[The characteristics of kidney function in pregnant women based on the data from an in-depth biochemical study of the urine].

Serial biochemical urinary tests have been done in 141 pregnant women (46 were healthy, 58 apparently healthy and 37 had late toxemia) and in normal nonpregnant women. Urine was tested for lipids, phospholipids, ethanolamine acylic compounds and certain qualitative characteristics which depict functional abnormality of the renal interstitial tissues in pregnancy. Late toxemia was found to be associated with marked evidence of dysmetabolic nephropathy which may be identified at an early phase using 10% calcium chloride precipitation of lipids, a highly revealing specific test for calciphylaxis.

[Various problems and prospects of improving the outcome of cesarean section].

A review of the outcomes of 819 cesarean sections and the causes of intranatal and early neonatal loss of full-term newborns has demonstrated that postcesarean perinatal mortality and morbidity remains fairly high. Perinatal losses are largely seen in cases of late gestosis and placental disorders, i.e.