[Is grand multiparity an obstetrical risk factor?].

Objectives: The aim of the study was to analyze the course of labor of grand multiparas (4 deliveries and more) in comparison to multiparas (2 or 3 deliveries).

Materials And Methods: A group of 400 grand multiparas were included in the study and compared with a group of 393 multiparas. All the deliveries took place in the City Hospital in Puck in the years 1998-2002.

[Frequency and layout of congenital defects in infants born from 1991 to 1995 and from 2000 to 2004 at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Wolomin District Hospital].

Objective: The aim of the study was an evaluation of the frequency and distribution of congenital malformations in infants born at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Wołomin District Hospital in the years 1991-95 and 2000-2004 and a comparison of occurrence frequency of defects' types in the analyzed periods.

Methods: The study comprises an evaluation of documentations of 5649 infants born in the years 1991-1995 and 6049 infants born in the years 200-2004, 11698 infants in total. In the study groups of infants, the frequency of congenital malformation occurrence was analyzed.