Lamellar body count as a diagnostic test in predicting neonatal respiratory distress syndrome.

Aim: To determine the lamellar body count (LBC) cutoff value for fetal lung maturity and to evaluate the clinical usefulness of LBC in predicting the severity of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS).

Methods: A prospective study was conducted from 2002 until 2010. LBC was estimated in uncentrifugated amniotic fluid samples using Cell-Dyn 1800 analyzer.

The influence of pre-eclampsia on fetal lung maturity.

Objective: To use amniotic fluid (AF) lamellar body count (LBC) to assess the influence of pre-eclampsia and associated pathologic conditions on fetal lung maturity (FLM).

Methods: A prospective study was conducted to analyze 378 AF samples containing 5 mL of AF from 306 singleton pregnancies at 26-39 weeks. Stratified by gestational age groups, pregnancies were categorized as follows: pre-eclampsia (n=25); intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) (n=74); pre-eclampsia and IUGR (n=63); and control (n=144).

Fetal ultrasound biometry for pregnant population in the County of Primorje-Gorski Kotar (Croatia).

Objective: To create curves of three most commonly used biometric parameters for singleton pregnancies from 22 to 41 weeks of gestation in the County of Primorje-Gorski Kotar (Croatia) and to compare results with other studies.

Methods: From January 2002 to December 2009, ultrasound examination was performed on fetuses of 1248 pregnant women with uncomplicated pregnancy. Values for biparietal diameter, femur length, and fetal abdominal circumference were measured.

[Regionalization of neonatal intensive care. Results and experience at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics of Rijeka University Hospital].

Objective: To analyse mortality of extremely low (ELBW) and very low (VLBW) birth weight nawborns at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics of Rijeka University Hospital, before, during and after implementing a model of regionalization of perinatal care. In Croatia this model is still not established so the results can help us evaluate whether the suggested model is practicable and whether its appliance decrease newborns' mortality.

Patients And Methods: We compared early neonatal mortality (RNM), neonatal mortality (NM) and intrahospital mortality (MOB) of ELBW and VLBW newborns at the pediods before (1997-2000), during (2000-2001) and after (2003-2006) the implemented changes.