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Contracept Fertil Sex
December 1999
Hôpital Jeanne-de-Flandre, CHRU de Lille, France.
Objective: The authors want to appraise the management of diabetes prior to pregnancy in a local population treated in the Lille University Hospital.
Method: This is a retrospective study of 143 pregnancies occurring in 111 patients with diabetes prior to pregnancy, between 1987 and 1997, in the Obstetrics Department at the Lille University Hospital.
Results: Only one-third of the patients benefited from preconception management; the stability of diabetes during the first trimester was satisfactory in 50% of the cases.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol
April 1998
CHU de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Hôpital de l'Archet 2, Centre Femme-Mère-Enfant, Nice, France.
In some countries, the incidence of obesity doubles every 10 years. For the obstetrician-gynecologist, there are many different situations where the patient's excess body weight calls for an adapted diagnostic and therapeutic approach. Obesity does not in itself appear to be a factor lowering fertility.
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October 1993
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City 73190.
It has been claimed that sonographic techniques offer no advantages over palpation of the maternal abdomen for detection of macrosomatia. We studied a group of 498 pregnant patients, 36 (7.2%) of whom gave birth to infants having macrosomatia.
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March 1987
The shoulder dystocias are an anomaly of shoulder presentation which render difficult or prevent complete extraction of the trunk following birth of the head. Acute hypoxia ensues, threatening the infant's life. Additionally, termination of delivery, which must be effected without delay and is surgically difficult, is frequently associated with often permanent damage to the upper limbs.
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