Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica
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Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand · Jan 2007
Childbearing or induced abortion: the impact of education and ethnic background. Population study of Norwegian and Pakistani women in Oslo, Norway.
To study patterns of induced abortion versus childbirth related to education among Norwegian and Pakistani women. ⋯ Childbirth was substantially more common in Pakistani than in Norwegian women living in Oslo. In Norwegian women, low education was associated with lower frequency of child delivery but higher frequency of induced abortion. In Pakistani women, child delivery was not related to education, but induced abortion tended to be more frequent in those with a university education.
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Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand · Jan 2007
Characterization of surgically transposed ovaries in integrated PET/CT scan in patients with cervical cancer.
The purpose of this study was to determine the ovarian findings on integrated positron emission tomography/computed tomography scans during follow-up in cervical cancer patients with ovarian transposition. ⋯ Transposed ovary in premenopausal women may appear on integrated positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan as a mass with increased 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake, which may be associated with preserved ovarian function. Clinical information regarding transposition should be noted in order not to interpret these as recurrent or metastatic lesions.
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Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand · Jan 2007
Infant mortality of very preterm infants by mode of delivery, institutional policies and maternal diagnosis.
The aim of this study was to analyse infant mortality among infants born extremely preterm in relation to mode of delivery, maternal diagnosis, and different institutional policies. ⋯ This study reports high CS rates for very preterm births at Swedish hospitals. In performing CS for very preterm infants, this study suggests a survival advantage for certain maternal conditions, but not for preterm labor with a vertex presentation without other obstetrical complications.
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Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand · Jan 2007
Abnormal fetal growth is associated with gestational diabetes mellitus later in life: population-based register study.
Increasing evidence has been collected that intrauterine growth restriction is associated with development of type-2 diabetes mellitus in adult life. The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that abnormal intrauterine growth of female fetuses correlates with their future risk of developing gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). ⋯ Intrauterine conditions and/or genetic disposition, which affect prenatal growth, increase the future risk of the female fetus developing GDM.