127 infants were born alive before the 32nd week of gestation in the H. Salengro obstetrical unit from the University Hospital of Lille from January 1980 to December 1985. During this period the annual number of deliveries was constant, 2700. Two periods were considered, 1980-1982 and 1983-1985. The number of such premature infants increased slightly: from 56 to 71. The most striking feature was the dramatic increase in infants born after induction of delivery for fetal reasons. Another finding is the statistically significant lowering of gestational age and birthweight of the spontaneously born infants. These trends counterweight the efficacy of the policy of prevention. When considering the morbidity and the mortality, hyaline membrane disease still plays a preeminent role in this population.

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[On a case of fetal malformation].

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[Obstetric outcome of the malformed uterus. Study of 155 pregnancies].

Gynecological and obstetrical pathologies are considered in 155 pregnancies involving uterine deformity. Evaluation of their relative importance shows that maintenance of pregnancy is more important than pregnancy per se. Certain rules are proposed for treatment and obstetrical management of such pregnancies.

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[The influence of present therapeutic methods and especially of beta-blockers on fetal and maternal prognosis in hypertensive syndromes in pregnancy. 43 case records (author's transl)].

The authors studied 43 cases of arterial hypertension in pregnancy in an attempt to determine the efficiency and safety of different anti-hypertensive drugs. The patients were divided into two major groups: arterial hypertension which revealed itself during pregnancy (true toxaemias of pregnancy and relapsing toxaemias), and arterial hypertensions which were added on to a pre-existing pathology (arterial hypertension, diabetes, chronic nephritis). The cases in these different classes were then divided into two definite groups according to the need for therapy: the first group was treated by rest and hydrallazine as a single therapeutic agent. In the second group multiple agents were needed because of the arterial hypertension, and one was a beta-blocker. Complications were found particularly in the second group of true toxaemias of pregnancy where unfortunately 5 fetal deaths occurred that were attributable to the severity of the hypertension more than to the beta-blockers, which were administered for longer and in higher doses without major complications in recurrent toxaemias and pre-existing arterial hypertension cases.

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