[Maternal hemoglobin AIc (HbAIc) and diabetic pregnancy (author's transl)].

Third trimester HbAIc was determined in 57 pregnant women according to the TBA-reaction, first discribed by Flückiger and Winterhalter (1976). Simultaneously oral glucose tolerance tests (GTT) were performed in 52 patients; in 5 insulin dependent diabetic women dayly blood sugar profiles 2 to 5 times per week were done throughout the third trimester. HbAIc, when expressed as per cent of total hemoglobin, was 6.

[Changes in carbohydrate tolerance and birth weight during carbohydrate-reduced diet in latent diabetic pregnancy (author's transl)].

The extent to which glucose tolerance can be improved by a carbohydrate-reduced diet in pregnant women with latent diabetes was investigated and, furthermore, whether this measure can reduce the incidence of high birth weight in the infants. 1. In a group of pregnant women who were thought to have some carbohydrate, metabolic disturbance on the basis of adipositas, glycosuria, hereditary taint or a history of infants with birth weights over 4000 g, the oral glucose tolerance test (GTT), showed a significant improvement under diet during pregnancy in comparison with a control group without diet.

[Results achieved on metabolic treatment of 90 pregnant women with manifest diabetes (author's transl)].

This paper concerns the treatment schedules employed and their outcome in 90 pregnancies in women with insulin-dependent clinical diabetes between 1962 and 1977. During the period 1962 to 1970, during which time diabetic control was still mostly carried out externally, the perinatal mortality rate (pnm) was 23.8%.

[The influence of anemia on the weight of child and placenta].

To determine the influence of anemia on the weight of child and placenta, a group of people suffering from anemia was compared with a non-anemic group (Hb median 8.6 g%). It was found that: 1.

[Early detection of postoperative deep-vein thrombosis in gynaecological patients by the 125I-Fibrinogen test (author's transl)].

Deep-vein thrombosis was detected by means of the 125I-fibrinogen test in 37.2% of patients undergoing gynaecological surgical procedures within the first six days postoperatively; 50% of the cases occurred within the first 48 hours. There was no difference in the incidence of thrombosis according to whether the abdominal or vaginal approach had been used.