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M Kowalewska

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PubMed2000

[Late maternity: the phenomenon of the end of the 20th century -- the estimate of clinical condition of mature newborns born at the Institute of Gynecology and Obstetrics in Lódź by older mothers].

In the paper, the mature newborns of women over 40 were compared to the mature ones of young mothers. The babies were born in the Institute of Gynecology and Obstetrics in Lódź, in the years 1997-1998, and the comparison was done by the analysis of some neonatal parameters. The newborns of older women were delivered by cesarean section mainly. The birth weights average of the index babies was lower than the birth weights average of the controlled ones. Some clinical parameters in both analysed groups were similar. The most important difference concerned the congenital malformations and intrauterine hypotrophy--these disorders were clearly more frequent among the newborns of older mothers.

Academic Medical Centers↗
PubMed1992

The role of cow's milk protein intolerance in steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome.

The role of cow's milk protein intolerance in steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome was evaluated in 17 children. Cow's milk was excluded from the diet for at least 14 days without changing previously ineffective prednisone dosage. Six patients with minimal change or mesangial proliferation went into remission 3 to 8 days after elimination of cow's milk. After a period of 2-3 weeks of remission, cow's milk challenge was positive in three patients. After one year on a cow's milk-free diet, two of six patients became milk tolerant and are in remission of NS, one of six became steroid-dependent, two of six are still unable to tolerate cow's milk and are in remission on a cow's milk-free diet and one of six children was lost from observation. The role of cellular mechanisms in steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome is suggested.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1992

[Percutaneous pulmonary valvuloplasty in 135 patients].

We present our 7 years experience with 135 pts aged 1.4-44 years (mean 10-yrs) in whom percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty (BPV) for congenital pulmonary stenosis was attempted. In 4 pts we failed to place the balloon at valvar level, in another four BPV was repeated so, 135 procedures in 131 pts were performed. Balloon diameter/pulmonary anulus diameter ratio (BD/PD) ranged from 0.9 to 1.85 (mean 1.37). In 10 cases double balloon technique was used. Immediate results: in the whole group of 131 pts the right ventricular-pulmonary artery gradient (RV-PAG) was reduced from 74 +/- 42 to 34 +/- 34 mm Hg, and right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP) decreased from 92 +/- 41 to 54 +/- 34 mm Hg just after BPV. 86 pts (65.6%)--group I, had good immediate result of BPV (RVSP less than 50 mm Hg). 4 of them had dysplastic pulmonary valves (DPVs). RV-PAG in 82 pts with normal valves decreased from 53 +/- 25 to 15 +/- 7 mm Hg right after BPV. In 45 pts (34.4%)--group II, immediate result of valvuloplasty was recognised as unsatisfactory (RVSP greater than or equal to 50 mm Hg): in 4 of them BD/PD was smaller or equal 1.2 (subgroup IIa); 34 others had significant subpulmonary obstruction (SPO) that appeared or increased after BPV (subgroup IIb); and in remaining 7, DPVs were noticed (subgroup II c).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Adolescent↗