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. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure, urinary protein and amount of edema were compared with factors reflecting the prognosis and condition of the newborn in a series of 4404 patients with EPH-gestosis, collected from the Helsinki University Central Hospital in 1965-1969 and the University Women's Clinic, Würzburg, in 1960-1969. No significant association was observed between slight and moderate edema and the prognosis of the newborn. The systolic blood pressure gave more significant information than the diastolic blood pressure. The amount of urinary protein showed the most consistent correlation with an impaired prognosis. The systolic blood pressure and proteinuria were thus the most significant indicators. An index for estimation of the prognosis in EPH-gestosis was constructed on this basis. The purpose of this index is to provide a means of assessing the severity of the condition in the initial stage of treatment by exact use of simple observations. The index defines the risk of perinatal mortality, prematurity, asphyxia and smallness for dates in the individual case. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

. A series of 289 patients with primary ovarian cystadenocarcinomas is presented. Of the tumours, 183 were of the serous and 106 of the pseudomucinous type. The total number includes 41 borderline serous and 18 borderline pseudomucinous cystadenocarcinomas. In this series the survival rates were the same in pseudomucinous and serous cystadenocarcinomas. From the standpoint of survival rates there seemed to be no difference between bilateral and unilateral cases of stage I. No statistically significant difference was observed either, with regard to the survival rates in cases of adherent and nonadherent tumours of stage I, although there seemed to be a tendency towards more favourable results for the non-adherent carcinomas. On evaluating the results from the standpoint of treatment, irradiation seemed to be of no use in cases in which the tumour was limited to the ovaries. The benefit of radiotherapy is questionable also in those cases where it is sure that the entire tumour has been successfully removed. On the other hand, in cases of widespread carcinoma the value of radiotherapy seems to be indisputable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]