find a possible predictive value of the investigated parameters for the diagnosis of subclinical intraamnial infection as the possible cause of so-called idiopathic premature delivery. In the immunoglobulin classes they did not find significant differences between the two groups.

[Evaluation of fetal status in risk pregnancy using the biophysical profile].

Experiences with using the biophysical profile according to Manning et al. in diagnosing the danger to the fetus in at risk pregnancy are presented. Examinations were carried out in 143 pregnant women.

[Endogenous digoxin-like substance (nonspecific interference or a new hormone?)].

The authors assessed changes of the serum level and urinary excretion of an endogenous digoxin-like substance in healthy neonates and parturient women who did not have digitalis therapy. Higher concentrations of the endogenous digoxin-like substance (ESPD) found in the umbilical blood, as compared with parallel samples of venous blood of the mothers (n = 13; p less than 0.01), provide indirect evidence of the secretory autonomy of the neonatal organism.