Effect of parental anthropometric parameters on neonatal birth weight and birth length.

Data on 550 healthy pregnant women, 550 healthy fathers and their healthy term neonates born from singleton pregnancies (37(+0) through 41(+6) week) during a one-year period were reviewed. Maternal mean age was 27.7 +/- 9.

Perinatal outcome of pregnancies in women aged 40 and over.

Perinatal outcome of pregnancies at forty and over was analyzed starting from the diagnosis of pregnancy to seven days following delivery. Retrospectively, pre-gestational health and reproduction status were dealt with, as well as the course of pregnancy, deliveries, and newborn children (study group). The control group was composed of pregnant women aged 20 to 29, who were identical to study group in terms of parity.

[Twin pregnancies in maternity wards in Cakovec, Sisak and Sibenik in 1998].

This study shows the frequency of twin births in maternity wards where a pilot study of the use of child health cards was undertaken during 1998 (Cakovec, Sisak, Sibenik), the months in the year when twin births are more common, their characteristics in terms of the mother's age and parity, gestational age and the sex of the twins. In the three maternity wards mentioned, 3.582 children were born in 1998, of which 38 births were of twins, which is an average of 1.

Effect of insulin and insulin-like growth factor I on fetal macrosomia in healthy women.

The aim of the study was to determine the values of insulin, insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and glucose in the umbilical cord blood of macrosomic (> or = 4000 g) and control (3,000-3,500 g) infants born to healthy mothers, and to assess their possible correlation with the newborns' birth weight and maternal anthropometric parameters. A series of 207 macrosomic term infants, and 200 control term infants, born to healthy mothers with normal oral glucose tolerance test throughout gestation, were studied. The glucose concentration did not differ between the macrosomic and control group while macrosomic infants had significantly higher values of insulin and IGF-I.

Influence of father's weight and height on weight of male and female newborns.

The study included 1,596 newborns and their parents living in Sibenik County, Croatia. All newborns are born between 37 and 42 weeks of gestation, with no congenital anomalies and from a single pregnancy. Fathers and mothers of male babies are older than those of girl babies (p < 0.

The effect of high birth weight (400 g or more) on the weight and height of adult men and women.

Three hundred and twenty eight examined adult men and 346 examined adult women were macrosomic at birth (4000 g or over). The control group consisted of 564 adult men and 749 adult women with birth weights of 2500 to 3999 g. Both male and female macrosomic babies achieve greater weights and heights in adulthood than those in the control group.

[Proportion of psoriasis in cases treated at the dermatology service at the Sibenik Medical Center over a 5-year period].

The paper reviews medical record data on psoriasis at the Sibenik Medical Center, Department of Skin Diseases, over a five-year period (1986-1990). Separate analysis was performed for hospital and outpatient departments. Various parameters were analysed, the most important being sex, age, type of disease and occupation.

When is fetal macrosomia (> or = 4500 g) an indication for caesarean section?

Caesarean and vaginal deliveries of macrosomic infants weighing > or = 4500 g were studied, and pregnant women analysed by indication for caesarean section, presentation, parity and age. Both maternal and neonatal injuries occurred. Puerperal morbidity was noted in women delivered either by caesarean section or vaginally.

Pregnancy and delivery in women aged 35 years and over.

At the Medical Centre Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics in Sibenik there were 26 116 deliveries over the 1970-1991 period, of which 1502 (5.75%) occurred in women aged 35 years and older. Among them 254 (0.

Fetal macrosomia--pregnancy and delivery.

The authors have studied pregnancy, delivery and early neonatal status of macrosomic infants (> or = 4000 g) delivered between January 1, 1984, and December 31, 1992. The control group comprised age--and parity--matched pregnant women and their newborns weighing 3000 to 3999 g. From 9980 singleton pregnancies, 2021 (20.

The grand multipara--an obstetric problem?

At the Medical Central Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Sibenik over 1970-1991 period there were 26,116 deliveries (multiple births excluded), of which 254 (0.97%) occurred in grand multiparas (five and more deliveries). The authors have found that the number of grand multiparas decreased by 38.

[Pregnancy, labor and the neonate in multiparas under 34 years of age].

The authors describe the pregnancy, labour and baby in 63 multiparae (five or more births), aged up to 34 years. The control group was composed of 6,480 pregnant patients (2-4 births), aged up to 34 years. The pregnancy in 17.

[Pregnancy and labor in women over 40 years of age].

During the 1970-1989 period, there were 23,915 deliveries of which 278 (1.16%) occurred in women 40 years of age or older. The latter included 62 (22.

[Perinatal outcome in older primiparas].

Pregnancy, delivery and the newborn infant of 212 old primiparas (aged greater than or equal to 35 years) and of 1968 age-matched old multiparas as controls were studied for the 1970-1989 period. The frequency of old primiparas and old multiparas was 0.9% and 4.

[Pregnancy, labor and the neonate in pluriparas and multiparas].

From 1971 to 1988, out of 22001 deliveries (multiple pregnancies excluded) 212 (0.96%) occurred in multiparas with five or more deliveries. The control group included 7340 pluriparas (two to four deliveries) from the same period.

[Prevention of hemolytic disease in newborn infants using anti-D immunoglobulin G].

The authors have analyzed the prevention of Rh-immunization from 1972 to 1983. Results are presented in two six-year periods, i.e.

[The course and outcome of pregnancy in adolescence in relation to chronologic and gynecologic age].

A total of 509 single pregnancies in teenagers up to 18 years old were examined. Younger teenagers proved to have low (1-2) gynecological years in 10.7% and older teenagers in 3.

[Scoring of risk factors in pregnancy, labor and in the early neonatal period].

The authors established a risk factor scale for pregnancy, delivery, and newborns: the risk factor score up to 9 meaning a low risk, from 10 to 19 a moderate risk, and from 20 onwards a high risk. They found a high pregnancy risk in 10.9% of cases, high delivery risk in 14.

[Pregnancy, labor and the neonate of the adolescent female].

The authors studied pregnancies in adolescents, younger than 18, from 1973 to 1983. The control group, randomly selected, consisted of 1000 child-bearing-women from 1976 (excluding adolescents and multiple pregnancies). The frequency of their labours was 3.

[Advantages of preventing Rh isoimmunization].

The authors analysed the frequency of Rh immunization from 1972 to 1983. The incidence of Rh-immunized women who after the birth of a Rh (D) positive child were not given anti-D immunoglobulin G and in subsequent pregnancies gave birth to a Rh (D) positive child was found to amount to 11.76%, while in women who were given anti-D immunoglobulin D this incidence was 0.

[Pregnancy and labor in women with heart diseases].

In a ten-year period the frequency of pregnant women with heart disorders amounted to 0.50%. In 83.

[Intrauterine growth of live-born twins in the area of Sibenik, Split and Zadar].

By a retrospective analysis the authors studied live-born twins by gestation weeks and birth weight and height: there were 1,195 first-born and 1,189 second-born twins, all from three neighbouring Dalmatian towns (Split, Sibenik and Zadar). A common curve was worked out of the intrauterine growth of both the first and the second twins and a separate curve of each of them. The curves have shown that the twins' birth weight was increassing up to the 40th week of pregnancy; in the 41st week the curve already went down.

[Causes of perinatal mortality in twins].

The author analyses perinatal mortality in 244 twin pregnancies. In 80% the twins' Apgare score at birth was 10 to 8 and neonatal mortality in this group 1.26%.