[Ultrasonic size of fetal crump-rump length in first trimester of pregnancy. Accuracy of gestational age assessment (author's transl)]. / La mesure échographique de l'embryon. Une détermination précise de l'âge gestationnel.

The fetal crown rump length was measureed by means of pulsed ultrasound. The normal values between 49 and 94 days from the onset of the last menstrual period were determined in 72 patients. Statistical analysis showed a good correlation between gestationnal age and fetal crown rump length. The usefulness of this measure is so demonstrated: assessment of gestational age, within few days.

[Meadows syndrome. A case history (author's transl)]. / Le syndrome de Meadows. A propos d'une observation.

The authors, having studied a case of Meadows syndrome, confirm that this cardiomyopathy is a specific entity in pregnancy and the puerperium. They point out the difficulties in diagnosis, as Meadows syndrome seems to be diagnosis of elimination. They point out that a paraclinical balance has to be drawn up very fully on the biological and haemodynamic planes to confirm this condition. Finally, after a short discussion about the therapy, they tackle the problem of the prognosis for life and for future childbearing in these patients, which is determined by the persistence or absence of cardiac enlargement.