Clinical and pathological aspects of benign and malignant squamous epithelium of the corpus uteri; a report of two cases.

Two patients with primary squamous cell carcinoma of the uterus are described. In both patients, the disease was at an advanced stage when the diagnosis was made. Although endometrial malignancies with squamous elements account for 10-30% of endometrial carcinomas, primary squamous cell carcinoma of the uterus is extremely rare.

[Urethral pressure profile in sling operations for stress incontinence].

Abdominovaginal sling procedures are one of the operative methods for treating urinary stress incontinence in women. They are used especially in incontinence associated with severe pelvic floor weakness. By suspending the vesicourethral junction to the anterior abdominal wall by help of a dural or fascial sling, the bladder neck and proximal urethra are restored to their original anatomical position.

[Physical strain during tocolysis of premature labour (author's transl)].

A group of 29 patients who had premature labour contractions were chosen to take part in this study. All were cardiovascularly healthy. Their performance during a step climbing exercise was examined in relationship to a Fenoterol-tocolysis (30-60 mg/day) and to the amount of exercise.

Combined use of beta-sympathomimetic drugs and beta-blockers during labour.

None of the betamimetics have a exclusively tocolytic effect. By stimulating the cardiovascular beta-receptor, they also cause a substantial increase in the heart rate and a decrease in blood pressure. We administered 4--5 micrograms/min of Fenoterol to 13 patients during the first stage of labour.

[Pulmonary oedema as a complication of tocolytic therapy (author's transl)].

Tocolytic treatment with fenoterol and additional administration of betamethasone and acetyl salicylic acid to a 19-year-old girl caused irreversible and finally fatal pulmonary changes. The clinical course in this and that of other published cases indicates a causal relationship between the tocolytic treatment and the onset of pulmonary oedema. The pulmonary arterial pressures in this patient, the poor therapeutic response and the shock-lung picture without corresponding myocardial changes suggest a non-cardiogenic cause of pulmonary oedema.