Are women requiring unplanned intrapartum epidural analgesia different in a low-risk population?

We studied 645 full-term low-risk women in early labour in 6 units to evaluate the effects of maternal characteristics and obstetric management in early labour on the use of epidural analgesia, and to analyse the relationship between epidural analgesia, progress of labour and mode of delivery using multiple logistic regression. Among variables present in early labour, nulliparity, ethnicity and obstetric unit were the strongest predictors of epidural analgesia requirement. In nulliparous women, obstetric unit affected use of epidural analgesia (P<0.

Programming ovulation in the menstrual cycle by a simple innovative approach: back to the future of assisted reproduction.

Objective: To synchronize the intercycle FSH elevation with exogenous E2 for programming ovulation in the menstrual cycle.

Design: Open single-arm study.

Setting: Teaching hospital.

[Value of Doppler of the uterine arteries and the association of uterine and umbilical velocimetry in pregnancies at risk].

This study was designed to evaluate the role of Doppler velocimetry of uterine artery and of the association of uterine and umbilical artery. We use the index of Stuart S/D to characterize the uterine waveform. A value greater than or equal to 3 and/or the persistence of a notch is considered abnormal.

[Value of Doppler velocimetry of the umbilical artery, aorta, cerebral artery, and uterine artery in pathological pregnancies].

This prospective study try to evaluate the predictive value of Doppler umbilical artery in the diagnosis of intra-uterine retardation (IUGR) and fetal distress requiring operative delivery. We use the blood flow class (BFC) to characterize the blood velocity waveform. Like others, we found a strong negative correlation between the blood flow class and fetal weight at delivery.