Ginekol Pol
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Pregnancy is not only a medical but also a psychological and social event. There are many situations combined with pregnancy that in medical terms, constitute a risk, danger or failure and result in a wide range of emotional reactions in a woman that require special care and attention for her psychological functioning. ⋯ Early and distant consequences of a pregnancy loss were discussed here especially in the context of a woman's mental health and children of the mothers who had experienced such failure in the past. The aim of this paper was to present an optimal way of taking care of women after pregnancy loss on the basis of the standards that were created in the Gynecological and Obstetrical Clinical Hospital in Poznań.
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The diagnosis of intraamniotic infection (IAI) is usually based on clinical signs and symptoms which are not always distinct and specific and may be probematic. Thus, a search for more sensitive markers, such as procalcitonin (PCT), and several cytokines in serum of pregnant women to predict IAI development, seems necessary. The goal of the study was to evaluate the usefulness of PCT IL-6 (interleukin 6) and CRP (C-reactive protein) concentrations in prediction of IAI development and newborn status. ⋯ Analysis of PCT and IL-6 concentrations in serum allows to identify women that are more likely to deliver newborns with symptoms of severe infection. In cases of severe infection, the usefulness of PCT measurement surpasses any currently used methods, such as CRP concentration measurement, for example. This investigation confirmed the usefulness of IL-6 and CRP measurement in predicting the duration of time from the examination to delivery.