The epidemiologic aspects of 311 consecutive cases of hypertension associated with pregnancy seen in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital de Santa Maria/University of Lisbon Medical School between January 1st 1988 and December 31st 1992, are reviewed. Seventeen cases were multifetal pregnancies. Using the criteria proposed by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists the cases wer...
Four cases of pregnancy in patients with Myasthenia Gravis are presented. No significant pregnancy complications occurred; labour/delivery and puerperium did not present many differences from those expected in healthy women. The review of the literature along with our short experience allows us to conclude that pregnancy in myasthenic patients is a high risk situation, but must be seen with optimism. ; Four ca...
Twelve cases of extreme umbilical blood flow impairement (8 cases with loss of end-diastolic blood flow and 4 cases with reversed flow) found among 658 pregnancies studied by continuous Doppler between April 1st 1989 and March 31st 1990, are reported. The findings were associated to intra-uterine growth retardation (92%), maternal hypertensive disease (50%) and perinatal death (33%); fetal Trisomy 21 was the so...
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