ABSTRACT
 
 Introduction
 Foetuses with an abnormal Cerebroplacental Ratio, that are appropriate for gestational age may have higher incidence of foetal distress in labour and end up caesarean section.
 Objectives
 To find out whether there is a relationship between the Ratio (CPR) at 34 weeks adverse pregnancy outcome. Methods
 Cross Sectional Descriptive Study wa...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the role of plasma volume expansion on 1-year infant outcome after severe hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and to determine prognostic factors for adverse neurodevelopmental infant outcome. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial, observational prognostic study. SETTING Two university hospitals in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. POPULATION One hundred and seventy-two infa...

In recent years LLETZ in the management of CIN lesions has gained wide popularity. Treatment of CIN lesions with ablative methods such as cryotherapy, electro coagulation and laser vaporization is not known to be associated with adverse pregnancy outcome. However, high grade CIN lesions necessitate more effective methods such as cold knife cone biopsy and LLETZ. These methods are effective and ...

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