Objective: To examine the effect of twin-to-twin delivery time (TTDT) on neonatal outcome.
Methods: We evaluated twin deliveries >34 weeks of gestation. Twin pregnancies with both twins delivered by cesarean section and pregnancies with antenatal complications were excluded.
Gynakol Geburtshilfliche Rundsch
October 2010
The basis of the preventive medical management during pregnancy in Austria is the mother-child pass which documents all examinations serving to monitor the normal course of pregnancy. Progress during the last few years has shown that regular medical preventive check-ups during pregnancy demonstrably lead to a reduction of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. The aim of these preventive pregnancy check-ups is--in addition to the registration of high-risk pregnancies which need an intensified supervision--the earliest identification possible of pregnancy-induced diseases in order to be able to monitor and treat them adequately.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Breast metastasis of ovarian cancer is rare. A patient with a breast tumor which turned out to be a metastasis as the first clinical manifestation of a primary ovarian cancer diagnosed 56 months later is described.
Case Report: A 72-year-old patient presented with a palpable mass in the right breast.
Aim: To find out the reasons for mothers to either use or not use a pacifier and to find out the mother's reasons for changing their mind.
Method: We analysed the data of 174 mother-infant pairs by means of a semistructured questionnaire performed shortly after birth, and at the age of 7 weeks and 5 months, respectively.
Results: The main reason for mothers primarily refusing a pacifier was their concern about malformation of the teeth or jaw.