Ginekol Pol
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Practice Guideline
[Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pregnancy--European Resuscitation Council guidelines].
Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation is a life-saving technique that should be familiar to all people, even those without medical education. There are two basic life-saving levels: BLS (Basic Life Support) and ALS (Advanced Life Support). ALS a medical procedure that is restricted to medical practitioners. ⋯ Cardiac arrest in case of pregnant women is a very specific state. The cause of life-threatening states during pregnancy can be connected with new infections, exacerbation of chronic diseases, as well as changes connected with the pregnancy itself. In those situations, due to physiological and anatomical changes which occur during pregnancy some modifications in the procedure of resuscitation are necessary
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Comparative Study
[Extended analysis of urethral profilometry in women with urinary stress incontinence--preliminary report].
Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is the most common kind of urinary incontinence in women. Treatment efficiency depends on the type of stress urinary incontinence. ⋯ Lower values of fields under the urethral profilometry curve can suggest a greater urethral closing mechanism deficiency and the coexistence of the external sphincter insufficiency This parameter can be very useful in the group of patients with moderate leakage point.